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    Galitos Grill

    3.9 (21 reviews)
    ModerateBrazilian
    Open 12:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)

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    Casual
    Loud
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Christine C.

    If you're in Ipanema, you might want to check out this little open air restaurant on the corner. We enjoyed it. Food- good! Our fave was the picanha (see the pic I posted). Great flavor, large portion. Doesn't come with sides so order rice or fries with it. The fried fish was also good. Definitely big enough to share. Comes with their version of tartar sauce which is better than the traditional British/American version. Service - fantastic! Everyone was friendly and attentive and did their best to make sure we got we wanted despite our limited Portugese. This is fairly common though. Overall, the Brazilians are very warm and friendly people that understand good customer service and make foreigners feel welcome. Ambiance - very casual, open air with seating indoors and out.

    Denise H.

    I'm sad to see that Galitos Grill has mixed reviews. We came here one night for dinner and we loved every bite! The cornish hens are perfectly grilled and seasoned. The meat is tender and moist throughout. We also ordered a side of the black beans and a side of rice with eggs and potato. To my delight, the rice was like fried rice with scrambled eggs and potato chips. It was DELICIOUS! The chicken, beans and rice were phenomenal. I would have been satisfied eating Galitos Grill once a day if I was a creature of habit while on vacation. Another bonus is that this place is fairly cheap for the quality of food and portion sizes. Give them a try! Locals love this place!

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    We ordered the galeto (mild), a side of the black beans and a side of rice.

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    Manoel & Juaquim

    Manoel & Juaquim

    4.2(11 reviews)
    0.2 kmIpanema
    $$

    Delicious restobar nestled into the bustling Ipanema night life. I was seated promptly and an…read moreEnglish speaking server was able to help me get an English menu. I had the Grilled Chicken with Broccoli rice, which initially sounded slightly strange and bland but turned out fantastic. The grilled chicken was well done but also well seasoned with savory hints of salt, pepper and onion, deliciously crisp with every bite. The strong savory chicken blends perfectly with the soothing broccoli rice side and I devoured both after a long day of hiking. The dish also came with fries (not advertised in the menu), which tasted better than most american fries and were fresh, crisp and a nice tangy complement to the meal when paired with ketchup. The entire dining experience was enjoyable and I would highly recommend this spot for future tourists and visitors of Rio!

    Cute little open air pub style establishment about three blocks from the beach in Ipanema…read more Fantastic service, food is a little hit and miss. We ordered the pizza calzone which was delicious and the calamari which I would not recommend. Calamari was heavily battered and a little fishy -- if you're used to the lightly battered style you get in the US, this will seem more like the batter they use on fried clams. The Italian sausage (check out my pic) was the highlight though. It was so good, we actually ordered a second one. And of course, being as immature as we are, we laughed at the enormous length and made a lot of dirty jokes as we ate it. Fun! The drinks are smaller here than most other places we've been but are strong. Caipirinhas were good, but we had better a couple blocks away at Porcao. The ambiance is nice with both indoor and outdoor seating. Prices are reasonable for Rio and like most restaurants in the city, they add a 10% service charge.

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    Manoel & Juaquim - Good food good prices good service.

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    Good food good prices good service.

    Boteco Belmonte - Coconut creme with tapioca ice cream

    Boteco Belmonte

    4.1(53 reviews)
    1.6 kmCopacabana
    $$$

    Decent food, but very expensive for what it is. You can get a meal directly on the beach with a…read morebetter view for less

    Here you will have to get some street parking as there are not that many paid parking spots and I…read moredid not happen to see any lots around, I would say to just either walk here if you are around or take the term of bus. The place is pretty spacious and have a lot of sitting in a balcony style at the outer bother of the restaurant that they provide stools at the side walk. The place is very busy at night so some wait should be expected but we came at a Sunday night and it was just a 5 to 10 minutes wait nothing too crazy. Once we sat down the same old, not enough menus for the people on the table story. they gave all 3 of us 1 menu and the waiter came super fast to get drink orders.... I Never been here so I did not know what to order and just with one menu was extremely hard to get the orders so we asked him to come back in a bit and bring us more menus. He did the menus but once we were ready it took a long while to have him actually take the orders, as a matter of fact we just asked someone else for our food, but the guy was a buster lol so he had to cll the waiter who came a long time later and that when we realized that we still had not had our orders in the system yet, a mess really. Finally we got our drink orders in and we wee happy. I was planing on getting an adult beverage but it all took so long and the place has no A/C so I got super warm and decided to get a water instead, so here is a prime example that bad service caused me to spend less as a result and the worse was that is was just cause I was too hot and didn't have a proper menu count and a waiter portly taking orders to expedite the drinks. Here the Brazilian people make a salary and the service is automatically charged on the bill, here in this country is notoriously know for BAD SERVICE as regardless of the quality of service they will make the same amount of money so the wait staff could not care less. A interesting thing and very smart that I noticed here was the fact that they have some waiters walking around with trays of shots, or trays of small appetizers, they go from table to table to up- sell the items, this was genius cause if I am not intentionally looking for an appetizer and now it is so close and accessible I will probably get one, and that Is exactly what happened to us. I ordered a couple of appetizers, these people are geniuses. EMPADA DE CARNE SECA COM CATUPIRY- to me this was a disaster, it was super salty and incredibly odd, I based on this little appetizer would never eat carne sea again. BOLINHO DE CAMARAO COM CATUPIRY- this one was much better than the fist one I mentioned but still I was not very happy with the flavor. it did taste like the eat of the city had taken a toll on the flavor of this appetizer. LARGE PIZZA AMATRICIANA- we got the large, but if you are like me from America I must tell you that the large here is not the same as a large out there in the US. this large was finished by 3 people and with very little effort. however I must say that again this pizza just as the appetizers was a disappointment to me, the only positive I can say here on this pizza is the fact that I loved the oregano taste in it. this was a thin crust pizza with bacon in cubes, the cubes were too cooked and they felt almost like rubber, they supposedly had onions added to the pizza, I could not find not one onion on this pizza, this pizza was blend very blend. Over all in my opinion, I am not sure why this place is so busy. the service is nothing special, there is no wifi, they do not know how to count to give a proper amount of menus. the place has no A/C and the food is at best mediocre. I will not be back.

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    Galitos Grill - brazilian - Updated May 2026

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