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Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse - Steakhouse in San Diego, California

Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse

4.4 (2546 reviews)

939 Fourth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Brazilian restaurant
Bar & grill
Buffet restaurant
Steak house

About Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse - steak house in San Diego, California

Happening churrascaria with all-you-can-eat Brazilian meats served tableside & an ample salad bar.

Customer Review Summary

Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steakhouse offers a variety of delicious meats, particularly praised for their picanha and ribeye. The salad bar is impressive, although some reviewers found it lacking items like crab. Service is highlighted as friendly and attentive, with staff actively offering more meat and accommodating dietary restrictions. The restaurant has a unique dining experience similar to Korean BBQ, where meats are served table-side on skewers. While the lunch special is viewed as a good value, some felt the price was high if not maximizing the all-you-can-eat options. The atmosphere is enjoyable, though some mentioned it might not be ideal for photos. Parking can be expensive, but validation is available nearby. Overall, the restaurant is recommended for its quality meats, service, and vibrant dining experience.

Key Features

From the business

  • Identifies as Asian-owned
  • Identifies as women-owned

Service options

  • Outdoor seating
  • No-contact delivery
  • Delivery
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Fireplace
  • Sports

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • All you can eat
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Salad bar
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom

Crowd

  • Family-friendly

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments

Children

  • Good for kids
  • Has changing table(s)
  • High chairs

Parking

  • Paid parking garage
  • Paid parking lot
  • Paid street parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.4 out of 5
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1757
4
440
3
174
2
71
1
104
Based on 2546 reviews

S T

1 year ago

Everything was was fairly delicious, their cold bar and hot bar foods were interesting. Honestly though, if you were to get your money's worth, don't even bother with the sides if you can help it. Now grab a little bit of starch in case the meats are too salty, which I don't think any of them were. You can taste the meat flavor which is nice. Went right towards the end of the lunch special, but I guess on a Thursday afternoon, it wasn't too busy, so service was pretty good. The guy who brings the meats around was probably the highlight of the service, super kind, and always willing to give more meat. Sadly I got too many sides, and got to full too quick. 🥲 Go hungry, it's like Korean BBQ(Yakiniku) but served table side. So all you can eat meats. Come hungry. Now again, I'm sure the meat run around will be a lot less frequent if the place is busier, but probably not by much. Ordered the lunch buffet thing, all the meats were great, the sausage has a good flavor, the meats had good meat flavor. Lol lots of fat if you like that. Anyways interesting experience. Price, very high if you don't eat what you paid for. 😝 Nice staff though, which always is a huge plus!

11JJXD

1 year ago

The meat was spectacular; although the salad bar was a bit lacking. For the price you’d expect there to be crab but Atleast the baked salmon was good. The experience was very nice and the ambiance was great but not good for photos. It’s a cool way to try some meats and the time in-between getting food is not as long as I’d thought! It’s quick and easy to get your food. The customer service is spectacular, even when you think you can’t eat anymore and someone comes by with some meat you haven’t tried they’ll nudge you to try just a tiny piece. Very friendly and hard working people.

Sydney Nitzel

1 year ago

We came for the Friday lunch special. It was $27.95 this included 5 different cuts of meat plus the whole hot and cold bar. All of the meats were delicious, but my personal favorite was the picanha. The staff was very friendly and helpful.

Wing Chan

1 year ago

A really great place to experience something different. The salad bar is so fresh and full of flavor. You'll enjoy a meat extravaganza where the servers will come to your table with meat on skewers. They will then carve a piece for you to eat. They served many different cuts of Brazilian Beef, but my best was the ribeye. When drank with some red wine, it was like heaven. I couldn't resist the lobster to finish off the meal. For what you get the price is very reasonable and the setting is very nice. You really need to come to this place if you're visiting the Gaslamp area.

T S

2 years ago

We ate a late lunch here. It took about 10 minutes for our service to begin, thus the 4 star rating. The servers were professional. There were over a dozen selections of meats that were brought to select from, and the pineapple was fabulous. There is a hot and cold buffet bar, and cheese rolls are brought to the table. They were exceptional in service with a food allergy and a cook personally showed us what items on the buffet bars had the food item in the dishes or not. Parking - The server said we could get our parking stamped for free if we parked caddy corner across the street. We did not know this beforehand. It cost us $30.00 to park two blocks away. This Brazilian restaurant was similar but not nearly as authentic to the Brazilian BBQ restaurant we dined at in Brasil.

Lady Blaze

2 years ago

Amazing salad bar. Lots of great flavors lobster bisque or soul it's a buffet of meats one lobster per person. If you love meat, I would recommend trying this. you get all the cuts as much as you want until you turn over to red dial. one side is green one side is red and when you want meats you leave it to Green and the meats come around on sticks and they serve you. when you done having meats turn it to red. Excellent service good atmosphere. Great place for a birthday dinner

The Ortega's

1 year ago

Amazing anniversary dinner. Delicious steak and great options of salads, we had plenty good food. I highly recommend this place. The area can be a little rough at night. We spend 160$ for all you can eat steak and seafood for two.

Naz

8 months ago

The service here is incredible. The blueberry mojitos drew us in and they were so worth it!! one of the best mojitos we ever had, Thanks Fidel! They also treated us to cheesy bread balls to snack on and they blew our minds!! Super cheesy on the inside. Can’t wait to come back with a bigger appetite to try the mains.

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Price Range

$50–100