Visited here on a trip with my husband to São Paulo! This place was amazing. Such great menu items…read more Ambiance was wonderful.

I didn't give this place five stars because it's perfect, but because there are so few places like…read moreit. * Serves a full menu 24 hours a day * Huge menu, so there's no fighting over whether you should pick a restaurant * Huge space, so there's always somewhere to sit In particular, it's a great place for late nights when other restaurants have closed or for brunch because there are many breakfast options alongside all the standard lanchonete fare. It's generally clean, service is fine, if not a bit spotty at time, and the food is good enough and comes quickly, though sometimes entire pages of the menu will be unavailable for whatever reason.

This was the third and final gelateria we visited... and it was pretty tasty. But even though the…read morequeue was longer here we actually thought the other two shops we visited were a tad better in terms of flavor and quality. But they still make really good gelato. If you're in the neighborhood don't hesitate to try them.

Mango gelato is really good…read more I wouldn't recommend the ice cream sandwiches. They're not very flavorful, and they're served on a napkin which sticks to the ice cream.

We went to Ofner for a coffee when we were shopping for other things and I got this beautiful lemon…read moreflavored white chocolate treat while I was there, then I realized my cappuccino was made with powdered chocolate and instant coffee. First, in the rest of the world cappuccino does NOT have chocolate! Second, I wanted to have the cappuccino made with their beautiful espresso machine with foamed milk made with that same machine. They didn't even stir in the powder. It was all floating on top! It was a very bad experience and I'll be trying other coffee places until I find a proper cappuccino. Fomos a Ofner tomar um café quando estávamos comprando outras coisas e eu comprei esta linda guloseima de chocolate branco com sabor de limão enquanto estava lá, então percebi que meu cappuccino era feito com chocolate em pó e café instantâneo. Primeiro, no resto do mundo o cappuccino NÃO tem chocolate! Em segundo lugar, eu queria que o cappuccino fosse feito com sua linda máquina de café expresso com espuma de leite feita com a mesma máquina. Eles nem mexeram no pó. Estava tudo flutuando em cima! Foi uma experiência muito ruim e vou experimentar outros cafés até encontrar um cappuccino adequado.

For a fast coffee, cod-fish ball, "coxinha" or delicious cake. This shop shop of Ofner chain is in…read morea corner between food court and the corridor of restaurants. Just OK, with usual fine products.

Well, I wrapped up Rio in a nice little sunga and was off to São Paulo. One thing I knew I needed…read moreto try at some point during my stay in Brazil, was a Brigadeiro (a chocolate bonbon). Now, you can find them just about anywhere, most cafes and juice spots will have them, but, I was holding out for a place that really looked like they knew what they were doing. Cue, Maria Brigadeiro in Pinheiros in São Paulo. I know, don't judge a book by it's cover. But this shop was beyond adorable, smelled amazing, and offered one of my most favorite things, a glass window to watch all the magic happen. Voyeuristic, maybe. But amazing, always. They have a number of flavors to choose from, bringing a new dynamic to the brigadeiro. I went for two different flavors, first up was their Salted Caramel. This was a little ball of delight. Not only did it look beautiful with the delicate little coiled shavings, but it was creamy and flavorful with all of its salted caramelly goodness. Then, it was time for the OG, the Traditional Brigadeiro (condensed milk, and cocoa powder). Now, the Salted Caramel was really nice, but I had to give this round to the Traditional. It was so rich and creamy, with precious little chocolate tiles instead of the usual chocolate sprinkles. And can we talk about how delightful and impressive this packaging is? I know, I know, the book cover thing again. But, come on, you just want to pinch its cheeks, right?

Maria brigadeiro is so delicious. I had some Australian girlfriends in town and wanted to show them…read morethe traditional brasilian treat, so took them here. The shop looks almost like a Tiffany and Co. Jewlery box. All baby blue. They have over 10 flavors like baileys, hazelnut, which chocolate, peanut butter, even cachaça. They aren't cheap though. At 3.75r a piece, they can tally up really quick. We watched the ladies behind the glass make the flavors we ordered and neatly put them in a pretty box. Too give the girls the real brigadeiro experience, I bought a few at the local padaria. They ate the padaria brigadeiro. Really tasty. Then they tasted Maria's brigadeiro and immediately said, "oh wow. Way better. Worth the money." So treat yourself! The shop itself isn't that big, but they have a few tables out front if you'd like to relax for a cafezinho. They don't have anything other than coffee and brigadeiro though.