Best Restaurants in São Paulo (2026)

São Paulo is Brazil's food capital, and its restaurants range from historic sandwich bars to the country's first three-Michelin-star dining rooms. At the top end, Tuju and Evvai both received three stars in 2026, Tuju with seasonal twelve-course menus and Evvai with an Italian-Brazilian tasting menu, while Alex Atala's D.O.M. has held two stars since the guide arrived in Brazil and serves a more affordable weekday lunch. Book these well ahead.

The city's Italian heritage shows at Famiglia Mancini on Rua Avanhandava, where pasta portions are built for sharing, and its Japanese influence at Kotori in Pinheiros, which cooks yōshoku dishes with Brazilian ingredients. For Brazilian cooking at moderate prices, Mocotó in Vila Medeiros is a family restaurant founded in 1973 serving north-eastern classics, and its chef also runs Balaio IMS on Avenida Paulista. A Casa do Porco in the centre is devoted to the whole pig and ranks on Latin America's 50 Best list while holding a Bib Gourmand. Capim Santo serves Brazilian lunches in a garden on Avenida Faria Lima.

Do not leave without trying the Bauru sandwich at Ponto Chic on Largo do Paissandu, where it was created in 1937. Many restaurants add a service charge, so check the bill before tipping.

10 places · Updated October 27, 2026

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1. Tuju

Seasonal tasting menu$$$$Jardim Paulistano / Pinheiros

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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2. Evvai

Italian-Brazilian tasting menu$$$$Jardim Paulistano

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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3. D.O.M.

Contemporary Brazilian$$$$Jardins

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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4. A Casa do Porco

Nose-to-tail pork$$República / Centro

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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5. Mocotó

North-eastern Brazilian$$Vila Medeiros

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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6. Balaio IMS

Brazilian backcountry cooking$$Avenida Paulista / Bela Vista

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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7. Famiglia Mancini Trattoria

Italian trattoria$$São Paulo

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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8. Ponto Chic

Historic sandwich bar$Centro Histórico

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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9. Capim Santo

Brazilian$$$Jardim Paulistano

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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10. Kotori

Japanese yōshoku$$Pinheiros

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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