Restaurant
1. Rancho Português
An Ipanema Portuguese restaurant opened in 2014, known for 17 salt-cod dishes in sharing portions and named the city's best Portuguese restaurant in 2026.
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2. Tuju
Ivan Ralston's seasonal tasting-menu restaurant, one of the first two in Brazil to win three Michelin stars, with menus that change four times a year.
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3. Evvai
Chef Luiz Filipe Souza's three-Michelin-star restaurant, serving a single Oriundi tasting menu that explores the meeting of Italian and Brazilian cooking.
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4. Oro
Felipe Bronze's two-Michelin-star restaurant a block from Leblon beach, where fire is the heart of creative menus rooted in Brazilian cooking.
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5. D.O.M.
Alex Atala's restaurant in Jardins, open since 1999 and the first in Brazil to win two Michelin stars, built around Amazonian and other native Brazilian ingredients.
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6. Oteque
Alberto Landgraf's Michelin-starred Botafogo restaurant, serving a seasonal tasting menu in a high-ceilinged, brick-walled dining room.
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7. A Casa do Porco
Jefferson Rueda and Janaína Torres's downtown restaurant devoted to the whole pig, with pork from their own farm and a place on Latin America's 50 Best list.
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8. Aprazível
A family-run Brazilian restaurant in the hills of Santa Teresa, with terrace tables under the trees and views across the neighbourhood.
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9. Churrascaria Palace
A Copacabana churrascaria founded in 1951, serving an all-you-can-eat rodízio of around 40 meats and recognised as part of Rio's cultural heritage.
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10. Mocotó
A family restaurant founded in 1973 in São Paulo's north zone, where chef Rodrigo Oliveira turned his father's north-eastern canteen into a Michelin Bib Gourmand favourite.
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11. Balaio IMS
Rodrigo Oliveira's restaurant on the ground floor of the Instituto Moreira Salles, mixing Brazil's regional food cultures with Mocotó classics on Avenida Paulista.
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12. Bar do Mineiro
A tiled Santa Teresa bar famous for its feijoada pastéis, carne seca and long list of cachaças, a classic stop on the tram route.
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13. Famiglia Mancini Trattoria
A family Italian trattoria opened in May 1980 on Rua Avanhandava, known for generous pasta portions for two or more and an antipasti room with more than 70 choices.
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14. Ocyá
Chef Gerônimo Athuel's seafood restaurant on Ilha Primeira, reached by boat, serving aged fish and grilled dishes at tables beside the water.
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15. Galeto Sat’s
A late-night Copacabana bar known for grilled spring chicken, chicken hearts and cold draught beer, founded by two Spanish immigrants.
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16. Ponto Chic
The century-old bar on Largo do Paissandu where the Bauru sandwich was created, now recognised as intangible cultural heritage of São Paulo state.
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17. Capim Santo
Chef Morena Leite's Brazilian restaurant in the garden of the Solar Fábio Prado on Avenida Faria Lima, serving lunch and an afternoon menu from Tuesday to Sunday.
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18. Mee
The Michelin-starred pan-Asian restaurant of the Copacabana Palace, with two tasting menus, one of them vegan, and omakase at the sushi bar.
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19. Ferro e Farinha
An award-winning pizzeria that began in 2013 with an oven in the boot of a Fiat Uno, now known for slow-fermented pizzas with Japanese touches.
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20. Kotori
A Michelin Bib Gourmand Japanese restaurant in Pinheiros, cooking yōshoku-style dishes with Brazilian ingredients, charcoal-grilled dry-aged fish and a strong sake list.
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