Rio Guide

Category: Restaurants

  • Satyricon: Feel the flavor of the best Mediterranean seafood in town

    Satyricon: Feel the flavor of the best Mediterranean seafood in town

    Satyricon is considered the best seafood restaurant in Rio de Janeiro. Expensive and very elegant, this old-school place offers an Italian menu. As an appetizer, try the sea food tasting one: oysters, tuna, salmon, lobster, mussels and crab served on a layer of ice. Simply gorgeous. The house specialty is the pargo, baked fish crusted in salt. Among wines our favorite is the white Talinay from Chile. While you eat, have a look to the guests: it is very likely that a VIP is seated just beside you. Suggested dress code: chic.

    Satyricon
    Rua Barrão da Torre 192
    Ipanema – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2521 0627
    Website: www.satyricon.com.br

  • La Carioca Cevicheria: Discover Peruvian Cuisine

    La Carioca Cevicheria: Discover Peruvian Cuisine

    This tiny and lovely restaurant in Jardim Botânico is specialized in the most typical of Peruvian dishes -ceviche: fresh row fish marinated in lime juice, spiced with chilli pepper and often served with coriander and onion. La Carioca offers all types of ceviche, from traditional recipes to Mediterranean and Oriental gastronomic inventions. Try also the octopus and don’t forget to taste the grape-brandy called pisco, the national drink in Peru (as cachaça is in Brazil). If you want to be more sober, choose the house beer La Carioca.

    La Carioca – Cevicheria
    Rua Maria Angelica 113 A
    Jardim Botânico – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2226 8821
    Email: holaquetal@lacarioca.com.br
    Website: www.lacarioca.com.br

  • Bráz: Try a traditional Italian Pizza

    Bráz: Try a traditional Italian Pizza

    This is the trendy place to be for an Italian pizza. Located in Jardim Botânico, Bráz is a stylish, old school Italian pizzeria, with a vintage design and an easygoing atmosphere. Pizzas are rolled by hand and cooked in a wood oven in the wide open kitchen. Ingredients come from the typical Neapolitan tradition: Caputo 00 flour, San Marzano tomatoes and Italian olive oil. Bráz offers more than 26 varieties of pizza, divided into 4 categories: specialities, classic, traditional and contemporary. It also makes home deliveries in Jardim Botânico, Gávea, Leblon and Ipanema.

    Bráz
    Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday from 6.30 pm to 0.30 am. Friday and Saturday from 6.30 pm to 1.30 am.
    Rua Maria Angelica 129
    Jardim Botânico – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2535 0687 (anche per consegne)
    Website: www.casabraz.com.br

  • Toca do Siri: Don’t miss the specialities from Bahia & the best crab ever

    Toca do Siri: Don’t miss the specialities from Bahia & the best crab ever

    A paradise to the ones who love crab: Toca do Siri – Boteco Baiano is a great botequim offering traditional specialities from Bahia. Here is our perfect lunch: moqueca de siri (stuffed crab) and fish soup. Simply outstanding. Have a seat on the lovely terrace also for a caipirinha at sunset: the atmosphere is lively and charming, especially on weekends, when the area is close to traffic. Don’t miss this place for no reason in the world.

    Toca do Siri
    Rua Francisco Ottaviano 50
    Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2267 0894
    Email: sirimole@sirimole.com.br

  • Galitos Grill: Taste the best and cheapest grilled chicken in town

    Galitos Grill: Taste the best and cheapest grilled chicken in town

    ‘Galitos grill’ offers you the best, and particularly cheap, Galito na brasa (grilled chicken) of Rio. It’s the perfect place for a healthy and tasty lunch. The service is not perfect, but the quality is super and it’s quiet affordable. We like it. This is for sure a very Carioca place. Not a lot of Gringos are around there. I really enjoyed the speciality, the galeto na brasa with tapioca and rice, and I’ve also appreciated  the chicken nuggets (not the healthiest food ever, but they were great!). There are three restaurants Galitos Grill spread over the city: Ipanema, Copacabana and Leblon. Don’t miss the best grilled chicken in town and feel like a local!

    Galitos Grill
    Rua Farme de Amoedo, 62 (Ipanema)
    Rua Souza Lima, 16 (Copacabana)
    Av. Ataulfo de Paiva, 209 (Leblon)

  • Armazēm Café: Take a break with a good Brazilian coffee

    Armazēm Café: Take a break with a good Brazilian coffee

    In Portuguese “armazém” means grocery store, and this chain of grocery stores is entirely dedicated to Brazilian Arabica coffee. With stores in Ipanema, Leblon and Centro, Armazēm Café wants to transform the typical Carioca habit of cafesinho in a sophisticated tasting (the slogan is “Coffee tasting of coffee”). Ask for an Italian-style espresso at the counter (it is served with a delicious pastry) or buy pure Brazilian coffee in its many versions. Enjoy an Irish coffee, a cappuccino or a coffee milkshake, and think to the broad Brazilian coffee plantations where all began.

    Armazēm Café Ipanema
    Rua Jangadeiros 28, Ipanema
    Phone: +55 21 2521 9610

    Armazēm Café Leblon
    Rua Ataulfo de Paiva 375, Leblon
    Phone: +55 21 3874 5923

    Armazēm Café Centro
    Rua do Ouvidor 77, Centro
    Phone: +55 21 2292 6985

    Website: www.armazemdocafe.com.br

  • Terzetto Café: Have lunch in Praça General Osório

    Terzetto Café: Have lunch in Praça General Osório

    Revisited Italian cuisine just in front of Praça General Osório metro station, in Ipanema: Terzetto Café offers nice meals in a delicious atmosphere. At the counter you can have pies, sandwiches, bakery, confectionery, delicatessen and coffee. The restaurant menu offers pasta, fish, shellfish, good Brazilian meat and rich desserts. There is a well-stocked wine shop and you can do take away. Prices are average.

    Terzetto Café
    Rua Jangadeiros 28 lj D, Ipanema
    Phone 1: +55 21 2247 3243
    Phone 2: +55 21 2267 0446
    Email: cafe@terzettocafe.com.br

  • ¡Venga!: Share a Spanish-style tapa with friends

    ¡Venga!: Share a Spanish-style tapa with friends

    ¡Venga! is the first Tapas bar of Rio de Janeiro, featuring a typical Spanish food. The first ¡Venga! has been opened in 2009, and it became immediately a hotspot in the Rio culinary scenario.
    The idea was to connect the carioca spirit with the culture of Tapas, one of the most social way to eat. Tapa means sharing small portions of food with family and friends.
    Moreover, the chance to try various options in the same time make the Tapas one of the most eclectic dining experiences.
    Here you will find: the excellent Pata negra ham, the tasty paprika octopuss and a stylish ambient and furniture.

    Leblon – Río de Janeiro
    Calle Dias Ferreira, 113-B
    Tel.: (21) 2512-9826
    Monday, from 18 pm; from Tuesday to Sunday, from 12:00 am.

    Ipanema – Río de Janeiro
    Calle Garcia D’Ávila, 147–B
    Tel.: (21) 2247-0234
    From Monday to Sunday from 12 am.

  • Braseiro da Gávea: Have a filet steak & mingle with Cariocas

    Braseiro da Gávea: Have a filet steak & mingle with Cariocas

    Located on the most eventful street of Baixo Gávea, a typical carioca meeting point, the easygoing restaurant Braseiro offers gorgeous filet steaks (picanha), grilled sausages and meat on the BBQ. Very crowded on Thursday evenings, when Braseiro becomes the meeting point of crowds of young people. While waiting, sip a cerveza (beer), a chopp (draft beer) or a caipirinha and melt with the locals.

    Braseiro da Gávea
    Praça Santos Dumont 116
    Gávea – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2239 7494
    Website: www.braseirodagavea.com.br

  • La Fabrique: Have a fish moqueca in a sophisticated atmosphere

    La Fabrique: Have a fish moqueca in a sophisticated atmosphere

    Charming and sophisticated, this restaurant is located on the street running along the beach of Leme. At La Fabrique you will eat Spanish-style tapas, crepes, pata negra ham and Brazilian specialities as the fish moqueca. Good choice of wines, lovely interiors and very cozy atmosphere.

    La Fabrique
    Opening hours: every day from 11.00 am to 12.00 pm
    Avenida Atlántica 994
    Leme – Rio de Janeiro
    Phone: +55 21 2541 2416
    Website: www.lafabrique.com.br