Rodízio in Ho Chi Minh City: how it works, what it costs, how to book

What is rodízio?

Rodízio is Portuguese for “rotation”. In a Brazilian steakhouse, the meat rotates around the room: passadores walk from table to table with skewers straight off the fire and carve slices onto your plate. You eat as much as you like for a single price per adult.

The format comes from southern Brazil, where churrasco is a social meal. It suits groups, because everyone is served at the same time and nobody has to order for the table.

How a rodízio dinner works at Brasa

1. Sit down and say hello. There is no meat order to place: the price covers every cut.
2. Help yourself to the salad bar and sides. Many guests start light, then add the meat.
3. Turn your card to green. Green means you would like meat, and the passadores will start to come by.
4. Take what you like. A passador stops at your table, names the cut and carves a slice onto your plate. Say yes or no thanks to each skewer.
5. Pace yourself. Each cut comes around again, so there is no need to rush. Turn the card to red when you want a break.
6. Finish when you are ready. Turn the card back to green whenever you want more.

What will be served?

The Brasa rodízio has 15 items. The beef cuts are picanha, bananinha, alcatra, cupim, contra-filé, acém, ponta de peito and filé com alho. There are two sausages, salsichão and smoked salsichão, as well as panceta (pork belly). For chicken you will see thighs, wingettes and drumettes. Grilled pineapple finishes the rotation.

Each cut has its own character, from the fatty cap of the picanha to the leaner alcatra. Our Brasa cuts page describes all of them.

Tips for your first rodízio

• Start with the lighter cuts and sides, then move to the richer ones such as cupim and picanha.
• Take small slices. You can always ask for another.
• Do not fill up on the first round. More cuts keep coming.
• Tell the passador how you like it: more or less cooked, with or without the fat.

New to churrasco itself? Read our first-time guide to a churrascaria.

Rodízio price in Ho Chi Minh City

Rodízio at Brasa costs 699,000₫ per adult. It includes every cut, the salad bar and the sides. Drinks are separate and a 5% service charge applies.

Book online at least one day ahead and the price is 649,000₫ per adult, for bookings made until 31 October 2026. This rate cannot be combined with other promotions.

Children under 4 eat free, ages 4 to 12 pay 350,000₫, and guests aged 13 and over pay the adult price. From Monday to Wednesday, Bring 4, Pay 3 gives one free rodízio for every four adults. See the promotions page.

Book your rodízio

Brasa is at 39 Đường số 52, KDC Văn Minh, An Khánh, Thủ Đức, about 10 minutes from Thảo Điền, with free parking next to the restaurant. We serve dinner every day from 17:00 to 22:00. Book on our website or on Zalo at 0767777012.