Fun restaurant to visit - not a foodie place however a fun place with live music and decent bar…read morefood! ended up meeting fun Americans and what was supposed to be a stopover for a pint resulted into several hours of fun. Will be stopping by again.

One of my favorite spots in Rio. They are pretty close to…read moreIpanema's beach and have a beautiful and comfy open space with a great service. I've ordered Canapé de Salmão and Remolacha Margarita. Everything was very tasty.

Second visit to Etta. Very capable bartenders are wonderful to watch as they create their magical…read morepotions. The food, of the food, is delightful. We had bruschetta and brie puffs. Yum. He had the salmon, I the octopus. Wonderful food. Just go there.

The food is amazing. Fresh ground beef cooked to perfection for their burgers. The service is top…read morenotch. Great music and a great atmosphere. You should definitely check it out. A comida é incrível. Carne fresca moída cozido à perfeição para os seus hambúrgueres. O serviço é de primeira qualidade. Great música e uma ótima atmosfera. Você deve definitivamente dar uma olhada.

Exceptional food and service!!…read more I had the Wellington and some kind of tuna dish. Both absolutely delicious. I really enjoyed the drinks as well. If you are in RIO Nosso is an absolute MUST. Highly recommend. I loved the variety of choices in their menu, I felt like they were all very unique - and equally as delicious. I went with a party of 15 or so and everyone was very happy with their meal.

Nosso is what you get when you have a great kitchen and a very good bar program almost working…read moretogether. It's so close to being an amazing establishment, but they seem to settle for great. The food is wonderful. The filler mignon was perfectly cooked. The gnocchi was perfectly cooked. Every sauce was decadent. Even the seemingly simple falafel and humus plate was nearly next level. You'd be hard pressed to find food this good at this price. The drinks are also good, but there needs to be coordination in flavor between the kitchen and bar. The drinks and food don't compliment one another, but individually they're great. If they can bridge the gap they're a next level establishment. Until then they're "only" great. Service staff is attentive and helpful. They do speak English and accept credit card. You don't need reservations if you arrive as they open or shortly after.

This is my favorite place from my trip to brazil. After the Moqueca, the food here was so unique…read moreand amazing. Its a cute vegan restaurant with great service. The menu is diverse and caters to different tastes. Stand out dishes: I enjoyed the lavender lemonade. Seitan baits with korean sauce had perfect crunch and it was my first time trying out seitan. Tofu with sesame crust with black rice. It was my first time having black rice but it paired really well with smoky tofu. The texture was great! Compared to the above dishes, i felt aromatic Burmese rice didn't stand out as much. Same with the batata rustica. These classic dishes were good however the menu has so many other interesting choices that might be fun to explore and taste great!

When traveling abroad researching vegan options is a most. Brazil is a meat eating country. I was…read morepleasantly surprised to find a 100% vegan restaurant in the Ipanema area of Rio. There were traditional Brazilian dishes prepared as a vegan option. Some of the options were not to my liking. The server was kind enough to remove it from my bill. I highly recommend Teva if you find yourself in Rio de Janeiro.

I went to Brazil for the first time (March 2023) and was recommended I go to this bar by one of the…read morehotel employees. This place did not disappoint. The drinks were fantastic, the bartender was superb and the vibe was super warm. If I lived in Rio I think I would be a regular coming to this car. If I ever come back to Rio I will definitely come to this bar.

If you ever heard of the famous Brazilian song called "the girl from Ipanema" this is the actual…read moreplace the song was written and the place was named after I suppose it was called something else before Hahaa But this is located literally a block away from the Ipanema beach in Ipanema Food is great and because it's close to the beach it's got that vibe Always love the fried chicken and the picanha meat Mmm And some guarana soda!

Iconic restaurant giving birth to the famous "Girl from Ipanema" song with delicious tableside…read moresizzling steak. Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Cost to worth it rating: 5 (a lot more affordable than other steak places in town) Return worthiness: yes Highlights: - Picanha was cut thin and tender. Came oh a sizzling platter. 5 stars - Garlic steak was heartier and packed with flavor: 4.5 stars - Large menu so something for everyone if they are t feeling steaky: fish, pasty - Only a few blocks in from the beach - Where they were inspired to write the famous song "Girl from Ipanema" with song notes framed and hung up on the walls Midlights - French fries: just ok. Thick cut and not crispy. 3 stars - Fried fish: was fine, but dry. 3 stars - Farofa: prefer it more roasted. 3 stars Lowlights: - Popular so can be a line waiting outside Enjoyed this spot and would go back.

Well I have to say I wasn't expecting much for this bar/nightclub/restaurant. It was surprisingly…read morereasonably priced for their executive menus, it would be ridiculous not to try them. You could choose grilled chicken two sides and a sauce for R$20 and get a dessert. The other options included pastas with meat and sauce. We tried the chicken and the bolognese sauce on spaghetti that was fairly decent especially for the price. The option side Service was fair and more attentive that other bars. The bathroom was upstairs and quite disgusting. For a late night bar it was ok but for a restaurant during the day it was gross. It smelled and the motion sensor light kept clicking off. Also if you don't like loud obnoxious daytime TV shows, sit outside where you can get away from the yappy TVs For a cheap executive lunch, this is the place to go.

Came here twice during my trip to Rio. With the exchange rate between 3.6 and 3.8 reals for one…read moreamerican dollar , prices were excellent. Service was pretty good which is not something I found very easily in this town. Drinks came out quick, dinner came out soon thereafter. Everything tasted great. Our waiter kept checking on us and made sure we had everything we needed. First night here was a quiet night while my second visit was in a packed house. Ambience is cool and casual - TV is on playing UFC and the music is blasting.

The first time we came here is wasn't too impressive because they had so many things missing off…read morethe menu. So we decided to give it another chance when it was a busier weekend. This place gets full on a Saturday night so we made sure we grabbed a table before it became impossible. We ordered a good mix of things to taste them all the cheese and meat plate came with a variety of each (3) though they didn't explain what exactly was on it. They ranged from harder to softer cheese each quite distinct. It was accompanied by some bread that also had good flavor to it. We tried each of the 6 different types of bruschetta: goat cheese with fig and honey, classic with tomato and basil, mushroom with melted Brie, shredded duck, gorgonzola with arugula and nuts. They had a bean one but later told us they were out so we doubled up on the classic. All were impressively good with decent bread. I would say there are better then Prima. The bolinhos arancini we tried were also decent, one with shrimp another with meat and the third with mushroom. The caipirinhas here are good too and they have my favorite cachaça, Leblon.

Three stars only because of lack of availability of items on the menu (as we only discovered once…read morewe tried to order them). The items we were able to order, however, were delicious. The place does seem to be targeted toward those wanting cocktails and tapas, but they have some entree type choices too. I didn't get to order a cocktail though because they had Jeffrey, one of my favorite beers here. The place is clearly popular among locals and there is always a crowd, inside and out. As I mentioned earlier, if the place had everything they listed, or at least if the waiter told us what wasn't available, I would have given the place 4 stars.

Dare I say it?... The pulpo was better here than Madrid (my top for several years). We came by our…read morefirst night in rio because I love octopus and iberico ham. The service and food were on point!And the cocktails were out of this world. I had a tangerine cocktail with ginger foam and little red pepper balls. I don't know what magic happened during the creation of this drink, but it was amazing. We also had steak tartare, yum! Everything was great and we may even come back while we are still here.

We had a great time at this restaurant during my visit to Rio. Found it through doing some…read moresearches and was glad I did. It has a real local feel. Full bar with TVs, outside and inside seating. We ordered tapas to share as they didnt have the lamb I wanted. The sangrias were good as well as the tapas. Service was good as well.

At the second floor of a very famous hotel in a glamorous neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, this…read morerestaurant is a compulsory stop for residents and visitors. Besides great food and drinks, you can get a seat in with a direct view to the sea, from Leblon beach. Arrive early to guarantee those tables. They have one with a nice comfortable sofa with a sea view as well. I have lost count of the amount of times I have been there. The main courses and desserts are always delicious, regardless of the choice. There is one starter though that I just dream about and cannot resist in all my Sunday nights (if you are a chefsclub member you get 50% discount in main courses and even starters). Scallops with cashew puree and cashew sauce. This is the most delicious starter, and a must have for all yelpers.

Good friends who are from Rio met us for dinner and drinks at this spot in Leblon overlooking the…read morebeach. We were a bit concerned about the price, since we had been trying to keep our dinners a bit more modest in price, but we figured we deserved a nice meal for a change. The cocktails menu is extremely interesting, with a large range of special drinks with evocative names (I opted for the "Public Enemy #1", which came in a small bottle (like for a 7oz soda) wrapped in a sort of newsprint with Al Capone's image on it. It was delicious, as were the cocktails my friends ordered. When we ordered dinner, there was a lot to tempt us, and while I might have wished to spare the budget by not ordering a starter, it had a dish that sounded so good to me, I could not pass it up--grilled octopus with açaí sauce. I had seen it on another table, and it looked great, so I had that, while one of my friends had a sort of salad with lentils and seafood (and the rest did without a starter). I have to say, my octopus was a bit lacking in flavour; even a bit more salt would have helped it out a bit, but it looked great and the texture of the octopus was excellent. For our mains, I had a dish of rice with duck (duck is one of those things I almost always order when I see it on a menu), while one friend had lamb ribs with polenta. Again, my dish was a bit lacking in flavour and it was actually a bit dry. When it came to desserts, our Carioca friends told us that they cannot go to this place without having dessert, and one in particular they order just about every time they visit. I took that as a good sign, so I ordered one of my favourites, a lime quindim with coconut ice cream. Happily for me, this was deserving of the praise our friends bestowed on it, and the one that they ordered, a sort of tres leites cake, was even better. All in all, given the pricing I cannot give it more than three stars, though if you went for just cocktails and dessert it might deserve four.