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Brigadeiro: One of my favorite Brazilian deserts. Then again, I guess mango is out of season. Mango juice: Yay, it’s real fruit juice! It wasn’t very sweet however, which tells me the mango wasn’t ripe. I wish they had options that I would find in Brazil, like carne seca or sweet condensed milk with fresh coconut. The chicken is alright, though I probably wouldn’t get it again. Tapioca: I think it’s clever they’re advertising it as a crêpe. Just disappointed they ran out of so many things.

#Samba brazilian steakhouse carlsbad full

But they were almost out of all the fixings! I got the last bit of black beans that had to be scraped off the bottom (not even enough for a full serving) and they had run out of collards. And I’ve had many… Bowl: They’ve got a Chipotle-style bowl option. Coxinhas: Excellent! Easily beats the coxinhas I’ve had off the streets in Rio. I happened to be in downtown San Diego and decided to check this place out. I recommend in the future that the owners of the two restaurants form a business partnership and combine the two restaurants to open up more space for their customers. There was a restaurant next door that literally had no patrons at the same time of the Feijoada. I would give this review 1 star because there was not enough staff to handle the incoming customers and this was may be one of the smallest-sized restauants I have ever seen.

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We decided to leave because it would have taken too long to get our food plus there was literally no place to stand and eat because the other customers would have bumped into you coming in and out of the door. We looked forward to this event all week and invited 3 other people to take time out of their busy schedules to come with us. People were lined up outside and kept tripping over each other because the Bossa Nova musicians (the music was great by the way) took up the majority of the west-side of the patio. We waited for 10 minutes and the line going out the door barely moved. My living room in a small 2-bedroom apartment was just about the same size as this establishment. There were many people there and unfortunately there were (a) only 3 servers to help at the counter, and (b) very few tables in the restaurant both inside and outside on the patio area. For this restaurant, that same prediction was accurate.

At both events in the past, the Feijoada social gatherings were held in a bigger area because along with the music celebrations, there will be a lot of people coming to the event. My wife is from Minas Gerais, Brazil and we have gone to two other Feijoadas in the past since we’ve been married for two years (one in Brazil, the other in Washington DC). My wife and I were very excited about this place and their Feijaoada Sunday event that was advertised on Facebook and we were throurghly disappointed once we got there. I just wished they were open on weekends, great place for lunch and your friends will like it too. Everything came also with a tiny salad and cost me under $ 14 but it was really good and filling. The guarana (Brazilian soda) they do overcharge it a little, a little over $ 3 for a can but it does taste good, I suggest even if you’re not Brazilian try it. Basically they’re fried mashed potato balls filled with either chicken, beef, cheese, spinach or a combination. I also added the coxinhas which are miniature versions of papa rellenos, literally same exact thing for my Carribean folks. Seasoned perfectly but you can see it may be a little greasy.

Regular lunch consists of rice, beans, 1 vegetable, 1 protein (I got the beef and onions, really yummy!). Employees are really friendly you can choose from Açai bowls, tapioca crepes, pastel or the regular lunch like I did. Parking wasn’t too bad to find, I suggest around 6 th Ave between E and F and there should be decent parking (I paid $ 5 for 1hr, plenty of time and not too far to walk).

Love love loved the food here! Being part Brazilian and away from my mommy’s home cooked food definitely made me even happier to find Samba.