This place has great service and fantastic food. The ambiance is very nice, as the walls are filled…read morewith memories of how life used to be and with beautiful art work. I came here for dinner and had fusilli com ragu. For dessert I had the tiramisu. The pasta was excellent and so too was the service. The menu is vast and offers a lot of pasta dishes, pizzas, sandwiches, and other appetizers. If you're looking for good Italian in Via Madelena then this is the place.

A contained cultural explosion passed 2am... What? It really doesn't make sense, but Genésio is…read moresomething I cannot quite explain what it is, really; menu is painted on the walls without any pricing but not to be on the pretentious side, simply because this place is really old, wait staff really kind and really polite, food is amazing, even though is way passed 2am, they still have a full bar and serving well potent drinks. If you feel uncomfortable about personal space, this might not be the place for you. Dining room is not small, but they try to squish as many tables as possible, next to us, a group working on their laptops, a large group of young hipsters, talking about biz and make music since one of them had a Spanish guitar, and even with these group making some tunes, it didn't affect sound ambience nor people's behavior in the room. Food: Polenta de Colher com Queijo de Cabra e Molho de Cogumelos (Polenta with Chevre and Shrooms) Bolinhos de Risoto de Alho Poró (Brazilian Leek Arancini) Bolinhos de Carne com Manjericão (Polpettine with Basil) Would come here anytime, food, ambience, wait staff, everything awesome!