Randomness Guide to London Menu

Brazilian restaurant just south of Putney Bridge. (I believe they have another branch in Earlsfield, at 505 Garratt Lane, SW18 4SW.)

Offers an all-you-can-eat self service buffet at lunchtime and an all-you-can-eat freshly grilled meat selection (rodizio) in the evening. The decor is fairly basic and cafe-style, and they'd probably be pushed to seat more than about 35 people. The food is very good though.

Kake and other RGLers visited on a Thursday evening in January 2008. We had no trouble getting a table as there was only one other group there (half a dozen young men who'd also come for the infinite meat buffet). We all went for the rodizio (£14/head, which is a very good price for what you get) and also had a few jugs of caipirinha (£13/jug). I think I remember ilmari saying that the caipirinha was done properly, with no sour mix. Some of our group were drinking bottled beer - Sagres Black to be precise.

The way the rodizio works is you help yourself from the hot and cold vegetable/salad stations, then return to your table and the grill chef brings freshly grilled meat around on a skewer and slices it to order at your table. We like our meat rare, and once our chef realised this he started carving us rarer bits. Some of the meat was a bit salty, but there was plenty of it, and it was good quality. I remember we had chicken (both bacon-wrapped and nude), sausages, chicken hearts, lamb, and three kinds of beef - "beef steak" in cubes (possibly flank), rump, and sirloin.

The veg/salad stations were also fairly good. Most of the cold selection involved quite a lot of mayonnaise, but they also had a great mixed bean salad and a fresh-tasting finely-chopped pepper salsa photo. The hot "vegetable" selections included a chicken dish, for some reason. The menu includes the option of "vegetarian or buffet, £10", which I suspect might be the same as rodizio but without the meat, so just the hot/cold veg buffets.

Dessert is included in the rodizio price. We did not partake on this occasion, but Bob and Martin have previously done so - it's a choice of grilled pineapple or grilled banana.

Toilets are downstairs.

James and a friend visited on a weekday lunchtime in June and can report the existing chef (who was rather brilliant) has left the company and his replacement is less than adequate. I twice complained about the saltiness of the meat (I like salty food but I was really struggling to taste the meat through the salt) and then I was brought raw, not rare (I like rare, I don't like raw) meat. This is a great pity as I've eaten there a number of times and thoroughly enjoyed it. I won't be going back. The sangria is the best I've had in London, however.

See also:

• Kake's Flickr photoset including photos of the menu as of January 2008
• My Village comments
• Photos of the interior and the grill from gonumber.com
• Video feature on Brazilian barbecue, shot at Buffet Brazil