I highly recommend this place for drinks and local favors. We enjoyed some local beer (chop) and…read moreappetizers like fried yucca (aipim frito). Sit outside and just far enough from the stage to talk and enjoy the music.

The quality of the meat was amazing. It was called Prime on the menu, but it was a ribeye…read more The server broth out three recommendations to let us choose the cut we wanted - nice touch. The marbling was good and the seasoning was excellent. We had crispy shrimp (fried shrimp) as an app and they were good as well. There was a language barrier, but our server did an excellent job - he was attentive and helpful. One of our group sent her steak back for additional cooking and he asked if she wanted it sliced to cook all the way through and she agreed. When they came back her steak was sliced and cooking on a cast iron skillet - impressive. The atmosphere was loud - open room with time floors and open windows, allowing outside highway noise in. This also meant no air conditioning. UGH! Wine selection was good, drink menu was good. Will definitely go back.

This place was a welcomed change from hotel dinning. Their T-bone and Fillet mignon are a worthy…read moremeal for a traveler.

this restaurant is located at the food court of the mall BARRA SHOPPING in Rio de Janeiro this spot…read morehas a payment style that is different than the usual American style of paying for dining. parking for this restaurant is the parking for the mall that is a paid parking and they do not validate parking so if you come here you will pay to park your car at the mall, however with the exchange from dollar it is a pretty cheap parking deal. when you get here you will receive a little card that you will take to your table, this place is a flat fee of 50 reals to eat all you can and drink all you want. once you sit at your table you may give your drink orders and then they server will provide you with a plate, you can walk to the buffet and eat all and any items that are available. there is plenty to choose from, from salads and hot meals all the way to sushi. While you eat your buffet items, servers will come by with over 40 different flavors of pizza at a rodizio style. some of the pizza flavors are: - Portuguese -chicken and catupiry -shrimp -Canadian bacon, scallions and catupiry -4 cheeses -kit kat - coconut kisses -pineapple -brownie -pepperoni - plan cheese, and many other flavors. the best part of this rodizio is the fact that the pizzas are of super thin crust so you can nearly feel the crust and all the flavor come from the toppings, in my opinion this is the perfect pizza, you can taste the toppings all flavors and spices come alive and the crust does not spoil any of it. as you drink and eat servers will keep your drinks flowing and the pizzas coming. once you get a little full and stop eating the savory pizzas the sweet desert pizzas come out and eventually they ask you if you have any requests for flavors. once you are done you can just walk out to the register at the door of the restaurant to pay and you can go your merry way. tips are not required in Brazil as usually the tip is included on the price of the meal, however I do leave a tip anyhow since I worked at the hospitality industry for a long time and appreciate the good service that this spot has to offer. I will for sure talk about this spot and will visit again on my next trip to Rio.