Huzzah! I've visited Zona Sul and Hortifruti but I have to say, Pao de Acucar takes the cake when…read moreit comes to grocery stores. Great selection of green veggies/fruit, meats and cheeses, kitchen wares, vodka, sodas, Havaianas...talk about one stop shopping! (Though I have to admit that prices were higher than other stores.) There's also a section near the front with a sushi counter, bakery and a cafe serving sandwiches and pizza along with other ready to eat items. Now can anyone tell me how to cut up a maracuja?

This is the fancy version of this chain store with a huge selection of everything. It starts out…read morewith a variety of flowers (potted and fresh cut) along the left wall as you enter, behind the cash registers and fresh fruit and vegetables to the right. The elevators got the underground parking are also on this side. Then they have a lanchonete, with a selection of meals at the cafe (take-home sushi, sandwiches, tapiocas, etc) and a few bistro tables. They also have a bakery with a lot of beautiful pastries, cakes and delicious breads. Beyond that is the deli with fresh cut and cured meats and cheeses. They carry an impressive selection of wines and beers. They also have a seafood section and BBQ section and a huge array of spices. Pretty much anything you might need, you can find here. It's a very impressive, well kept store.

Best market (with its own eatery on second floor) I stumbled my way in this lovely place. They have…read moregreat selection of everything you can imagine and a great seat down eatery on the second floor. Great customer service with very helpful staff. Get your membership to get the daily specials. Their sushi and beer selection is pretty good. Cheers

Love going here and stocking up on all my goodies that are impossible to find back home. I'm…read moreliterally like a kid in the candy store in this supermarket. I love the pizza, pastries and all the fresh juices. My only issue is that my method of payment never works here...always a issue that's why I give it a 4 star.

This location is the closest grocery store to my apt and though it doesn't hold two candles to the…read moreone on Rua Dias Ferreira (the best Zona Sul branch in Rio, in my very limited experience anyway...) it gets the job done. The selection is limited and regardless of the time of day, there are always long lines. Everyone is polite though, from staff to customers. The other day meu marido (how's that for a year of Portuguese lessons?!) dropped a bottle of beer and cut his leg. A lady in line offered him a tissue to clean up the cut. So if you're in need of staples like beer, eggs or bread, you'll be able to find it here. If you're looking for parchment paper or tipo 00 flour for pizza dough, I suggest you try another location.

Great place to buy produce especially if you are in Brazil and want to save money by needing to…read morepurchase water, baked goods, snacks, ham, turkey, milk, and other super market products. You will find everything here. I highly recommend it.

Clean, well-stocked, and friendly. These supermarkets are a little different than the ones most…read morepeople know from the US - they are a bit smaller, but very convenient to people living in urban centers like Rio. My experience with this store was great, and they had all of the articles I needed to make great suppers while visiting Rio. Valeu, e muito obrigado gente!

Good Super Market to grab your stuff. I got baked goods, ham and cheese to make subs while in…read moreBrazil and not go out and spend a lot. They have produce and all other stuff any super market has like water, sodas, shaving cream, razors, shampoo, and more stuff. I recommend.

Are you running out of herbs, sweets or spices or do you need an exotic one that is hard to find…read moreand can't leave the south zone of Rio? Casas Pedro offer you the perfect solution. All this for a very reasonable price, better than any possibility around this area and even competitive with regards to prices in suburban areas of Rio. I highly recommend this shop. They even offer a delivery service, although you need to buy more than 50 reais in Ipanema and 70 reais in Leblon to qualify for delivery. The box containing 67 peanut butter sweets (paçoca) is by far my favourite. I always need to have a one of those at home. They also sell the diet chocolate bar to make diet sweets, which costs a fortune elsewhere, even though it is not particularly cheap, it's definitely the cheapest in town.

Grocery store in Rio de Janeiro. One of the best in selection and fine foods. Great variety on…read moreproduce. You can find things there that are not in other grocery stores. Price is a little high, but so is the quality.

This supermarket was a bit pricey and they didn't have what I was looking for. Still, i was able to…read morepurchase a lot of Brazilian things to bring back and show everyone. The prices aren't as good, and they don't have paper bags, it's all plastic. Shouldn't that be extinct by now?

great supermarket with wide selection of beers, and different food types. The tables & bar on the…read moresecond floor is very convenient. You need to get the membership card to get the daily specials. My favorite supermarket in ipanema. Cheers!

Since hotel prices in Rio can vary from 'where you goin', baby?' to 'I saw you on the internet,' I…read moreadvise to rent an apartment. Oftentimes you'll have more space, more privacy and you'll feel like a local. The thing is, when renting an apartment, you need groceries. It's a good thing that right across the street from my apartment was the Super Mercado Zona Sul S/A. What the S/A stands for, I don't know. Am I a fan? Yes. Why? Because when I first walked through the door, I was offered a caipirinha! I am now a firm believer that all grocery shopping should be done whilst sipping a caipirinha (handed to you by a smoking hot hottie mchotterson; what is in the water in Rio??). Drink in hand, I was ready to go shopping. Despite being on a busy street in Ipanema (only blocks away from the beach and in a fun, well-heeled neighborhood), I found the prices to be fair. I also found an abundance of fruit juices. While the average Brazilian would, likely, gloss over this detail, this American fruit-a-holic was stoked to see so many new juices to guzzle. This isn't the largest of grocery stores but I found the selection to be more than adequate for my needs. The store is bright, clean and easily navigable. There are plenty of aisles and the options spanned the gamut from essentials to wants. So, juice, water, bread, fruit, sweets, milk, condiments, cereal, beer, and eggs in tow, I was ready to check out. My limited Portuguese was met with a smile and I was on my way.