Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steak House

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Carnivore's paradise features a Brazilian-style all-you-can-eat buffet.
  • All You Can Eat
  • Lunch & Dinner
  • Private Dining - Catering

Now you can enjoy the same types of Churrasco (Brazilian Barbeque) in San Diego, CA. There are more than 40 different salads, side dishes, and meat selections served at Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steak House. It is a unique and healthy way of roasting meat over a mesquite flame that preserves tenderness and gives a taste unmatched by any other. Arriving at REI DO GADO?, you will encounter an unlimited buffet at mouth-watering typical dishes and salads. The passador (meat waiter) will soon come to your table with different types of selections of meat at a time. Then meat will be sliced of the skewer down to your plate. This will continue when you place a green chip by your plate and by turning the chip over to red, this will signal that you are done.

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Marker Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steak House

(619) 702-8464

939 4th Ave San Diego, CA 92101
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In Short
Located across the street from Horton Plaza, this Brazilian restaurant specializes in churrasco-style meats roasted over a mesquite flame and served on giant skewers. Attentive servers roam the dining room carving a selection of more than 10 different meats tableside for eager diners who also have unlimited access to a buffet table laden with appetizers, salads, seafood and hot side dishes. Meats include generous servings of filet mignon, tri-tip, turkey breast, baby back ribs and lamb. For those who have room, the dessert tray offers chocolate ganache, flan and passion fruit mousse.

8 Reviews of Rei Do Gado Brazilian Steak House in San Diego

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Yummy Yummy Yummy  4 Star Rating - Very good

By Tina P. | insider_guru Insider Guru | Rank: 1,714

I went here for my birthday and I was amazed by all the different meats that they offer.
This place is a little pricy but so worth the quality of meats!! Come hungry and leave full.
They also offer a great salad bar that is included with your meal. Great Wine list as well.

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Best BBQ around town  5 Star Rating - World class

By Tyler L. | insider_guru Insider Guru | Rank: 1,152

This is a great Brazilian BBQ, and BBQ in general that all meat lovers should try. If you're a vegetarian they have a great salad bar but it's the meat that really makes this place what it is. Located right across the street from Horton Plaza this place has a great lunch special at $16.50 and dinner is more expensive but you get a choice of more meats. There is an all you can eat salad bar and appetizer buffet but the main thing people go there for are the meats that are served in front of you on giant skewers. The servers cut them off and you can see them roasting in the kitchen which has a see through window. Filet mignon, top sirloin, sausage, chicken, and a multitude of other meats await your stomach. I'd recommend you prepare yourself because it is a large amount of food. Service is good and the place has a very comfortable atmosphere. Definitely worth a try!

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Best Brazillian BBQ in San Diego COunty  4 Star Rating - Very good

By Eric S. | insider_expert Insider Expert | Rank: 3,509

YUM, this place will fill your thirst for finely seasoned grilled meats travelling around the restaurant on skewers for you to choose. Red they pass by, green, you eat! The salad bar is lacking but most people don't come here for salad. Deserts are lacking too if you still have room. The belly dancing is popular but a little tacky. Still the quality of the cooking makes it worth while.

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You will leave stuffed!!!  5 Star Rating - World class

By Paula K. | insider_expert Insider Expert | Rank: 2,145

Do not eat for the entire day before going to this place!!! It is all you can eat - the servers come around every few mintues with a different type of meat on a skewer and will carve some off for you. There is chicken, pork, filet mignon - everything you can think of and it is all delicious!! There is also a buffet area where you can get salad and side dishes but I say save your appetite for the meats - they are excellent!! It is pricey but considering you are getting all kinds of top notch meats, it is worth it!

PROS: Great variety of meats, Eat until you are stuffed!
CONS: A little pricey - but make it worth your while!

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Great variety 5 Star Rating - World class

By Nino2002

I have been to a Brazilian Steakhouse, in NC, this one was awesome compared to the one I have been too before. They had a huge variety of all kinds of food. It was all fresh and foods i have never tasted before. Honestly, I wanted to go back to San Deigo just to eat here again. The atmosphere was great and I would come back any time.

Pros: Great variety of food
Cons: no parking space
Posted 06/13/08

Fun and tasty 4 Star Rating - Very good

By amyb76

My husband and I just moved close to the gaslamp district a couple of weeks ago. Coming from Phoenix (with recent temporary stays in Texas, North Carolina and DC) we were at a loss about where to go for a decent steak dinner in our new home city. Some friends recommended Rei's and we were pleasantly surprised and will be coming back for more meals. The service was great and the food very tasty.

Posted 05/18/08

Decent Brazilian steak house 4 Star Rating - Very good

By sdticks

I guess Rei Do Gado is the best Brazilian steak house I've been to in San Diego, but the pool is limited. The food is average to above average for Brazilian steak houses in Southern California. The food does not compare to Brazilian steak houses in Brazil. If you've never been to a Brazilian steak house, it's worth giving this one a try.

Pros: Good Brazilian steak house for San Diego
Posted 02/14/08

Brazilian at its BEST! 5 Star Rating - World class

By food_cure

We vacationed this last week in Downtown San Diego (Gas Lamp Square). The Concierge at our Hotel recommended Rei Do Gado and boy was it awesome! My wife and I had never eaten Brazilian food. The salad bar was perfect, the meats where so full of flavor and tender. The service and food was impeccable. The piano player was playing some light classical. The atmosphere was perfect! It was a night to remember.

Pros: all the meats, salad bar, service, ambiance, EVERYTHING!
Cons: no parking, but definitely worth the walk.
Posted 02/04/08