Agora Churrascaria

Agora Churrascaria

1830 Main St
Irvine, CA 92614
(next to John Wayne Airport)

949.222.9910

(Sorry, don’t have good photos of this place. It felt kind of weird bringing my camera here so I just used my iPhone)

Churrascaria?

(A.k.a Brazilian BBQ) is its way an AYCE BBQ place. However, it’s on it’s own level in terms of meat quality, and style. To give a general idea, the servers come to you with a skewer of a single type of meat, which you can choose to take a slice or not. They usually rotate different types of meat. Agora supposedly has 14 types of meat that they serve. Most of them are simply seasoned with rock salt, or some sort of large size salt. It’s seasoned only on the outside but the salt generally spreads into the meat when cooking. However, be aware that the most outer cut can tend to be a little salty. I normally ask for the center cut or inner cut, where the meat is less saltier and more rare.

Just eating only salted meat might be a little heavy, so take advantage of the salad bar, which is common in churrascarias. They have a variety of sauces, veggies, spices, etc. to go with your meal.

Churrascarias are known for using a stop-go card. It’s some type of card or paper with a stop side and a green side. If you need a little breather between meats, flip it over to the stop sign, and the servers will just pass your table without offering more meat. Think of it as the opposite of the signs at Bubba Gump (where you flip the sign to catch the server’s attention).