Gaucho
5920 Macleod tr sw
Bolero
6920Macleod tr s
Both of these Restaurants offer an all you can eat meat deal, both Brazilian in nature. I decided to write this review based on a few select categories, and what stood out between the two.
Service: Edge to Gaucho
Service at both was very good. Staff at both were polite and friendly, offering timely advice. Things that gave Goucho the win: At Bolero, the meats took their sweet time in coming more often than not, and at times, our waitress ended up helping the serving staff serve the meat, thus taking her away from her tables. The cuts from the servers varied wildly between Baygirl's and my plates. Some were nice trim pieces on my plate, while it looked like they used a salad tong to rip off another for Baygirl and vica versa. When the servers were also not trying to look down Baygirls shirt, they seemed very abrupt, and rushed. Gaucho was more relaxed, the servers were very consistent with their cuts, the different meats came out at a steady pace, our waitress did plenty of table touches without being over bearing.
Decor: Edge to Bolero
Bolero was wide and spacious, nice tones throughout and a nice ambiance. I felt like it was lacking in lighting thought. It felt really dark, but to each their own, Baygirl really liked it. At Goucho, the tables were a little tight together, it felt like if we moved at all, we would be disturbing the people sitting around us.
Food: Edge to Goucho
While both places served very similar dishes, we just found that the food tasted better, was presented better, and seemed better quality at Goucho. While it was nice to see nice smoke rings on the food at Bolero, Goucho seasoned their meats to perfection, with tastes that were vivid in your mouth, whereas at Bolero, it was more bland and in many cases charred too much. The salad bars were both pretty much the same, Goucho has an amazing chicken (I think) stroganoff in a red sauce that is simply awesome! Bolero must be catering to some vegans as well as the grilled veggies and pineapple and buns came around quite a bit.
Goucho
Service:4/5
Ambiance: 3/5
Food:4.5/5
Total:11.5points
Bolero
Service: 3/5
Ambiance: 4/5
Food: 3.5/5
Total: 10.5
difference in price between the 2 is that at Bolero, the meal is $3 more per person for dinner.