I originally thought this was a type of Mexican restaurant from the decor but there aren't any dishes which would suggest that The staff are friendly people but do not speak much English. The chef was very nice and presented us with the complimentary dish which I believe was the Torresmo. The drinks are amazing and that smoke meat platter was pork and onions which was super tender and juicy. The recommendations from the server to try are the "Baião-De-Dois which is composed of rice beans. Update the food is inspired from NE Brazil which has an amazing presentation. The food is made with love and has a very home feel. The medium dish serves 3-4 people with ease. A definite must try if you are in São Paolo. Eu originalmente pensei que este era um tipo de restaurante mexicano pela decoração, mas não há pratos que sugeriria que a equipe é de pessoas amigáveis, mas não fala muito inglês. O chef foi muito legal e nos apresentou o prato de cortesia que acredito ser o Torresmo. As bebidas são incríveis e aquele prato de carne defumada era carne de porco e cebola, que estava super macia e suculenta. As recomendações do servidor para experimentar são o "Baião-De-Dois, que é composto de feijão de arroz. Atualize a comida é inspirada no NE Brasil, que tem uma apresentação incrível. A comida é feita com amor e tem uma sensação muito caseira. O prato médio serve 3-4 pessoas com facilidade. Definitivamente deve tentar se você estiver em São Paolo. read more

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I tried to make it anytime I visit São Paulo if at all possible. Great food, friendly service and chance to taste Northeastern Brazilian cuisine along with some of the most flavorful versions of caipirinhas! read more

I waited 7 years to be able to come back to this place and it did not disappoint! The food and flavors are incredible. You have to try the salted beef (carne seca com cebola roxa) -- this is THE dish... second to that is the escondidinho de carne seca (it's the dish in a little round pot with salted beef and maybe mashed potatoes with some creme), the steamed root veggies are delicious. I also really liked the tapioca as an appetizer as well as the cheese (queijo coalho). The non-alcoholic drinks were delicious!! read more

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We went for lunch with friends and the place was packed, but they found a temporary spot for us outside while we waited for our table, they gave us a lot of appetizers and drinks while we waited. Everything was delicious, about 1 hour later we finally got to our table and we had more delicious food. The service in this place is wonderful and the place is beautiful. read more

Amazing gem way out of the way but not if your heading to the airport GRU. Here they serve dishes not found anywhere else and the chef is a one and only read more

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Mocoto is where you can find 'the best' of a lot of brasilian food. "the best caipirihna, the best escondidiho," and a few things you haven't even heard of yet. If you don't have a car, it's going to be hard to get to Mocoto since it's located in the north of Sao Paulo near Guarulhos airport. However, if you can make it there you'll definitely enjoy it. When you show up, they are going to give you a wait time of 2 hours. The couple we went with told us that they have never actually eaten inside. Every time they go they end up filing up while they wait. We ended up getting a table after about an hour and by the time we sat down, we weren't hungry anymore. If you only read one thing on this review let it be this: ORDER the Dadinhos de Tapioca!! read more

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Mocotó is crazy, crazy good! Despite of the long drive and wait line from hell, it is all worth it, seriously! While I had to wait, I went straight to the bar, and drank a caju com morango (cashew fruit + strawberry) caipirinha, and a shot of an aged cachaça, and ordered some finger foods: Dadinhos de Tapioca: Cubinhos de tapioca com queijo-de-coalho dourados e servidos com molho de pimenta agridoce. (Translation, tapioca flour mixed in with cheese shaped into cubes, than fried and served with a sweet, sour, and spicy dipping sauce.) - Really good! Great presentation, simple ingredients, great texture, and fun to eat! Torresminhos: Nossos torresmos ainda mais crocantes e sequinhos, petiscos perfeitos. (homemade chicharrones.) - It's chicharrones, freshly made, pig love. Carne Seca (salt beef) - Interestingly soft and great taste to it. So, after endulging on my drinks and eating all these appetizers, time flew and it was time to move to my table. I wonder why time went by so quick... For lunch: Feijão-de-Corda: Feijão novo preparado com lingüiça, bacon, carne-seca e manteiga-de-garrafa. (beans stew, bacon, salt beef, sausages, homemade butter) - this bean stew's broth is very light compared to a feijoada, it's stuffed with salt beef, bacon, sausages, and "manteiga de garrafa", which is very close to Indian Ghee, resulting in bold flavors, and no need to order rice to go along; every table, has it's own farinha to eat along with every stew, or whatever you'd like to eat with. One medium serving was enough to feed a couple people. Asinha de Pintado: Nadadeiras de pintado levemente empanadas na tapioca e servidas com maionese de limão-cravo e pimenta-de-cheiro - Imagine chicken wings, now forget them, and think about fish wings, that's right, fish wings! There is more meat and great quality meat that I'd imagined, very crispy and dry, but the fish nugget itself, really tender, moist, and full of flavor! Overall, this place is awesome and I wish it was closer to me, but the long wait, and the trip going there is totally worth it! Prices are reasonable, booze is strong, and service is lovely. read more

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One of the best restaurants of São Paulo. They are specialized in the regional cuisine of the northeast of Brazil. Start trying their tapas like torresmo (crackling bacon) and dadinhos de tapioca (cassava cubes with a type of cheese similar to halloumi).For main course we had sun dried meat with cassava chips and the tasty Pirarucu fish (one of the greatest fresh water fish of the world), it's so full of flavor that you won't regret and never forget the taste! For the dessert go for the classical with a regional touch! Creme Brullé de Doce de Leite e Umburana ( cremme brullé with dulce de leche and umburana, an aromatic tropical plant). read more

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Food - 5 Cost - 5 Service - 5 Design - 4 My second time here and they always deliver what I heard about them and a little bit more. But beware! Having high expectations about something will most probably make you disappoint. Be just. Starting from their food. Awesome. It really is tasteful and different from any other restaurant I've been. The seasoning, the cooking, the ingredients... I can't say for sure because I'm not an expert, but there is something about it. Everytime I visit this restaurant, I keep eating even if I'm full. A must should be "dadinho de tapioca". Famous and worthy. Combined with their tastefulness, there is cost, which is pretty cheap compared to what we have around São Paulo. Here, you can eat until you drop and pay the same amount you would pay in a fancy restaurant. One of the cost benefit I've ever seen. Of course, we can't ignore their service. Every waiter and waitress I've ever been served, were kind, helpful, available, thoughtful and friendly. I mean, I am myself a friendly guy, but they always responded with kindness as well. Recepcionist, cashier.. All included. The place reminds us about "nordeste brasileiro" (brazilian northeast). The music, their decoration, the walls and some other details takes us to a little trip. Although far from where I live and crowded right after opening (although, I have always came here in holidays), this is a place I will always want to go back. read more

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This might be one of the best Northeastern Brazilian restaurant I have already been. It is located far away from Sao Paulo downtown, but if you are flying from Guarulhos, it definitely worth going there. Service is really good and the place is really cute. We went at midday in a Wednesday, and it was crowded, but they sit us very fast (I heard that in weekends the waiting line is more than one hour). Let's go through the food we had: (1) dadinhos de tapioca (tapioca dices - 4 stars): It is a great snack. The dadinhos per si do not have a lot of flavor, but they bring with a great pepper jam. Please, dip them thoroughly. (2) carne de sol (sun-dried meat with roasted garlic and bottled butter sauce) + yuca chips + mini portion of baiao de dois (beans, rice and bacon) + farofa (yuca flour with bacon) - 5 stars: This combination of two dishes - We ordered carne de sol and the mini portion of baiao de dois separately - brings all the best flavors of the northeast. The meat was perfectly cooked and seasoned, the roasted garlic was so good and the sauce in the pan was heaven. I recommend eating all together. The baiao the dois was really good was a side too. My only critic is that the yuca chips were kinda plain, no salt at all. However, I decided to make canapes with them (I put on top of it the meat + baiao de dois + farofa). This combination is good to share between two. (3) dulce de leche creme brulee (5 stars): it was a really solid creme brulee with a Brazilian twist. Very rich dessert, good to share between two. read more

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The more formal fine dining experience that found its way onto the world's best list in recent years was offered next door to this location, and is no longer available - that side of the restaurant has been closed. This is the more casual, "family friendly" side. Every drink, appetizer and main dish ordered was phenomenal. Service was excellent as well. Menu is availaDefinitely worth sitting through traffic to get all the way out to this part of the city. They operate their own lot just up the street, so parking is not a problem. read more

A comida não tinha gosto, a sobremesa estava horrível. Já foi bom, viu!! Não sei pq mudou tanto?!?!?

If you are looking for Northeast traditional Brazilian food you are in the right place! This is my favorite restaurant in the North of São Paulo with many options for traditional food. There is Valet per 20 Reais or you can park on the parallel street per the same price. It is a busy place and for the weekends and lunch usually there is a waiting line. I usually go during the week for dinner (not too busy) There are options for cocktails with Cachaça. I do love the "Dadinho de tapioca" and "carne seca" read more

I have been living in Sao Pualo for almost 12 years and Mocotó has been one of those restaurants that was always too far away and everyone used to say that its always busy, there are long lines and so on...so my laziness had been getting the better of me all these years. When our CM, Fernanda S. took it upon her to make a trip to Mocotó of lunch on a slow Monday, I decided to jump onto the bandwagon - so together with 'out-of-towners' Lana Z. & Vinicius L. we met our esteemed area yelper Fabio S. for lunch and oh boy ! I kicked myself for not going there before. We got there at around 12:15, just before the lunch rush hour and were able to abe a decent table for all 5 of us. We started with the classic 'mandioca chips' and 'dadinhos de tapioca' - absolutely fantastic ! I normally ask for extra hot sauce but even the sauce that came with these 'dadinhos' was perfect - I could have eaten like a dozen more but there was more to try. We ordered a portion of 'Linguiça com Cebola Roxa e Cachaça' & a medium 'Baião-de-dois' and we were able to share it well among all 5 of us - the portions are really generous and are meant to be shared. To round up the gastronomy fest, we ordered several desserts - 'Creme Brullé de Doce de Leite e Umburana', 'Bolo de Chocolate com Cupuaçu e Castanha-do-Pará', 'Gelado de Frutas - Umbu' & 'Sorvete de Rapadura' - I would be extremely naive if I tried to pick a favourite. Everything was extremely well made, well served and absolutely delicious. It really gets hard to ge better than this when it comes to local cuisine. I used to think Mocotó was overrated and one fine day I was made to eat my words - I have not been to such a nice local cuisine restaurant in ages - the whole ambient is so simple, so down-to-earth and yet there is a high degree of sophistication in the dishes that are served. Chef Rodrigo Oliveira does complete justice to his reputation as one of Brazil's finest and politest chefs - I have no option but to return to this wonderful place called Mocotó..several times more. Kudos !! read more

Get there early! If you you can't well that is ok. Sit at the bar and order some beers or get a cocktail. If you feel a little classy you can head over to the other side where it is a Michelin star restaurant, but the normal one is the one Anthony Bourdain recommended on The Layover. Everything is good! Just get what ever you think sounds good to you and you will not be disappointed. read more

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I stopped in for a quick drink and tapas before heading to the airport. I would have never known about this place if it wasnt for my yelpmigo Fernanda S. Overall had a good time.....good beer and drinks...good service...good food...check it out if you are in the neighborhood. read more

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Mocotó is my favorite restaurant in SP. They offer prefect caipirinhas, amazing northeast Brazilian food, and tasty deserts. I always order unidade torresmo, dadinho de tapioca, mini caldo de mocotó, and caipirinha tres limões. During the weekend, you'll get long lines if you arrive after noon. But no worries, you can order food and drinks while you wait. read more

Mocotó Bar e Restaurante - Caipirinha!!! - Bars Near Me - São Paulo, SP

Fantastic dinner and superb service. Best place around. Great Brazillian cuisine

Excellent 'fancy' Brasilian food particularly from the north. More of a rare treat to find a Brasilian restaurant with a bit of a flare if you are wanting something different to the botecos you find in the street. All the food is delicious and would recommend coming with friends so you try as many of the dishes as you can. The only downside is the location; very far from the city and the inevitable wait. It is worth the trip at least once if you are in SP. read more

You will not regret it. The food is fantastic and the caipirinhas are delicious! Make sure to arrive early. On weekends there wait could be up to almost 2 hours! read more

Excellent food! It's very casual, even though it can get pricey. Unpretentious. The only downside is that they were very, very slow with drink refills. BONUS: They serve Caipirinha! It's is a traditional Brazilian drink thats *usually* made with liquor, and an ensemble of fruits and spices. They indulged me, and made mine with lemon/lime soda instead. It tasted great! read more

Not much to add that hasn't been said already...fantastic "roots" Brazilian food in great atmosphere at very reasonable price. The Baiao de Dois with a side of Mocofava drizzled on top is so fantastically good I get it every time. Don't forget to bring some hot sauce home with you either. Oh yeah, the rapadura ice cream is also friekin' amazing. read more

Loved our experience here so much! If we ever make it back to Sao Paulo we will be here in a jiffy

A food-lover's paradise. Went there with my wife and some friends who wanted to introduce us to the place. Delicious, fresh, and expertly cooked food. The restaurant specialises in North-Eastern food. The service and decor of the restaurant are also top-notch. read more

A memorable dinner. Enjoyed the cachaca taster. Make the effort to eat here. It's a tad of the way from downtown but well worth the drive. We actually invited our taxi driver to have dinner with us so we could insure a ride back to the hotel. read more

simplesmente sensacional. tudo.