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    Stuzzi

    Stuzzi

    4.4(8 reviews)
    11.9 kmLeblon
    $$$

    The first time we came here is wasn't too impressive because they had so many things missing off…read morethe menu. So we decided to give it another chance when it was a busier weekend. This place gets full on a Saturday night so we made sure we grabbed a table before it became impossible. We ordered a good mix of things to taste them all the cheese and meat plate came with a variety of each (3) though they didn't explain what exactly was on it. They ranged from harder to softer cheese each quite distinct. It was accompanied by some bread that also had good flavor to it. We tried each of the 6 different types of bruschetta: goat cheese with fig and honey, classic with tomato and basil, mushroom with melted Brie, shredded duck, gorgonzola with arugula and nuts. They had a bean one but later told us they were out so we doubled up on the classic. All were impressively good with decent bread. I would say there are better then Prima. The bolinhos arancini we tried were also decent, one with shrimp another with meat and the third with mushroom. The caipirinhas here are good too and they have my favorite cachaça, Leblon.

    Three stars only because of lack of availability of items on the menu (as we only discovered once…read morewe tried to order them). The items we were able to order, however, were delicious. The place does seem to be targeted toward those wanting cocktails and tapas, but they have some entree type choices too. I didn't get to order a cocktail though because they had Jeffrey, one of my favorite beers here. The place is clearly popular among locals and there is always a crowd, inside and out. As I mentioned earlier, if the place had everything they listed, or at least if the waiter told us what wasn't available, I would have given the place 4 stars.

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    Stuzzi - The bat

    The bat

    Stuzzi - Seleção do chef

    Seleção do chef

    Stuzzi - Cheese and meat plate with bruschetta (left to right: mushroom, classic, shredded duck)

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    Cheese and meat plate with bruschetta (left to right: mushroom, classic, shredded duck)

    Bar D´Hôtel - Public Enemy #1

    Bar D´Hôtel

    4.2(15 reviews)
    12.5 kmLeblon
    $$$

    At the second floor of a very famous hotel in a glamorous neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, this…read morerestaurant is a compulsory stop for residents and visitors. Besides great food and drinks, you can get a seat in with a direct view to the sea, from Leblon beach. Arrive early to guarantee those tables. They have one with a nice comfortable sofa with a sea view as well. I have lost count of the amount of times I have been there. The main courses and desserts are always delicious, regardless of the choice. There is one starter though that I just dream about and cannot resist in all my Sunday nights (if you are a chefsclub member you get 50% discount in main courses and even starters). Scallops with cashew puree and cashew sauce. This is the most delicious starter, and a must have for all yelpers.

    Good friends who are from Rio met us for dinner and drinks at this spot in Leblon overlooking the…read morebeach. We were a bit concerned about the price, since we had been trying to keep our dinners a bit more modest in price, but we figured we deserved a nice meal for a change. The cocktails menu is extremely interesting, with a large range of special drinks with evocative names (I opted for the "Public Enemy #1", which came in a small bottle (like for a 7oz soda) wrapped in a sort of newsprint with Al Capone's image on it. It was delicious, as were the cocktails my friends ordered. When we ordered dinner, there was a lot to tempt us, and while I might have wished to spare the budget by not ordering a starter, it had a dish that sounded so good to me, I could not pass it up--grilled octopus with açaí sauce. I had seen it on another table, and it looked great, so I had that, while one of my friends had a sort of salad with lentils and seafood (and the rest did without a starter). I have to say, my octopus was a bit lacking in flavour; even a bit more salt would have helped it out a bit, but it looked great and the texture of the octopus was excellent. For our mains, I had a dish of rice with duck (duck is one of those things I almost always order when I see it on a menu), while one friend had lamb ribs with polenta. Again, my dish was a bit lacking in flavour and it was actually a bit dry. When it came to desserts, our Carioca friends told us that they cannot go to this place without having dessert, and one in particular they order just about every time they visit. I took that as a good sign, so I ordered one of my favourites, a lime quindim with coconut ice cream. Happily for me, this was deserving of the praise our friends bestowed on it, and the one that they ordered, a sort of tres leites cake, was even better. All in all, given the pricing I cannot give it more than three stars, though if you went for just cocktails and dessert it might deserve four.

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    Bar D´Hôtel - Dining room of Bar'd Hotel Restaurant

    Dining room of Bar'd Hotel Restaurant

    Bar D´Hôtel - Octopus with açaí sauce

    Octopus with açaí sauce

    Bar D´Hôtel - Lamb with polenta

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    Lamb with polenta

    Taboca - cocktailbars - Updated May 2026

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