Hmmm mixed feelings about this place. To be honest the food was good, i enjoyed their feijoada. We got the rodicio da feijoada. However, the service left a lot to say. We were a a party of 14, and i know it's a lot to handle but from the start we were not attended correctly. Ordering food and drinks was a mess bc the server never asked for our drinks so we were all asking whoever passed by at different times since we had to be divided into 3 separate tables. Also we didnt receive everything that was promised with the feijoada rodicio. We were supposed to receive some sort of "shots" but we did not. Otherwise, the place itself is small but very pretty and romantic. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Feijoada - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

On our second night in Rio, we decided to try Casa da Feijoada, which was within walking distance from where we were staying. It's a fairly small restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating, and the crowd seemed to be mostly locals--which is always a good sign. They're known for their traditional Feijoada (black bean stew), but I decided to go with the Filé Mignon com Catupiry (Filet Mignon with Catupiry cheese). I was a little skeptical at first--I'd never had filet with a cheese sauce before--but oh my god, it was delicious! The Catupiry cheese is seriously amazing. I definitely recommend this place if you're in the area. Next time, I think I'll finally try their famous Feijoada! read more

We ordered the traditional per person meal. The food and service were some of the best in Rio. The waiters spoke English and the offered us refills on the food we finished first. Sat down for lunch and was served quickly. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Traditional Brazilian meal - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

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outstanding food/drinks/coffee/dessert; stellar service; wonderful ambience on a rainy rio evening! would definitely recommend and visit again. we did not have the all-you-can-eat soup, although the soup sample was divine. read more

The first night of my trip to Brazil was one to remember. I had the pumpkin appetizer, the typically served black beans and pickled peppers, and the full entree, the star of the show. The restaurant was white table cloth, but the workers were all down to earth and helpful, especially given the language barrier. I came at night, but there was still vibrant energy in the establishment. Truthfully, Feijoada is served for 2-3 people, so I had more than enough food to savor the first 3 days of my trip. The ground cassava, oranges, and greens really elevated the entire experience. The Caiprinhas were STRONG and delicious. Do not drink them fast, because the Cachaca will eventually catch up to you. Top 3 travel meal. read more

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I visited Casa da Feijoada back in 2014 with my wife and parents. It was the best feijoada I've ever had. Even to this it is still fresh in my memory. I haven't back to Brasil since then but I next time I'm in Rio this will be my first stop. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Was a very small little hole in the wall but giant flavor and the service and the quality of the food was great it was all you could eat and the painting's where very nice read more

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Our first dinner in Rio started here. My spouse found an article on Lonely Planet of this place that serves one of Brazil's well-known dishes, feijoada. ATMOSPHERE: The no-frills space is your typical mom & pop kind of place with indoor & outdoor seating. We had a late dinner so the place was dead due to the hour and time of month we were here. Late June is Rio's off-peak tourism season, we were told. MENU: Feijoada, traditional Brazilian cuisine, desserts. BEVERAGE: Lime & Passionfruit Cocktails - A shot glass of the stuff comes with the feijoada meal. I believe it's similar to the national drink of caipirinha. Bohemian - $3. The national beer which is a smooth brew. FOOD: Fried Sausages - We were served a spoonful each of diced chorizos which of course was tasty and went great with our beer. Bean Soup - The smallest cup of the tastiest bean soup was consumed. I'm not a fan of black beans, which I think they were, but this was absolutely tasty and piping hot. Traditional Feijoada - $28 per person. It's a Portuguese stew loaded with jerk meat, sausages, ribs and pork loin. We axed the pig ear, feet, tail and tongue. The pot came bubbling to the table, everything still cooking in the savory, dark brown gravy. Accompaniments were rice, fried manioc (AKA cassava which is a tree root), garlic collard greens, farofa (toasted cassava flour with the texture of bread crumbs), torresminho (pork rinds), and slices of orange which is said to aid in digestion. You just spoon each food on your plate like normal, keeping the pork rinds and manioc separate to keep their dry/crunchy textures. It was extremely hearty and tasty. We could not finish the pot nor the accompaniments which can be replenished. DESSERT: Included with the meal were three flavors of homemade compotes; pumpkin & coconut sweet chutney, banana, and milk. Not having a sweet tooth, I tried a tiny spoonful of each. They all tasted spot-on to their titles, with the milk recipe being my favorite. SERVICE: Erica took great care of us! She was very friendly and professional, even aiding us with the serving of our feijoada. Communication was a breeze. TIPS: Try to pay with cash. My credit card got compromised while in Rio and I'm not sure where it happened, so this tip appears on all my reviews where I paid with it. The surrounding neighborhood was a little shady at night, so definitely Uber/cab it. They're open from noon till midnight-ish, depending on demand. OVERALL: Quaint vibe, great food and service. read more

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Just perfect place to enjoy some traditional Brazil dishes Feijoada it is truly history of my beautiful country Brazil! read more

Did not realize this place was so fancy, it really looks like a finedining restaurant from the inside, and the prices kind of reflect that. My meal of feijoada with a coffee at the end came out to about $28 USD, which I think is pretty expensive for a meal in Rio. The food was good, but not amazing, and the portion was gigantic - I had quite a bit left as it came with a large pot of the feijoada, a side of black beans, rice, fries, collard greens, chicharron, orange slices, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something else. The coffee I ordered at the end of the meal also seemed like a science experiment in this crazy, double-ended beaker kind of contraption that dripped the coffee out after getting heated above a sterno. Tasted great even though I had no idea how it worked. Pretty solid meal if you want to splurge a bit! You'll definitely be stuffed by the end of it. read more

The limits of my knowledge of Brazilian food before visiting Brazil two weeks ago were contained within one of two locations, Pampas Grill at the Original Farmers Market or Cafe Brasil in Culver City. I also had a stint at Fogo de Chao years ago. Even in those limited menus, I really only knew meat, rice, and pao de queijo--never really ventured beyond those things. I had no idea what feijoada was before trying this place, and it happened to be my first proper sit-down meal in Brazil. WHAT AN INTRODUCTION! I actually found this place through TripAdvisor, not Yelp, because I didn't realize Yelp had presence in Rio. They serve a bunch of traditional Brazilian foods, but like their namesake, their main event is feijoada. Feijoada is supposed to have been poor people, slave food, consisting of a black bean stew with weird meat parts (the leftovers given to slaves), mostly pork with some beef. Other side dishes served with the feijoada consisted of collard greens, white rice, black beans, fried yucca, chicarron (I think some call this pork rinds or crackling), farofa (a cassava flour), and sliced oranges. IT'S A HUGE MEAL meant to be shared and eaten at a leisurely pace. It's kinda like southern soul food if you think about it--makes sense...slavery. If you come here, just order the "Traditional Feijoada," which is the pre-fixe menu with all the aforementioned things plus a spicy black bean soup and sausages at the start, and a dessert plate at the end. At the November 2018 exchange rate (about 3 reals:1 usd), it cost about $31 a person, which is LA pricing, but pretty good considering everything we got and considering that it's a nicer, cute restaurant with great service. Note the $$$ rating is in Brazilian reals, so it's pricey for them and more $$ for us. Verdict on their national dish? I thought it was all DELICIOUS. Given, it was my first time so I don't know how it fares in comparison to other places, but I do know when we went to pricey OG Fogo de Chao a couple days later, this feijoada blew their buffet feijoada out of the water. So that says something, right? You can modify the Traditional Feijoada as necessary, as I did, since I don't eat pork. The main black bean stew contains a million different cuts of pork and two cuts of beef, so I just stuck with beef. I don't know how it's supposed to taste with pork, but with beef alone, it was fantastic. My hubs got it all, even the weird cuts of pork, and he LOVED it all except one body part, which was just a bit too much for him. I can't remember which body part it was, but he put it in his mouth and the look on his face would make you think he just ate human LMAO. They are very catering to non Brazilians so you can eliminate any weird cuts of pork that sound gross to you, no problems. I will issue a warning: The little red peppers they give you at the beginning are more spicy than you think! Add one or two sparingly and test from there! Although we barely had room, the dessert plate was just small and light enough, and very tasty, consisting of three different things: A pumpkin puree, a banana puree, and dulce de leche. A great sweet end to the meal. The feijoada dishes all come to you in different bowls for you to assemble on your plate, so we were completely lost on how to do it. Luckily, the waiter showed us like children. THANKS DAD. I'll spare you the embarrassment and tell you how we did it (also see my photo): Pile of white rice on side. Pile of black beans on top of rice. Pile of collard greens next to rice. A fried yucca and a chicharon (if you eat them) next to collard greens. A ladle of the feijoada in the center. Sprinkle of farofa on top of the rice/black bean pile. EAT AND REPEAT. GIVE UP COZ UR NOT GONNA MAKE IT. Eat dessert coz there's always room. We ate the orange slices at the end of the meal before dessert, but I guess you could eat them in between servings as a palate cleanser. We went mid-week and during U.S. dinner time (which is earlier than S. American dinner time it seems) so it was fairly empty, but this seems like weekend food so I imagine the weekends are packed. If we ever return to Rio, I would come visit again! I loved the whole experience! A bonus is that it's across the street from a grocery store (they seem non existent in the touristy hotel areas), so you can stop by after for your bottled waters and beach snacks before heading back to your hotel! read more

The name of this place alone would have you believe they are THE leading authority in the world of feijoada.... The food is not bad, but it's also nothing to write home about. Yes, it is expensive, but for the price, you get to eat in a clean, nice restaurant with cute decor, air conditioning, and good service. The waiters don't speak much English, but considering the fact that people only come here for one dish, gringos get by. When we first sat down, we ordered our drinks and feijoada. The feijoada is AYCE, so when you finish anything on your table, you can always ask for more. I promise you, though, that unless you are a bear, you will not be asking for much more than maybe some rice. The portions are huge and the food is so filling. After our drinks came, they then came around to give us small shots of flavored cachaça, which come included in the price of the feijoada. I wish we had known that so we could've skipped the drinks we ordered, but oh well. They also brought us a bottle of water, which we did not order because restaurants in Rio charge R$6 for a tiny bottle of water! We told the waiter we didn't order water, and he tells us it's included, but when we got the bill, we saw we were charged for it. We didn't have the energy to try and contest this with our limited Portuguese, so we just paid it. This is probably what the restaurant was hoping for. I won't say too much about the food, as it's been covered much in previous reviews. Good flavors, very salty, very heavy. Take a stroll to Praia de Ipanema after eating and take a nap; you'll need it after all the beans and meat. read more

Casa da Feijoada - A complete plate of feijoada goodness - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

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Came here while on our trip to Rio because a lot of locals recommended it to try their traditional dish called feijoada. The staff was really friendly and attentive. We ordered the feijoada and it was really nice because it is like a little tasting. In the beginning we got some fried chopped sausages which were really good. They also bring two types of juices which they give you a sample, either lime or passion fruit. Also, note these have alcohol in them. We did not know. They also bring out a small pot of what seemed like refried beans. When the actual feijoada comes out they bring rice, beans, fried yuca, collards, this yuca powder to sprinkle over. The actual feijoada was really good and have sufficient meat in it. We really enjoyed it. They also keep refilling your sides once you are running low. Needless to say, we were stuffed! At the end, they bring you 3 different little tastings of their desserts. One one made of banana, the other pumpkin and the last one dulce de leche. Perfect amount of sweetness to finish off the meal. I would recommend this place, just be very hungry when you come so you can have a little bit of everything. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Don't let the name fool you, this place may specialize in feijoada, but I've had better at a common corner lanchonete. Our group came in for lunch (on the official feijoada day) and found this place almost completely empty. Knowing already that we wanted feijoada we ordered for the table. The price was simply outrageous. For R$77 per person, we got unlimited feijoada, but even just one plate of the stuff is filling enough. Located in Ipanema, just a block away from the beach, I'm sorry to report this place is a tourist trap. The service however was attentive and friendly. While I might not come back, the food was ok and the service was decent. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Feijoada is the national dish of Brazil, and is served in most restaurants only on Sundays. It's a heavy meal of a stew made of salted meats and beans, rice, farofa, stewed greens, and oranges. I was so excited to have my bf try feijoada in Rio, since I fell in love with it the last time I was here in Rio. When lonley planet recommended this place and I saw the name "Casa de Feijoada" I thought I couldn't go wrong. Man, I wish that were the case. Food was SALTY! Like need 3 drinks with dinner salty. It was also super expensive. It caters to tourists and it shows -- in prices and quality. It's unfortunate, since it has a great ambiance and service. Portions are huge too, just way too salty and expensive. There are much better places in Zona Sul and Rio to get quality Feijoada. read more

Casa da Feijoada - Classic Feijoada - salted, sun-dried meats, stewed black beans, orange slices, bitter greens, manioc flour, pork chicharones, white rice - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

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One of the best meals I had while in Rio. I went here on my first night and ordered the "Grouper with shrimp sauce" which I later learned is a traditional dish called Moqueca. They start gone meal of with a cup of black bean soup which I thought was absolutely delicious. It does have pork in it, so a word of caution to the veggie/vegan friends out there. When the main dish came out, it was soooo flavorful, I was in heaven. The portion was quite large and started getting full of the soup, so I couldn't finish it and it was so good I wish I could've. I got the leftovers to go and was really looking forward to eating them, but that didn't work out (and that's another story for another day). Throughout my trip I got obsessed with Moqueca and had it many times, the one here was my favorite. read more

Casa da Feijoada - My leftover moqueca - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

What a disastrous night at Casa da Feijoada on this Friday night (headed by Ramos, the head waiter - unless he decided to me a fake name because of his bad service as the manager was not around tonight and Ramos was the lead). It could be his discrimination against family with woman, kids and elders, or just outright racism. Arrived around 8:15pm on this Friday night (Nov 30th 2018) from a recommendation from our great hotel with two hungry and tired young kids, and two elders averaging 75+ years old. Sat down - was given only one menu, while my wife was left speechless why only one menu was given, while at other tables all adults each had their own menu. When asked, the head waiter looked around nonchatlantly and said menu ran out (maybe indeed at that time, when he gave every adult one in all the later tables right after us). Ordered around 8:35pm. Food arrived at 9:30pm. Almost an hour! While we didn't expect fast food at South America, this speed was surprisingly slow - as it was the slowest in three days of eating at Rio. AND especially shocking when we soon saw the other two tables that arrived and ordered after us: one table got their whole set of food ahead of us; the other that arrived 15-20 minutes after and ordered the SAME food after us got it 5 minutes right after us. Some of our dishes could have arrived earlier, but no - we were left with empty stomach for almost an hour wait with two young kids and two elders yet other tables arriving much and ordering the same traditional menu much later than us getting food right after us. If we didn't complain, I bet we didn't get our food before the other later tables. Then adding salt to injury: 1) Some dishes in our traditional set menu was missed. Upon reminding, the orange dish was delivered, however without forks for anyone. I went to other empty tables at this point to get six forks ourselves. Because apparently Ramos or the service staff was no longer attentive or entirely not serving at all. All this happening without any apology. 2) The filet mignon ordered medium rare - and was confirmed twice when ordering -was cooked medium well. It was re-cooked - yet arrived only after we all finished the other food (which was 30 min later). When we walked of the restaurant at 10:30pm, two kids already went way beyond sleep time; only one other table was left; while all the other parties have finished and left. The mis-prioritization of ordering, the inattentiveness of service, the blatant non-apology of nonchalant attitude is crazily witnessed here. We have never experienced such disastrous service anywhere in the world when the restaurant was supposedly three stars (if we are visiting a one or two star, sure, then we deserve bad service as other reviewers had warned). Travelers beware - you might be lucky and not run into this. But on this nigh, Casa da Feijoada is a restaurant that serviced with blatantly bad attitude without apology. What's worse, it can only be rationalized to be blatant discrimination. Rio has too many other good dining options - no need to ruin your precious night by this. Life is too short and our memory too precious for such discriminating service. read more

People, you don't have feijoada if you are going out for a run! It's all about the beans, salted meats and accompaniments. I think it's hilarious that people say it's too salty! Ha! This was a very good restaurant with traditional feijoada. If you want diet feijoada, forget it. Go to Little America in Wyoming for a hot dog....which you deserve. read more

No one told me how huge the portions are!!! Omg, I wasted so much food! It's good and the service is lovely. Tablecloths, a/c, and a nice atmosphere, but jeez, so much food! I told my waiter I felt bad for wasting it. I had hoped to share it with someone, whoever would finish it! There is no wine by the glass, so I'm working on finishing my 1/2 bottle of Malbec! read more

Casa da Feijoada - The bar of wine, really a window into the kitchen - Brazilian Near Me - Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Neat local, traditional place. Food was very good and giant portions. Ate a few things I couldn't identify, but tasted pretty good. read more

Small dated restaurant but the feiojada was awesome. We ordered a service for 3 and we couldn't even eat it amongst ourselves. They serve a lot of food containing various meats and sausages. The service was great the price was decent. read more

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Best feijoada I've ever had. Delicious sides and batida de maracujá. I love how they let you choose which cuts you want for your meat. I chose only noble meats and it was delicious! Also, meats and beans come in separate little caldrons, which I loved because they're not stingy with the portions. read more

The food is good, but it's a tourist trap. Service was nice, but it's extremely overpriced. There are great places out there in Zona Sul for a way better price. read more

Like other reviewers have noted, this place is a tourist trap. This was the first restaurant where I ate feijoada, and I thought it was delicious, albeit expensive. Later on in my trip, I found other feijoada options at one third of the price and just as tasty. Not much really stands out about this place, so I wouldn't recommend it, considering you can get a similar meal nearby for much cheaper. read more

Not worth the price. Service was good, but the food was mediocre. With a ton of other all you can eat spots around for $15-20 with better food, it's not worth a visit. read more

Loved it! Service was very friendly, they accommodated our raucous group happily! I had traditional feijoada with pigs ears and I thought it was delicious. Someone else in our party had the moqueca and it was awesome- I had dinner jealousy. Loved the batida shots and the caipis were good. I was very happy with the meal! read more

specialist in feijoada, on the pricier side. the meal was too salty for me. kind of a common theme at many places here. plenty to eat, all the classics with yuca and faroda. hearty stew with all the sausage, organ meat, etc.--plus you can ask for extra. couve flor greens were great. fruity batida was nice. otherwise not a repeat thing for me. read more