We came to this restaurant as a recommendation in Cabo Frio. And the restaurant didn't disappoint…read more The restaurant is right on one of the main squares in the city center. Nice ambiance and with several tables outside if the day (or night) is pleasant. The restaurant has a variety of dishes going from Italian pastas to Portuguese and Spanish dishes. I had the octopus that was very yummy. The drinks are also spot on. If you never tried I recommend the Sake Caipirinha with Lima da Pérsia. Bon Appétit!

Very nice italian place by the beach. The service is a bit slow because it was pretty crowded. The…read morefood is quite good, a bit expensive though. Un lugar italiano muy agradable junto a la playa. El servicio es un poco lento porque estaba bastante lleno. La comida es bastante buena, aunque un poco cara.

Really good place! We had the salmon and the "dark beer" meat. It was so good!! And there is…read moresomething special with the salmon. if you order it you get a plate to bring home after. They change the style of the plate every year.

This is a Napolitan-style pizza place in Buzios!…read more Small and humble if compared to the others huge, fancy Italian restaurants in Buzios. But this pizza.... it is outstanding! Amazing crust, light, made with Italian flour (the owner, who also serves the clients, is Italian and loves Pizza). The tomato sauce is awesome, great taste! The Margherita comes with small pieces o tomato, instead of huge slices of it (as it is common in other places). Don't be fooled by the appearances! This small humble place beats most of the fancy Restaurants in Buzios! If by Buzios, you should give it a shoot! A Pizza-place so good that would make success in bigger cities as well. The only downside is that all the ingredients are superb, but the cheese is a simple, regular mozzarella, and that kind of unbalances the Pizza. To be fair, they do have a Margherita that comes with Buffalo mozzarella, that one should give it a try (we had a regular Margherita, with the regular Mozzarella). UPDATE: The owner contacted me to said that he was sad that I though the Mozzarella was a simple one, as he said that he uses a very good one, that you cannot find at the regular market. Oh, well... apparently my taste sucks in recognizing good cheese!! In any case, I feel obliged to update this review with this extra info!

Every pasta dish is amazing! They make everything fresh and cook it to perfection. Fresh…read moreingredients and not overly seasoned. It's simply great! The salmon carpaccio is also recommended and at some point I will update this review to include the meat dishes and pizzas which look great but I never got to them since the pastas are all so good. One thing to note is this is a cash only restaurant and the tip is not included (but please take care of our waiter!)

Got to this Italian restaurant for dinner, we have got a great service and the food was amazing!…read moreHighly recommended

I first experienced Forno as a coffee shop where I picked up my new favorite coffee beans from…read moreCaparao Coffee Club. They have an amazing blend that might be one of the best I've ever had in my life. I love that this place is multifaceted. They are a pizzeria, a coffee shop, and a bakery all in one. There is a brick oven pizza in the store where you can watch your pizza get made which is fun. They have a lot of food options and take-home items that are delicious like cake in a cup, sourdough chips, meringues, cookies, etc. Overall a great place to hang out and eat.

I recently watched Francis Ford Coppola's classic movie "The Godfather" over again. If the story…read morefrom that movie had taken place in Rio, Coppola might have chosen Cantina Donanna in Copacabana as the place to assassinate the corrupt police captain Mark McCluskey. Thoughts of The Godfather instantly came into my head when I first saw this small family run restaurant. The look of it is just right, the way you'd expect an old-time authentic Italian restaurant to look. Handmade pasta is the bottom line for this place. If you choose the proper sauce to pair with it, you will be fine. I had spaghetti with ruccola and shrimps. They cooked the salad in the shrimp sauce; I had never seen it done that way before. My friend had a sauce made from catupiri, mushrooms nuts, and shrimps. It was totally awful; there was a lake of it, and it both completely drowned and overpowered the pasta.. If you dine here, stick to the Italian-style sauces and you'll be a happy camper. The quality of the pasta was good; it was al dente and well made, however it doesn't taste or look different from industrial pasta at all. The food not withstanding, what unquestionably brought my rating of this restaurant down to three stars was the service. The waiters were negligent. When asked for fresh ground pepper they simply put the pepper mill on the table. Menus were not brought until we had been sitting for 15 minutes, and it took three requests before we could get our check at the end of the meal.

Delicious homemade pasta and fresh, made from scratch sauces. Authentic Italian and highly…read morerecommend.

We had a delicious meal at Saint Tropez. The wait time was reasonable; the menu had several options…read moreto choose from. We ordered mussels as a starter and they were delicious! Flavorful and fresh. We ordered two margherita pizzas--also delicious and the Indian shrimp curry, which was creamy and flavorful. Great spot if you're looking for some good food in a touristy area.