Monday night I went back to Fazenda for my second visit. If you haven’t been already it’s an Argentinean steak restaurant with a twist. To be fair to the owner when this place first opened in 2010 it was quite a novel idea which has become more widespread in recent years.
The restaurant is essentially a buffet, (I know . . . . Sigh), but it’s a posh one and its actually quite good. Once shown to your table you are given a double sided card, one side red the other green. If your card is green side up the men walking around with great big skewers of meat come over and pop some on your plate, turn it to red and they’ll leave you alone. Trust me you will need to turn it red at some point to stop the onslaught of beef overwhelming you.
The restaurant is essentially a buffet, (I know . . . . Sigh), but it’s a posh one and its actually quite good. Once shown to your table you are given a double sided card, one side red the other green. If your card is green side up the men walking around with great big skewers of meat come over and pop some on your plate, turn it to red and they’ll leave you alone. Trust me you will need to turn it red at some point to stop the onslaught of beef overwhelming you.
Contra Filet (Sirloin),
Apart from the meat on a stick you could always hit the salad bar, I say salad bar it also serves hot and cold dishes to accompany the steaks, an aperitif is always served as you sit down we had deep fried cheesy balls and beef empanadas and each table gets a little basket of fries. The salad bar is actually very good, with everything from smoked salmon, mozzarella and tomato salad through to Mexican beans. There are also absolutely loads of different types of good quality olive oils and some exciting fruit based balsamic vinegars to dress your heap of salad with.
The staff are very attentative and have good knowledge of the produce on offer. Our waitress recommended a Xingu black beer to me which was bloody lovely, more on that one to come.
Some of the meat could have been cooked a little better, the belly pork in particular was very chewy as was the lamb but the rest of the steaks were good. The more adventurous offerings are definitely worth a try the little black puddings are bursting with flavour and easily better than the lamb or chicken. Speaking of chicken the odd chicken heart comes round on a skewer which I urge you to try I found it up there with some of the best offal I’ve eaten.
We paid £68.59 for 1 glass of wine, a beer and the buffet (£25.99 pp) including the tip. Its not cheap, I’ll give you that but ironically it does offer good value. This place wouldn’t make any money if they charged you any less. Its not often you have man repeatedly coming past your table asking if you would like any more fillet steak couple that with a pile of smoked salmon and your in the money. Oh and they gave us minty tipped tooth picks to finish the meal (Nice touch).
Larger parties on a weekend can expect to book a month in advance, the first table we could get on Monday night for 2 was 9pm.
In conclusion this place falls down on quality just a touch to much to achieve an 8, but it is essentially a buffet and the staff are great and you get a lot for your money. I’ll be back in winter to fill up before I go into hibernation.
A word of warning if you do decide to go, you won’t sleep well and the meat sweats will find you!
7.5/10
7.5/10
Waterman’s Place
3Wharf Approach
Granary Wharf
Leeds
LS1 4GL
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LS1 4GL
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