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Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse - Steakhouse in Chicago, Illinois

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

4.7 (19026 reviews)

661 N La Salle Dr, Chicago, IL 60654

Brazilian restaurant
Restaurant
Steak house

About Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse - steak house in Chicago, Illinois

Upscale Brazilian chain for all-you-can-eat meat carved tableside plus an extensive salad bar.

Customer Review Summary

Fogo de Chão consistently delivers outstanding food and service. The all-day Happy Hour in the bar offers great value, with favorites like burgers, polenta fries, and lobster tacos. The Full Churrasco Experience is a must for meat lovers, providing a wide variety of meats and attentive service, although more sauce options would be appreciated. The buffet area is excellent, and desserts are recommended for take-home. Service is friendly and efficient, though it may slow down during peak times. Some experiences have mentioned being overbooked, particularly around holidays, resulting in longer waits despite having reservations. The salad bar features a variety of delicious cheeses and smoked meats, complementing the meat options well. Prices are reasonable considering the amount of food, making it a great choice for those coming hungry. Overall, the restaurant offers a fantastic Brazilian culinary experience with attentive service and delicious food, appealing for both special occasions and casual dining.

Key Features

Service options

  • Curbside pickup
  • No-contact delivery
  • Delivery
  • Onsite services
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Fast service
  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list

Popular for

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • All you can eat
  • Beer
  • Braille menu
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Private dining room
  • Salad bar
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Counter service
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
  • Wi-Fi

Atmosphere

  • Cozy
  • Romantic
  • Trendy
  • Upscale

Crowd

  • Family-friendly
  • Groups
  • LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Tourists
  • Transgender safespace

Planning

  • Lunch reservations recommended
  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations
  • Usually a wait

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards

Children

  • Good for kids
  • High chairs

Parking

  • Paid parking lot
  • Paid street parking
  • Valet parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.7 out of 5
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16470
4
1350
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525
2
226
1
455
Based on 19026 reviews

Leah

1 month ago

I've loved Fogo for years. Consistently outstanding food and service. My newest discovery is their all-day Happy Hour in the bar area. The menu has great value and variety. Love the burger, polenta fries, lobster tacos and the drink specials. They even have live music on Friday nights. Sometimes, the service in the bar can be a little slow, but they are all so friendly that we didn't mind.

Fisola Adeosun

1 month ago

This is a true Brazilian steakhouse experience. My friends and I visited to celebrate a friend's birthday, and we all went for the Full Churrasco Experience for $67/person — and what an experience it was! If you're a meat lover like me, you'll definitely enjoy this. The first video shows us just getting started, and we had no idea what we were about to dive into. While I do wish there were more sauce options to complement the meat for a bit more balance, I understand that’s not the Brazilian way. Still, the variety of meats was impressive, and I loved it. The staff was incredibly attentive and fast — so much so that we were almost overwhelmed by how quickly the service came! There was also a great self-serve veggie and salad bar. All in all, I had a fantastic time at Fogo de Chão.

E Uka

2 weeks ago

Always love this place. Great food. And awesome buffet area. You definitely need to pace yourself. The lamb typically comes out last. The meat cuts are great. As for dessert, order and take home. You won't regret it.

Fiorella Alarcon

1 month ago

Great service, and the staff are really polite as soon as you walk in. They kept coming to my table asking if I was fine or needed anything. Everything was freshly made, and the Brazilian lemonade was so good! plenty of parking. Renato and Elvis were great along with the other 2 staff that I didn't catch their names :( Thank you!

T. K Fam

1 month ago

We were there the day after Valentines and it was a disaster. The place was like Walmart on Black Friday, packed with people standing all the way to the street. We had to excused and pushed ourselves in to tell the receptionist that we had a reservation. Waited 30 minutes with reservation. They were overbooked. Service was slow, waited so long for food to come around. Drinks were good and meat could have been juicier. Maybe we came in on the wrong day. But it was a one time experience.

Kenya Jones

2 months ago

I love it here. This is my 2nd birthday here. I love the food. The waitstaff are very attentive. Giovanni was an amazing waiter and Carlito our host. The restaurant is a taste of Brazil. Quality amazing. Prices great as well!!!

Tristan Murphy

3 weeks ago

The "Churrasco Experience" is great... the sausage, filet mignon, and bacon wrapped chicken are my favorites but everything is good and the servers will cut your the steaks according to how well you want it cooked. There is a large "salad bar", but it's delicious cheeses and smoked meats, different sides like street corn and hummus lots of great options. You can't really beat the price considering the amount of food, but obviously come hungry. I've been on Valentines day twice and theyre insanely overbooked. I know sometimes people cancel but there was so much overbooking. The wait was about an hour both times which in the end I didn't mind because the service at Fogo is EXCELLENT. It's actually top-tier. The gauchos/servers take their job seriously they do a great job. The drinks are good as well and priced fairly cheap. Dont sleep on the house bread, plantains and frites.... delicious and why Fogo is the best 👌

Claudia

2 months ago

Holy Moly, I love this location so much! My boyfriend and I came here for our anniversary and the service and food was incredible! We did the FULL CHURRASCO experience and it was amazing! The sides that they bring you, when you first come in were hot and fresh (which unfortunately at a different location during lunchtime. Those sides were all cold, even when we got new ones. ) The service was amazing, and I can’t remember the name of the gentleman who was the young manager at that time was really admirable and humble when we told them how great our experience was. We definitely hope to return again. Also, for those of you who are pre diabetic or diabetic, I’ve noticed that my levels did not peak as much, obviously I still stayed away from avoid certain carbs and sweeter options. At the marketplace table I was able to get a range of vegetables that were prepared differently. I highly recommend checking out the market table to start and get your vegetables to go along with the meat options that are going to be offered at the table. Again, this is just kind of how I approach it to make sure my levels didn’t shoot up. We were also given a complementary dessert for our anniversary, and we were just extremely grateful of the delicious food. Amazing staff and manager who made us feel welcomed. We hope to return again at our next anniversary or during lunch 😉 Note: we hope to take better pictures at our next visit!

Location

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM
Monday 11 AM–10 PM
Saturday 11 AM–10:30 PM
Sunday 11 AM–9 PM
Thursday 11 AM–10 PM
Tuesday 11 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–10 PM

Price Range

$50–100