The all-you-can-eat, distinct method of  spit-roasted meats are as good as you would expect in a restaurant where the fare is the first consideration.

        There are myriad types of high-end grilled meats, mostly cooked to a tender babyish pink, including a comprehensive assortment of steak -- rib eye, prime rib, crusty-edged skirt steak, a diversity of pork (some may be tough), crispy but succulent chicken legs, juicy lamb chops and garlicky sausages.  The slow-roasting, skewered cuts of  meats are prepared on the Brazilian rotisserie and over fire-pits, dispensed by experienced meat carvers with long, sharp, wooden-handled Brazilian knives.

        Upon arrival diners help themselves to a select variety from the appetite-awaking buffet, contributing a broad choice of seafood innovations as well as a fleet of zestful salads.  In addition the buffet hosts soups and hot seasonal dishes.

        As good as the food can be the desserts (not included in the price-fixed package) lives up to the rest of the kitchens reputation.  The menu proffers rich, good-looking choices.  Among the favorites is the creme de papaia, a sensuous flute of vanilla ice  cram clustered with dewy, fresh papaya wantonly drizzled with creme de cassis, a mouth-watering, must-have Brazilian sweet-ending.  Finish with coffee, very strong and very good.

        Ipanema likewise brags about its wine inventory and bar and cocktail lounge, where diners can bide their time.  

        Needless to say, the dinner menu touts the all encompassing price-fixed fare at $36.95 per person.  Seniors are charged $31.95; children 6 to 12, $11.95.  Should you choose to opt only for the buffet it's $18.95.