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Rio de Janeiro has a huge variety of restaurants, bars and pubs all over the city. From the most traditional to the very exclusive, there is something for every taste! Satisfaction guaranteed, but don't forget your Caipirinha!

Foodies will love the 'churrascarias'. These all-you-can-eat style restaurants are a popular choice across Rio de Janeiro!

Our Rio de Janeiro Restaurant Guide is a handy source of information for all you need to know about eating out on your Rio de Janeiro vacation. Familiarise yourself with the local cuisine before heading out to one of the many fabulous restaurants in Rio de Janeiro to try it for yourself! Our Rio de Janeiro Shopping Guide for some great gift and souvenir ideas, while our Brazil Restaurant Guide recommends some great food ideas to look out for as you travel Brazil.

Food & Cuisine in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro has been influenced by cuisines of different cultures, mainly from the immigrants of many parts of the world, which can be encountered in the ingredients, flavours and way of preparing the food. There are numerous restaurants in Rio de Janeiro specialising in Spanish, French, Lebanese, Arabian, Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican, Japanese, and Brazilian food, among others.

Italian, French and Japanese restaurants are present in many corners of Ipanema, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico areas, while the best typical seafood establishments are out of town in Vargem Grande and Barra de Guaratiba. In Lapa, Downtown, Flamengo and Botafogo neighborhoods, you will find many Brazilian botequins, small bars that serve beer and traditional appetizers. In Copacabana, the variety of offerings runs the gamut from traditional sandwiches, definately worth a try and Brazilian juices such as açaí, to international hotel cuisine created by famous European chefs. In Barra da Tijuca, the options are concentrated in shopping centres such as Rio Design Barra that has an almost entire floor taken up by good restaurants serving different cuisines.

Some of our Rio de Janeiro tours will also enable you to experience the best restaurants in Rio.

Regional Food and Drink

Feijoada

An assorted platter of thinly sliced pork meats accompanied by side dishes of rice, black beans, collard greens, orange slices and hot peppers. Being a heavy dish that takes many hours to cook, Feijoada is consumed usually once a week at lunch time. Most restaurants serve it as the day's special, but some offer Feijoada everyday. Cariocas (locals) traditionally eat Feijoada on Sundays, for lunch, after a sunny and warm beach day.

Churrasco (Barbecue)

Meat cooked on skewers over open pits. Most of the churrascarias restaurants have an all-you-can-eat style of service and are available around many corners in Rio de Janeiro.

Caipirinha

Enjoyed everywhere in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's national cocktail is made of cachaça (Brazil's most common alcoholic beverage distilled from sugar cane), sugar and lime. One of the 50 greatest drinks of all time, Caipirinha was designated by The International Bartender Association as one of their Official Cocktails.

Chopp

The most popular alcoholic beverage in Rio, Chopp or Chope, is draft beer served ice-cold. It is perfect to drink on the hot days which are common in Rio de Janeiro. Ask for 'chopp claro' if you want a light beer or 'chopp escuro' if you want dark.

Cuisines by region

Tapas - North Zone and Downtown, specially Vila Isabel, Tijuca and Lapa

Northeast Cuisine - Feira de São Cristóvão (São Cristóvão Market)

International Cuisine, elaborate, refined food - South Zone

Among the many dining options in Rio de Janeiro, some traditional restaurants have stood out from the crowd and conquered international fame. Those are the most visited restaurants in town not only by tourists, but also by cariocas.

Porcão Rio's

Porcão Rio's is located right in front of Guanabara Bay, providing its customers an indescribable view of the Sugar Loaf Mountain.

Porcão is the best barbecue restaurant in Rio de Janeiro. This churrascaria (Brazilian steakhouse) is pure carnivorous heaven! Open since 1975, Porcão now has branches in New York and Miami. Besides all kinds of meat, there is a vast selection of buffet food, including many amazing salads, fishes, sushi, amazing desserts and of course feijoada (Brazil's national dish of meat, black beans, rice and greens).

Marius

The restaurant is 'anchored' facing Copacabana Beach. The unique decor comprises original and antique pieces from old vessels. The atmosphere combines, harmony, beauty, magic and adventure. Fish, crustaceans, and mollusks come from marine farms (vivariums).

Seafood lovers will be delighted by the menu as almost everything from the sea is represented. Diners can feast on prawns, lobster, oysters, crab, tuna steaks, salmon and more, all fresh from the sea to their plates.

Restaurants List

Porcão

Typical Brazilian style steakhouse. Salad buffet. Different types of meat are served at the table. Eat as much as you like, stay as long as you want for a unique price. You can book this through us it will probably be cheaper.

Type : Churrascaria - Steakhouse

Address : Aterro do Flamengo
Rua Barão da Torre, 218 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 3461 9020 / 55 21 3202 9155

Website : http://www.porcao.com.br

Opening hours : 12:00

Marius

Certainly one of the best and nicest looking restaurants in the Copacabana district, Marius Restaurant offers seafood - as much as you can eat - and a wonderful seafood buffet. Definitely a 'must eat'! We can get good deals starting from five persons. Reservation are necessary.

Type : Seafood

Address : Avenida Atlântica, 290 lj B - Leme

Phone : 0800 707 9001

Email : car@marius.com.br

Website : http://www.marius.com.br

Opening hours : 18:00 to to 01:00

00 (zero zero)

The 'zero zero' is a mixture of restaurant, bar and nightclub. Very trendy place, tends to fill up on weekends.

Type : Continental Cuisine

Address : Avenida Padre Manoel Franca, 240
Gávea

Phone : 55 21 2540 8041

Website : http://www.00site.com.br

Opening hours : 21:00 to to 06:00

Devassa

Famous Carioca bar. Usually full at weekends and very nice to have a beer and a chat and look at the locals. They serve apetizers.

Type : Bar and apetizers

Address : Rua do Rosário, 90 loja A - Centro
Avenida General San Martin, 2141 - Leblon

Phone : 55 21 2223 1658 / 55 21 2540

Website : http://www.devassa.com.br

Opening hours : 12:00 to to 06:00

Garota de Ipanema

This is the famous 'bar-restaurant' where Vinicus de Moraes and Tom Jobim wrote thir 'Girl of Ipanema'. The girl which is now a woman, lives in the neighborhood and used to wlk pass the bar every day on her way to the beach where the two songwritter transformed her in this well knwon song. The restaurant is nothing special, but the sizzledc 'Picanha Fatiada' (sizzled beef) is worth a visit. Prices are very affordable.

Type : Bar e Restaurante

Address : Rua Vinicius de Morais
Ipanema

Opening hours : 11:00 to to 01:00

Satyricon

Satiricon is in fact an Italian restaurant with a variety of continental food. The restaurant is on the higher end.

Type : Pastas e Frutos do Mar

Address : Rua Barão da Torre, 192 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 2521 0627

Fax : 55 21 2521 0947

Website : http://www.satyricon.com.br

Opening hours : 12:00 to to 21:00

Restaurants on Avenida Atlântica

There is a multitude of restaurants on the Avenida Atlántico in Copacabana. They all serve a great diversity of dishes and are mostly very affordable. Tip: most dishes are well served and sufficient for two persons.

Type : Continental

Address : Avenida Atlántico - Copacabana

Opening hours : 12:00 to to 03:00

Frontera

Another Kilo restaurant, a little bit more expensive than Kilograma but the quality is defintely very high.

Type : Kilo restaurant

Address : Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 128 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 3289 2350

Website : http://www.frontera.com.br

Opening hours : 11:00 to to 15:00

Kilograma

Try out the traditional 'at kilo' restaurants in Brazil. The idea is very simple: a buffet with a variety of salads, vegetables, meats, fish, etc... Just pick and way your plate afterwards and you'll be charged at a 100 gr fixed rate. This is one of the better Kilo restaurants and its sure worth its money.

Type : Comida a kilo

Address : Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 1144 - Copacabana
Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 644 loja A - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 3202 9050

Email : copa@kilograma.com.br

Website : http://www.kilograma.com.br

Opening hours : 11:00

Bar D'Hotel

Very popular bar inside the Marina All Suites Hotel, but accesible to outsiders. The bar has a 70's, Pop Art decoration and turns into a nightclub later in the night. International cusine is served.

Type : Restaurant - Bar - Nightclub

Address : Avenida Delfim Moreira, 696 Leblon

Phone : 55 21 2172 1100

Website : http://www.hoteismarina.com.br

Opening hours : 18:00 to to 02:00

Barra Brasa

Another typical Brazilian steakhouse with meat and food. Salad buffet and meat served at your table.

Type : Steakhouse - Churrascaria

Address : Avenida Afrânio de melo Franco, 131 - Leblon
Avenida Ayrton Senna, 2541 - Barra da Tijuca

Phone : 55 21 2111 5700 / 55 21 2199 9191

Opening hours : 12:00 to to 01:00

Lapa district

This district is immensly popular with the Brazilian intellectual crowd. It offers a variety of bars, Brazilian music and festivals. The place is right under the Lapa archway, on which the little tramway passes and usually the place warms-up from thursday through saturdayDefintely a must see in Rio.

Type : Bares

Address : Rua Mem de Sá e arredores
Lapa

Opening hours : 19:00 to to 06:00

Borsalino

Type : Cozinha Italiana

Address : Avenida Armando Lombardi, 633 - Terraço
Barra da Tijuca

Phone : 55 21 2491 4288

Email : ristorante@borsalino.com.br

Website : http://www.borsalino.com.br

Opening hours : 12:00 to to 01:00

Baronneti

Favoured by the locals this nightclub has a Sushi bar and tends to fill up from Friday to Sunday. Appetizers are also served.

Type : Bar - Nightclub

Address : Rua Barão da Torre, 354 Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 2247 9100

Email : info@baronneti.com.br

Website : http://www.baronneti.com.br

Opening hours : 23:00 to to 06:00

Capricciosa

One of the best Pizzarias in Rio de Janeiro. Excellent but certainly not cheap. Pizzas are made in the middle of the restaurant in the old fashioned way baked in an old fashioned oven.

Type : Pizza and Italian food

Address : Rua Domingos Ferreira, 187 - Copacabana
Rua Maria Angélica, 37 - Jardim Botânico

Phone : 55 21 2255.2598 / 55 21 2527 2656

Website : http://www.capricciosa.com.br

Opening hours : 18:00

Cafeína

Excellent for breakfast. One fo the few places in Rio where you can find a real European style breakfast and decent bread. There is one in Copacabana and one in Ipanema's Farme de Amoedo street.

Type : Cafeteria

Address : Rua Constante Ramos, 44 - Copacabana<
Rua Farme de Amoedo, 43 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 2547 8651 / 55 21 2521 2194

Email : cafeina1@uol.com.br

Website : http://www.cafeina.biz

Opening hours : 08:00

Zazá Bistrô - Tropical

This restaurant, by the same owners of the zero zero, is very 'eclectic'. The food is a mixture of oriental, south amercian and european styles, and the place itself is very popular with the Brazilian yuppy crowd.

Type : Restaurant

Address : Rua Joana Angélica, 40 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 2247 9101

Email : zaza@zazabistro.com.br

Website : http://www.zazabistro.com.br

Opening hours : 18:00 to to 01:00

Chez Pierre

This restaurant is part of the Ipanema Plaza hotel and well worth a visit or a drink on its nice balcony (one of the three hotels in Rio who have the luxury to posses a balcony). The dishes are prepared by a well known Brazilian chef and are very tasty and innovative.

Type : Restaurant

Address : Rua Farme de Amoedo, 34 - Ipanema

Phone : 55 21 3687 2000

Fax : 55 21 3687 2001

Email : alimentosebebidas@ipanemaplaza.com.br

Website : http://www.ipanemaplazahotel.com.br

Marius Steakhouse

We offer special prices starting from 5 persons if booked thorugh us. Different types of meat are served non-stop at your tabel. Salad buffet.