Heard about this place from a recent Gilt City deal that boasted of its Saturday brunch with live music/dancing. Although I didn't purchase the deal, I bookmarked this place after checking out its site and videos of said party and it definitely looked like something my mom would enjoy. I should have known something was up as soon as I tried to make reservations: the first time I called, a man said that he would have his assistant call me back, and after not hearing back for the whole day, I had to leave a voicemail before someone called me back about brunch.
First of all, I walked back and forth a million times because the place had no signs or markers other than a Brazilian flag hanging in the window. I walked into a tiny bar and told the bartender that I had brunch reservations – he didn't really get what I was saying and as soon as "brunch" seemed to translate to "caipirinhas only", I started to get a little annoyed.
I made reservations for brunch. "Are you sure you didn't call the Mexican restaurant next door? We don't have brunch, here's our menu [of about 6 tapas]." What about the live music that you listed on your site's calendar? (keep in mind that the space had no room for any of this – it barely had room for a radio) "Um, we have a DJ later on…"
And so we left. You would think that mentioning BRUNCH in my reservation would have clued them in to tell me that they canceled their Saturday party (and seemingly ALL food) this week. This is actually just a side room of the adjacent Mexican place posing as a full Brazilian restaurant. I obviously can't comment on the food – what a pity because it seems like this was the only Brazilian spot in the neighborhood that had bolinho de bacalhau (fried codfish balls, a personal favorite) on the menu. Let this review be a warning to all those who heard about this new spot and were eager to try it out – it seems like FOOD is not a priority for this "restaurant".
Heard about this place from a recent Gilt City deal that boasted of its Saturday brunch with live music/dancing. Although I didn't purchase the deal, I bookmarked this place after checking out its site and videos of said party and it definitely looked like something my mom would enjoy. I should have known something was up as soon as I tried to make reservations: the first time I called, a man said that he would have his assistant call me back, and after not hearing back for the whole day, I had to leave a voicemail before someone called me back about brunch.
First of all, I walked back and forth a million times because the place had no signs or markers other than a Brazilian flag hanging in the window. I walked into a tiny bar and told the bartender that I had brunch reservations – he didn't really get what I was saying and as soon as "brunch" seemed to translate to "caipirinhas only", I started to get a little annoyed.
I made reservations for brunch. "Are you sure you didn't call the Mexican restaurant next door? We don't have brunch, here's our menu [of about 6 tapas]." What about the live music that you listed on your site's calendar? (keep in mind that the space had no room for any of this – it barely had room for a radio) "Um, we have a DJ later on…"
And so we left. You would think that mentioning BRUNCH in my reservation would have clued them in to tell me that they canceled their Saturday party (and seemingly ALL food) this week. This is actually just a side room of the adjacent Mexican place posing as a full Brazilian restaurant. I obviously can't comment on the food – what a pity because it seems like this was the only Brazilian spot in the neighborhood that had bolinho de bacalhau (fried codfish balls, a personal favorite) on the menu. Let this review be a warning to all those who heard about this new spot and were eager to try it out – it seems like FOOD is not a priority for this "restaurant".