Balaio Brazilian Grill - London

Tuesday night, completely dead empty. Wondered why, apparently they are only busy on weekends. Fine. Service was quite mediocre, server seemed super bored, lacking knowledge and enthusiasm. Food was ok but lacking a lot of flavours. Cheese bread doughs were nice and crunchy but very plain a touch of Parmesan or cheddar would make a difference. Mocotó broth was rich, good texture and quite filling, but lacking seasoning. Chicken dumplings, coxinha, were the nicest, crunchy, tasty and original. Spicy chicken thighs were crunchy and close to what it should be, but again, lacking seasoning. Lastly our steak, the Uruguayan rib eye was of poor quality and not worth the price. Overall interesting but they need to try harder. Most dishes were lacking spices and seasoning. 12.5% service charge in London is common, but at premium places and with far superior quality and service. Location doesn't help but most people wouldn't mind the 10min walk from Liverpool st for quality food and service.

Lovely feijoada and pao de queijo .. Nice friendly service. Gr3at start to our little excursion around the area.

They haven't decided if the place is a restaurant or a club. Music extremely loud. Could't talk to the person next to me. Absolutely horrendous. Eating my food with 5 stupid women dancing and flicking their hair over my plate. Yuck. This is not a restaurant with live music. It's more like a very small place with extremely loud (and tacky) music that happens to serve food. Never again.

The food at this restaurant was cooked to perfection and the price was amazing! I highly recommend this place. The cassava was prepared fresh, not frozen, and was delicious. The steak was tender and juicy.

My friend and I had lunch at this restaurant at 3 Bell Lane E1, the staff were very friendly and co-operating. The food was fantastic and we would differently go back and recommend to family and friends.