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Best Brazilian Restaurants & Churrascarias in Orlando & Kissimmee: A Local's Guide
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items Orlando has one of the biggest Brazilian communities in the country, and it shows in the food. From all-you-can-eat rodizio steakhouses on International Drive to family-run padarias in Kissimmee serving pão de queijo and coxinha, these are the Brazil...
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The I-Drive rodizio everyone knows, and it earns it. The picanha and the garlic sirloin keep coming until you flip your card to red, and the salad bar alone is a meal. Lunch is a much cheaper way to do it than dinner.
Texas de Brazil - Orlando
A step up from Texas de Brazil in polish, and the Market Table with the feijoada and hearts of palm is worth grazing before the gauchos come around. Their lunch and happy hour bar menu is the local hack when you don't want the full rodizio price.
Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
The budget rodizio on I-Drive and my honest pick for value. Same all-you-can-eat format with picanha, chicken hearts and grilled pineapple, usually $20-30 less per person than the big chains. Tourist-friendly hours, easy parking in the plaza.
BoiBrazil Churrascaria BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE
Winter Park's churrascaria, tucked just off Park Avenue. Smaller and more intimate than the I-Drive spots, with a proper caipirinha list and gauchos who actually cook the picanha to your temperature. My pick for a Brazilian date night.
Nelore Steakhouse
Where the Brazilian community actually eats on I-Drive. It's a buffet by the kilo at lunch plus a full rodizio, and the feijoada on weekends is the real deal. Cheaper and homier than the big steakhouses, with pastel and pão de queijo on the counter.
Camila’s Brazilian Restaurant – Orlando, FL
The Brazilian bakery on I-Drive that locals line up at on Saturday mornings. Warm pão de queijo, coxinha, brigadeiros by the dozen and a proper cafezinho. Grab a box of salgados for the road; they travel fine to Kissimmee.
Gostoso Bakery
The upscale rodizio on Restaurant Row, Sand Lake Road. Bigger cuts, a serious wine list and a dining room that feels like an occasion. The lamb chops and the bacon-wrapped filet are the ones to say yes to when the gaucho stops by.
Chima Steakhouse Orlando
The Kissimmee rodizio on 192 near Margaritaville, and probably the best-rated Brazilian steakhouse in the whole area. Southern Brazil style, meaning the cuts are seasoned simply with rock salt and the picanha is the star. Closest quality churrascaria...
Adega Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse
Newer rodizio at Sunset Walk by Margaritaville with 15 cuts on the barbecue station, including beef ribs and a great linguica. It's a little more lively and modern than the old-school churrascarias, and you can walk to the Sunset Walk bars after.
BR77 Brazilian Steakhouse
The old reliable on I-Drive, running since way before rodizio was trendy. No white tablecloths, just a huge hot buffet with Minas Gerais comfort food plus the meat parade. Kids under a certain age eat cheap, which makes it the family-friendly churras...
Cafe Mineiro Brazilian Steakhouse
Inside Pointe Orlando, which makes it the easy pick before a show at the Improv or a night on I-Drive. Solid mid-priced rodizio, a big gourmet salad area and the grilled pineapple with cinnamon that everyone ends up ordering seconds of.
Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse Orlando
Tiny counter-service spot on Vineland Road in Kissimmee that does the everyday Brazilian plates: prato feito with rice, beans, farofa and a grilled cut, plus coxinha and pastel to go. This is where I send people who want real home cooking, not a rodi...
Sabor Brasil Brazilian Food
For the days you can't get to I-Drive. Yoki is the mix every Brazilian household in Orlando keeps in the pantry; just add egg, oil and water and you get real gluten-free cheese bread in 20 minutes. Dangerously easy.
Yoki Cheese Bread Mix - Mistura para Pão
The national soda of Brazil and the only thing to drink with picanha. It's fruity and not as sweet as Coke, and once you've had it at a churrascaria you'll want a case at home for the backyard grill.
Guarana, Antarctica Soda, 11 Fl Oz, 12 Pack
If the rodizio bug bites, a set of long churrasco skewers turns any Florida backyard grill into a gaucho station. Fold a picanha into a C on the skewer, rock salt only, and slice it tableside like the pros. Cheap way to relive the I-Drive experience.
Brazilian Grill Churrasco