I know you're just thinking of all the churrascarias you wanna try in Rio, but I will tell you, one…read morenot-to-miss thing in Rio is seafood. I mean, the ocean is RIGHT THERE. I don't know why meat became king here. Specifically, you must try MOQUECA. Moqueca is basically a medium thick seafood stew (typically fish, but can be any seafood) served in a clay pot with a side of white rice (not sticky). It tastes and looks kinda tomato-based, but doesn't taste very tomato-y like a tomato bisque, minestrone, or gazpacho. So if you don't like tomatoes normally, you won't find moqueca offensive--I, in fact, dislike tomato-based soups, but this was fine. I found Nomangue because I wanted to try seafood in Rio, I wanted something close by, and I wanted something delicious. Lo-and-behold, I head to a nearby bank, walk for one minute down the street from my hotel, the Miramar Hotel by Windsor, and I stumble upon a very cute wooden exterior and a big crab logo. SOLD. It's very modern and clean inside with cute sea-faring based decor and it seemed like a good amount of the staff spoke English. Our waiter spoke little English, but luckily the hubs has decent Portuguese (filled in with Portuguese-inflected Spanish lol). Also, ordering in restaurants is basically just pointing, and if necessary they call the English-speaking staff over. I figured out this restaurant gets a good amount of U.S. tourists because we Americans love photos of food and before we even had a moment to ask about different dishes on the menu, the waiter pulled out an iPad with photos of everything on the menu. BRILLIANT AND A GOD-SEND. It's a casual restaurant, but the service is like a five-star damn restaurant. The staff is dressed nice and treat you really well and pour your wine and the dishes are presented beautifully, but then you use a paper napkin to wipe your mouth and we fit in with shorts, shirts, and flip flops (aka Havaianas of course). I found this same story in all of South America. Here, we have specific service levels based on the type of restaurant or cafe--sometimes you're served fully, sometimes you're only served partially, sometimes you get your own food, sometimes you get a number and they bring it to you but don't come back, it's all so confusing. There, they serve you at EVERY restaurant like it's a fancy one. LOVE. We went all seafood and ordered a delicious trio platter of fresh seafood with various sauces as an appetizer and decided on the octopus moqueca for our main course. They served it in full attached tentacle fashion and I'm sure the waiter saw our confused faces and immediately went into "these are Americans"-mode and offered to cut it apart for us like babies. TENDER, TENDER, TENDER is all I can say about the octopus. AND FRESH AND DELICIOUS. And of course very filling. Okay, so I said like 4 things about it. I can't recommend the octopus moqueca enough. We of course paired it with a Brazilian white wine and ended our meal with a cheese ice cream and sliced guava dessert. I think cheese and guava is a thing in Brazil. And it's now a thing in our damn household coz that combo found a new taste bud orgasm I didn't think I had. It was like the number 6 orgasm if we're talking in Monica from "Friends" speak. Total cost in U.S. dollars (at the Nov '18 exchange rate of 3ish reals: 1 usd) for great service, a 3-seafood platter appetizer, a few glasses of wine, fresh octopus moqueca, and a nice dessert = $88, with tip included. Easily over $100 in LA. Not bad, not bad at all! To top it all off, they had a random guitar player and fantastic singer performing in the corner ever so gently as a soundtrack to our night. Voice ON POINT. Most of the songs I didn't know as they were in Portuguese (and one in French), but they were lovely AF. She did play "Put Your Records On" for us English speakers and unbeknownst to her, I annoyingly made it a duet. I wish we could've tipped her but we didn't see a jar and I didn't wanna seem patronizing or awkward. LOVED IT ALL. I'm sure there are several places to try seafood and moqueca in Rio, but this is my rec. It's on a street right off Copacabana Beach. And if you stay at the lovely Miramar Hotel by Windsor, this place is a must. Viva moqueca!!

Not on Copacabana beach anymore. 1 hour drive from Copacabana to get there…read more However, there is a good ceviche place next to the Marriott on CC beach

Best restaurant in Buzios! Amazing seafood, fantastic service, fresh missed drinks, gorgeous view…read moreof the water. Honestly we tried the top 3 restaurants in Buzios and this was by far the best. We ordered the seafood dinner for 2 which was more than enough fresh seafood, best octopus, calamari, fish that we had on our 2 week trip to Buzios and Rio. We also had the chocolate mousse dessert that was to die for!

Check into your hotel and try out Rincon it's delicious and great service and prices for tapas and…read morepaella and seafood. Great for afternoon drinks and tapas on a rainy day or a hearty meal at night. They open for lunch and dinner. Nice wine selection and delicious drinks all the seafood is very great and beautiful views of water.

Wonderful friendly service followed by a well prepare pasta dish. Went for lunch and we would…read moredefinitely eat here again.

Stumbled upon this fabulous gem in Buzios. Ambiance, service, and food are a 10! I feel very lucky…read moreto have landed here for dinner.I had the pasta with eggplant. Hubby had the walnut and blue cheese salad. Appetizer of thin sliced prosciutto with cheese and mustard was out of this world. Nice wine list, beautiful view. Winner!

It was highly recomended so expectation was high! Maybe this…read morecan be a problem in a beach place like buzios We had a cevice as apetizer and a shrimp salad. The cevice was heavy on the lemon so the real taste gets masked. The salad needed more soul to justify its existence. The shrimp risotto my husband had was good but im definetely not a fan to use brie with shrimp and my fish eas realy good. But definitely stop by without much else xoectation. And enjoy! Its better!

Great service. Was crowded at prime time 5pm-9pm. We walked by to check it out, then came back once…read morewe freshened up. The Brochete Miso was great! Also broccoli rice was delicious. This place is on trip advisor as a must stop. My party all agreed! Thanks Brazil !

I walked over here from my hotel just to try the moqueca…read more I was seated near the back of the restaurant and the staff was really selling their more expensive dishes. When I asked how big the moqueca was he used his fingers to say it was a small dish. Of course that was untrue as the dishes delivered was more than 2x what he showed and came with a bunch of sides like a gravy, rice and something else. No explanation given of what they were as he just served everything to me. Given all that I read about moqueca I had high expectations about the dish. However the fish was over cooked and very dry eventhough it was covered in a sauce. The shrimps were better and overall it was a very filling plate. The overcooked fish was a letdown for me. I had a lot of leftovers and asked it to be packed up to go (which I was charged R12 extra for). I struck up a Google Translate conversation with a nurse seated next to me so that was a different way to pass the time as solo diners. I ended up giving my to go bag to share with her family since my hotel had no kitchen facilities. Tab was settled at the table with little explanation of the charges. 10% service charge was added automatically. Overall a very expensive dinner for an average tasting meal at best. I won't be coming back.

It's hard to imagine a better, more authentic way to eat seafood than this. The restaurant is…read morelocated basically inside the fish market, and while it is clean and cozy, it is clearly a more humble setting than where you would expect to find some of the best seafood in the city. Don't let the simplicity of the setting fool you: you are about to eat a feast worthy of Poseidon himself. They have a platter you can order that will literally take up the entire table. It comes as a huge cast-iron griddle that is simply overflowing with lobsters, shrimp, salmon, various white fish, octopus, squid, mussels... Basically everything delicious you could imagine. The platter fed eight of is perfectly, and came in (including drinks) at about R$60 each. Not bad! The restaurant may be a bit hard to find. It's along the side of the big fish market. Just ask someone if you're having trouble finding it.

I'm only reviewing because I didn't want other yelpers be misguided as I was by the existing 5 star…read morereview. My wife and I came and ordered the 1/2 portion of the same dish as pictured by the 5 star reviewer who claimed it was enough to feed 8. It includes fish, shrimp, octopus, muscles, calamari, baked potatoes and rice. Well... We went for lunch and the 2 of us finished everything without problem and it was R240 plus 10% service fee without drinks. The food was good but nothing stood out and we both felt it would be much better value and experience at any of the top Brazilian steakhouses that cost around R120 per person.

Conheço o restaurante Skinna, e seu dono Marcelo, desde que era o Bar do Mar, no Mercado do…read moreProdutor. Com o passar dos anos, a qualidade e o serviço só melhoraram, se é que é possível melhorar o que sempre foi excelente. Com um profundo respeito pelo cliente, Marcelo sempre ofereceu qualidade e serviço impecáveis em seu restaurante. Peixes e frutos do mar preparados com muito sabor e cuidado, com opção de menu executivo durante a semana no almoço, o Skinna tem se firmado como um Porto Seguro no gênero

We was looking for some seafood and I found this one on 2 different apps and the review we're all…read morethe same so we tried it. We went on a Tuesday evening and we are outside. I showed our waiter a picture of the seafood we saw and asked what was that and he knew imeaditely what dish we we're talking about. The preparations, the way they serve our food was amazing.

Very unassuming place. The food is pretty good. The service is good. Not a fancy place but if…read moreyou're looking for good fried fish/seafood and cold beer, this is the right place.

Great service and very good food......................... Nice atmosphere. Great wine selection…read more Will definitely go back.

Food is amazing, but the service is awful. Bring a pillow because you'll be sleeping at your table…read morewaiting for food or for anybody to wait on you. They have plenty of staff, but no systems or management. Just a bunch of people running around in circles. We almost walked out. The food though is very good.