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

The restaurant has an espetacular wine selection. The ambiance is great and you have both a patio…read moreor indoor seating options. If's not too cold I recommend outside as you have the view to this old mansion that's now a museum. The food and service were impeccable and I highly recommend this restaurant for a nice dinner if you are visiting Petropolis.

If there was a rating lower than one star, I would pick it…read more The charm of the decor could not outshine the horrible experience my party and I had to endure while at Bordeaux. I have been traveling all throughout Brazil and am visiting Petropolis with a friend who grew up in this city. Petropolis has much to offer tourists BUT Bordeaux is NOT one of those things. I came on a beautiful Sunday afternoon expecting a wonderful meal. Instead I received the worst dining experience in all of Brazil. My party of 3 and I arrived and the restaurant seemed busy. We put our party on the list and were seated about 15 minutes later. We went through the standard of ordering our drinks and then our food shortly after. Everything went down hill from there. From the time that we ordered our food to the the time that we just decided to leave the restaurant was 53 minutes. 53. We ordered a grilled picanha for two and beef medallion with cheese dish. Anyone with cooking experience knows that these do not take long to prepare. Within our 53 minutes, not a single person came to check on our table at any time after we ordered. We asked about our plates after about 30 minutes of waiting and still nothing. The restaurant does not offer any complimentary starters. As a side note, the cheese and bread bar in the middle of the room was not attended to a single time since we arrived at the restaurant (over an hour). Finally after we were done with the restaurant, we approached the bar to ask to close our tab to leave. The manager finally appears and ask us what the situation. We explain, but at that point we had already decided to leave. Nothing could reconcile the awful service. The manager simply replied did your waiter not tell you the food can take up to an hour? There was no apology or even acknowledgement of the poor service. The lack of class in this establishment has been unparalleled in my entire trip to 4 cities in Brazil. I would not recommend this place even if the food were free. If you're looking for good service and great food in Petropolis, I highly recommend Majórica.

Great food and large portions. Great service and nice quiet place. I would definitely recommend…read morethis place for those familiar and new to Brazilian seafood.

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.

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.

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.

The food is light and well seasoned, taste like authentic Brasilian food. I have had the n 1 dish…read morefrom the menu ( this dish won a golden fork reward) . A very great way to start my trip at the island . The servers are great people and ready to help. The restaurant is right at the beach, with a fantastic view. I recommend this place.

The restaurant is right on the beach, so the view is just awesome. However, the taste of the food…read morecould not match the quality of the view. We ordered fried squid and stewed fish. Both were good but not great. They also have a really high wait time. In this island, this is probably among the expensive ones. For some reason, they charge (it is optional) for music.

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.

Dom Mário is hands down the best restaurant on Ilha Grande in Abraão!…read more Make a reservation if you're coming with a large group or on the island during the busy season or holiday week, as they don't have all that many tables. You start off with a bread basket and homemade butter with herbs and they had lots of English music playing on the speakers throughout the night. That butter though. Try at least one of the many caipirinha or caipiroska varieties for 12-14 reais each. I tried the maracuja com gengibre (passion fruit/ginger) and maracuja com manjericão (passion fruit/basil) and loved both of them. If you're a foreigner ie non-Brazilian, let them know if you prefer more or less cachaça in your caipirinha to get the drink of your taste. Vegetarian dishes are very sparse here, though my waitress did mention they had a veggie risotto that wasn't on the menu and they may have others as well. They are mostly known for their seafood dishes. I enjoyed my filet with gorgonzola sauce too. The restaurant is al fresco with a covered roof. Some of the tables are in the sand, so you can feel like you're on the beach even though you're a few steps away from the sounds of the waves crashing in. All around, a great experience and not so in your face of a tourist trap like the beachfront restaurants.

Awesome food. We had the fish with the passionfruit sauce, amazingly. Nice service and place to…read morehave a good night.