make sure you are hungry
DESCRIPTION: A little different but TOTALLY enjoyable.great service and fairly priced. I recommend Roda Viva very highly.
DATE: 2003-08-02
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 6
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : everything

A very different type of restaurant
DESCRIPTION: This is by far the best restaurant I have ever been too. This is a buffet style restaurant with a twist. They have a huge selection of salad, from cesar and garden to crab and pasta. From there you move to a horseshoe serving section which has various main courses from crab legs, sushi, whole shrimp and fried calamari to lasagna and soups. The best part of this dining experience was begins once you sit down. Rotissere cooked meats are brought to your table through out the course of the evening. We sampled just about everything they brought out. We had lamb, rabbit, quail, tri tip steak, porterhouse, prime rib, duck, chicken, brazillian sausage etc. The staff was very attentive and the $20 cost was well worth it. Make sure you go there hungry.
DATE: 2004-04-06
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 8
AMBIANCERATING : 8
OVERALLRATING : 10
RECOMMENDED DISHES : lamb, whole shrimp, tri tip steak

Bad food, terrible prices, awful all around
DESCRIPTION: Terra Nostra sounds exotic, and Steve Knight wrote a pleasant enough review of this Brazilian Barbeque for elmerdills.com, but don't fool yourself. My family and I ruined a fine Friday evening venturing outside of our normal variety which includes just about everything...but Brazilian BBQ. Terra is located in an older poorly lit shopping center (Even their signage lighting was burnt out.), but we set our biases aside and went inside to find an aging decor of cheap tables and even cheaper uncomfortable chairs. Only a few tables were occupied at 7:30pm, but AGAIN we set our biases aside...The waitress was kind, though she didn't explain how things worked until we asked...after sitting there for 5 minutes staring at each other. The "all you can eat salad bar" was the worst I've ever encountered; poorly attended to with food drying out and cold. Many of the 20 or so selections of vegetable, rice, and bean dishes offered in the salad bar were new to me and of the 8 or so I tried, they were all very bland, poorly prepared, some over cooked and some undercooked, and overall just downright state-pen fodder. Ok, at least there was lettuce. Well back at the table...15 minutes pass...this is supposed to be a BBQ, so where is the meat? Well, there is one attendent that wanders around to each table offering a slice of meat off of a long skewer that he has just pulled off the grill, he obviously doesn't have enough meat to go around, and we're offered about half an ounce of meat each when he comes to our table. I tried three different kinds of meat, all were grissely and fatty and lacked any seasoning to speak of...the worst part being that it took another 15 minutes of staring at my family members - who are all nice looking folks I assure you, but in order to get 1 and a half ounces of meat??? The dinner price per person is $17.75 for ALL YOU CAN EAT. Well, my family and I had enough AWFUL food after the 30 mins we were there. The interesting part was that the waitress wasn't the least surprised when we so promptly asked for our check, nor was she surprised in the LEAST when I told her we wouldn't pay the full amount of an OUTRAGEOUS $17.75 per person. Don't waste your time or your money at Terra Nostra. I will add that Steve Knight's review was written almost 4 years ago, things seem to have changed at Terra, but not to his benefit.
DATE: 2004-09-18
FOODRATING : 2
SERVICERATING : 4
AMBIANCERATING : 2
OVERALLRATING : 2
RECOMMENDED DISHES : None

Nice Buffet, but Save Room for All the Meat.
DESCRIPTION: Nothing succeeds like excess - lots of food, especially meat. Lots and lots of meat. Nice buffet, but save room for all the meat. Need a post-lunch nap.
DATE: 2005-07-19
FOODRATING : 6
SERVICERATING : 8
AMBIANCERATING : 8
OVERALLRATING : 6
RECOMMENDED DISHES : meat

DESCRIPTION: Just returned from dinner at Green Field. First experience and it was great. The 3 specific servers for our table were all extremely efficient and personable, especially Luis, very funny gentleman. The side dishes were very good and the meat superb, especially the tri-tip, brisket, chicken, rib-eye, skirt steak. Had a couple of very good wines with dinner and the desserts were excellent as well. It was a really fun evening.
DATE: 2005-08-21
FOODRATING : 8
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 8
RECOMMENDED DISHES : See above

Best meat ever!!
DESCRIPTION: I have had dinner at Green Field for my birthday back in January, and since then I have returned to the restaurant many times. They food at this venue is EXCELLENT! I wouldn't complain about any of the meat. The taste and blends are extremely delightful. From tri-tip to rib-eye and my favorite.....skirt steak....just melts on your pallet! The service is awesome and the buffet of food items is great. I would recommend Green Field to any person who is a big fan of meat.
DATE: 2005-11-21
FOODRATING : 10
SERVICERATING : 10
AMBIANCERATING : 10
OVERALLRATING : 10