Every pasta dish is amazing! They make everything fresh and cook it to perfection. Fresh…read moreingredients and not overly seasoned. It's simply great! The salmon carpaccio is also recommended and at some point I will update this review to include the meat dishes and pizzas which look great but I never got to them since the pastas are all so good. One thing to note is this is a cash only restaurant and the tip is not included (but please take care of our waiter!)

Got to this Italian restaurant for dinner, we have got a great service and the food was amazing!…read moreHighly recommended

Met the owner in a beach hut at Ipanema beach. He told us we should come to his restaurant and try…read morehis Stroganov. It was absolutely amazing. The restaurant is very cute and the service is top notch.

In a tiny corner near by cinema leblon, that's the ideal place for a calm encounter with good…read morepizza. You eat outdoors in plastic tables and you can choose the size of your slice in this place. A quiet fast food restaurant.

If you're thinking pizza isn't a thing in Brazil, think again. Brazilian pizza is so good and…read moreCapricciosa is always my go to pizza place. With elevated toppings and wood fire oven, all the pizzas here are incredible, just be sure to eat with a fork and knife like a real Brazilian!

I came here back in 2020 right before the pandemic hit, so this is a bit overdue…read more Very tasteful looking place, staff was very kind, especially with our group of Americans who majority don't speak Portuguese (including myself). We ordered a lot of different pizzas for our group of 16. They were all yummy. The one that especially stood out was the meat one. I'm not sure of the name since I couldn't read the menu, but in my photo attached it's the left half of the pizza!

Brazilians can't make pizzza like Italians???...slapme into reality cause this has to be the best…read morepizza I've ever had in my life. No it is. New York be damned! Italy also doesn't come close *Looks over bay*. Even Jesus approves cause the statue is overlooking me eat this deliciousness. I feel like I'm sinning. Sorry JC. I don't even care! If they make pizza like this in hell I'm setting my navigation to that destination.

Best pizza ever! Everybody should try the dulce de leche with white chocolate and almonds. Perfect!read more

This place is now called Pope Ipanema. It appears to be the same which was good but not great…read more Dishes are all cooked well and have some interesting spices and flavors but nothing stood out as amazing. Prices seem high but not obscene for the area. Dining on the beautiful terrace was a great.

A small corner bar with an upscale personality. The drinks are reasonable, but are made very well…read moreand presented beautifully. They speak English too! We stopped for just drinks but the food looked very yummy! We are hoping to come back before we leave Rio!

I have had better....ordered 2 slices of red sauce with mozzarella and a bottle of water. Came to…read morenearly $R 27-that's nearly $7 US and US prices for pizza that was OK, not very good or great. If you are coming home from a bar and drunk it's not bad; if you are in the mood for better pizza keep on looking...and I had to ask the cashier 3-4 Times to give me my change...more like 2.5 stars.

Horrible pizza and even worse service. It is better not to eat at all than to subject yourself to…read morethis dreadful experience. There were only two families in the place, we ordered three pizzas, and one got to us 15 minutes later: cold and undercooked. And what was even is that the ones we got on time were of bad quality. Avoid this place. Unfortunately the lowest grade is one star.

Italian owned at the heart of Ipanema, Vero Gelato Italiano utilizes only natural Ingredients to…read moreproduce a vast array of Ice Creams and Sorbets with three flavors in a sizable cup costing less than $3USD. Known as Brazil's only Gelateria accredited by the Accademia della Gelateria Italiana, and also popular for Pizza and Coffee, it is immediately upon entry to Rua Visc. de Pirajá thay guests are greeted warmly, a variety of flavors spread across two cases from which sampling is encouraged. Varying flavors daily, classics such as Pistachio and Coffee showing off smooth textures and a relatively small amount of Sugar, it was after tasting both Caju and Avocado that an over-filled cup was chosen, Dulce de Leche predictably a lot like Caramel while Rum-Pineapple-Amaretto improved upon America's "Rum Raisin" with Almond Liqueur and went well bite-for-bite against Romeu e Julieta comprising Cream Cheese plus Guava.

For tastebud adventure seekers, they have dijon mustard gelato (I was not a fan)…read more They didn't have yogurt gelato (my favorite) on the occasion I visited. I couldn't help wishing Vero were Bacio di latte (it wasn't). In sum, a fine gelato choice just blocks from the beach in Ipanema but nothing I could get too excited about!

I can't quite figure this place out. When I go there and order a slice, it's always good. When I…read morecarry-out a pizza, it's always good. But when I order one for delivery from iFood, it was not so good. Not bad, but not as good as eating at the restaurant. So let's focus on that. They have a small seating area and a wide selection of pizzas. My go-to pizza is (and always has been) pepperoni. Vezpa has one of the better pepperoni pizzas in the area, but you can also get just about any type, including dessert. The prices are a little high, but if you're just looking for a quick slice you can't go wrong.