What a great place to start the day. Grab a coffee and some cheese bread. I have very limited…read moreexperience, but find affection, for cheese bread and this was the best I've had to date. Here they are very rustic looking. Crunchy on the outside and so warm and gooey on the inside. There is also a small crunchy breads that you'll see locals grabbing by the bag, they went through 3 large laundry baskets while we were there. Definitely grab some of those as well. Service was very friendly.

Be careful with your bill, and make sure that someone within your party speaks fluent Portuguese…read more I was charged roughly double, due to an additional "buffet" charge. When I questioned it with the cashier, she insisted that the bill was correct. Having no other options, I left. I later learned from a local friend that the charge was incorrect, as I had expected. Perhaps she didn't know better, or perhaps she was exploiting a tourist. I'll never know which. I also won't be going back. There are too many good restaurants in this city, for anyone to have to tolerate this.

Well apparently everyone reviewed the bakery and I should have just eaten the bread. I instead went…read moreto the restaurant side and had lunch at the per kilo buffet. They were running out of the popular items like breaded chicken and you had to line up separately and request sliced steak from the grill if you wanted something hot other wise they had a selection of rice, pasta, vegetables, salads, salmon, bolhinhos, beans, and the typical offering at a per kilo place. As expected, the flavor was average. I also tried the in-house mate, not quite the same flavor as mate Leao. With big but heavy plates, a paltry serving can easily run R$30. The best part of it was the dessert which was separate. The chocolate mil folhas was rich and tasty. The pastry itself was still quite crispy and fresh, so I can see how the pastries, desserts and bakery items are lauded. The shop next to the restaurants which you're obligated to walk through had a good selection of beer, cheeses and other specialty items, all for a hefty price. I did try a lata of Rio cha verde with lychee (can of green tea with lychee) which was delicious. Next time I'll have to have breakfast as the other yelpers recommended.

Good food, pay by the kilo buffet with a decent selection of dishes. It was a bit busy when we…read morearrived, but that's to be expected during the lunch rush. We actually got good service here too. To exit the restaurant you have to go through the bread store, which has an amazing selecting of bread and candies.