A restaurant with amazing ambiance. Upon entry you are treated to an old Italian restaurant with…read morelive music for entertainment. The server greets you with a smile and a hefty menu. He gave great suggestions and I ended up enjoying a filet mignon Alfredo dish with was beyond exquisite. The drinks were also fantastic. Honestly wanted to return before leaving São Paulo but time didnt permit. A+

This is my favorite place to eat whenever I'm in São Paulo! It's always an amazing experience!!read more

We enjoyed everything about this restaurant. It was a great experience and as an Italian and…read moreAmerican who is very picky with his Italian cuisine, so far this was the best Italian restaurant experience for me in São Paulo, taking into consideration price, quality, and ambiance. The pasta dishes were the right portion, simple and tasty. In my experience, in Brasil there is a tendency of thinking that more topping or more sauce is better, but it's not. You just need the right amount, and our dishes were perfect. The atmosphere of the place was cozy and romantic! My girlfriend and I sat outdoors, drinking wine and listening to our music and it felt like we were in an Italian piazza! The service was a little slow, but that was only because the place was very busy, the dishes were freshly prepared, and the waiters very friendly! The owner Umberto came to greet us, talk to us, and at the end sat at our table and sang with us some Italian tunes! We will definitely keep coming back! __________ Nós gostamos de tudo neste restaurante. Foi uma ótima experiência a como um italiano e americano que é muito exigente com cozinha Italiana, até agora esta foi a melhor experiência de restaurante italiano para mim aqui em São Paulo, levando em consideração preço, qualidade e ambiente. Os pratos das massas possuem uma porção certa, simples e saborosa. Em minha experiência, aqui no Brasil há uma tendência de achar que mais itens ou mais tempero é melhor... mas não é. Você só precisa saber a quantidade certa dos ingredientes e seus pratos estavam perfeitos. O clima do lugar estava aconchegante e romântico. Minha namorada e eu sentamos ao ar livre, tomamos vinho e escutamos a nossa musica e me senti como se a gente estivesse em uma praça italiana! O serviço estava pouco lento, mas somente porque o lugar estava muito cheio, pratos foram feitos na hora, e garçons foram bem simpáticos! O sócio Umberto veio nos cumprimentar, falar conosco e no final se sentou com a gente e cantou algumas musicas italianas com a gente! Com certeza, vamos voltar!

Restaurante clássico, está no pedaço a muitas décadas! A comida é saborosa e bem feita, o…read moreatendimento é bom e a decoração é fortemente italiana. Os preços são um pouco acima da média, porém é um dos poucos restaurantes que eu posso dizer que o preço vale a qualidade! Uma seleção ampla de pratos, então é certeza de encontrar algo que agrade seu paladar. ATENÇÂO: O pãozinho de entrada tem um custo por pessoa, está descrito em cima da primeira página do menu, em vermelho. Se você gosta de comida italiana, esse é o lugar!

Bad food. Bad service. Tomato sauce tasted like it came out of a bag. The fresh pasta was squishy…read moreand too soft. Wasn't offered bread. Waste of my time. Gigio is better

Who leaves his place of birth, carries with him the time, but time for him never passes. Pasquale…read more Portions are large, a rare trend on pricy restaurants in this area of Sao Paolo. You can see Pasquale usually around at night roaming his restaurant and sitting randomly with clients which is a good thing. I had the lentil with meet soup but is more like a stew but is good. Then the rigatoni with meet cubes also good but the meet needed a little longer tenderizing or perhaps aging for the cut...I cleaned the plate

One of the best parmegianas in Sao Paulo, even for home delivery. The sides are not that good but…read morewho cares as long as the main dish is a killer! The house is crowded during the weekends but ok during the week. The filet ctupiry sauce is my favorite.

I had the great pleasure of eating here with my best friend and traveling companion while we were…read morein São Paulo in November. The food was amazing and we had a very enjoyable experience ! The service was good, but they were not in a hurry to get us out. So it was a long, languid dining experience. Loved all of the food and the amazing dessert. They had menus in both English and Portuguese which was helpful. If you go, plan to be there a while and enjoy every morsel!

We liked the ambience. This restaurant could've been in NYC. The brick walls and dark wood…read morefurniture lent a certain sophistication to the restaurant. Service was impeccable, friendly and efficient. Our drinks came with zucchini chips - a nice touch. Our starters tuna carpaccio and arugula salad were deliciously refined and well-presented, especially the tuna. Our mains tortellini and linguine with clams were good. We'll be back to try one of their many risotti.

This restaurant is a family owned, the ambience is a classic Italian trattoria low key. With…read moreexcellent traditional food and very estense menu that helps to pick something you would like to eat. The service is excellent with a very courteous servers. I enjoy this place every single time I visit São Paulo.

Our group of 14 made a reservation for a Thursday night around 8pm but we trickled in slowly until…read more8:15 without a problem. We ordered four of their massive pasta plates - meat ravioli with tomato sauce, a stuffed cheese pasta that I didn't recognize with tomato sauce, penne parisienne, and tagliatelle bolognese. Bread basket was nothing to write home about but came with two interesting spreads - both anchovy/sardine based. Tasty if you're into that but otherwise stick to the butter. Ordering was easy and our pasta was served quickly. Everything was family style but our waiter portioned the pastas onto each plate (which spared us splattering sauces all over the table and ourselves; much appreciated!). The ravioli were a little bit of a miss - too thick with too little filling but still tasty. Bolognese was meaty and well balanced while the tagliatelle was al dente. Penne parisienne was not to my tastes (very creamy/cheesy with brasilian sliced ham and peas) but it was loved by all my brasilian friends. My surprise favorite was the stuffed envelope type pasta that I couldn't get the name of. I'm not sure where it ranks on the Italian food scale for Brasil/São Paulo (tasted like 3 stars to me) but the service was efficient and accommodating of our large group. They split the bill 14 ways without a problem and we all had our fill for about 35R$ including tax/gratuity. Atmosphere was classy but the clientele was mixed - families with young children, young couples, and older folks on a date night.

THE best pasta I've tried. If you're in Brazil/sp and want…read moreto have the best experience with eating Italian food THIS is the place to go.

Meu bar favorito en Vila Madalena! It looks like a second…read morehand bookstore on the inside with authors like Bukowski and pictures of young Marlon Brando, drawing rad (but surprisingly not pretentious) people from all over Sao Paulo. Any given night of the week the whole bar/restaurant has people spilled out onto the street with buckets of ice cold original by their side. But don't let the crowd discourage you if you've come for a bite. They can always find seating for you inside after a few minutes. Friday nights are my favorite because they have a guy walking around with huge tray of fresh pastel. They taste amazing. Especially after that second caipirinha.

Mercearia is a cheap local dive bar with a great - and LARGE - crowd. The place is so popular with…read morethe locals that it's packed every night, and people just end up overflowing to the streets (and blocking traffic, but that's beside the point). It's a great place to chill out with some friends, or other local Brazilians in the area :)