RESTAURANTS IN RIO DE JANEIRO RESTAURANTES CLOSE TO THE HOTEL / COPACABANA / LEME SIQUEIRA GRILL They have a carefully crafted menu that ranges from the choicest meats until the tastiest seafood. The meat has special emphasis on the menu. At the house you can choose various options such as sirloin, filet mignon, flank, rump, chicken heart, pork and lamb, among other varieties. Their dishes brings all the diversity of the people of Rio and visitors of the city, and is ready to meet the most demanding tastes and diverse. They also offer a unique sushi bar and beyond the delicious dishes, they also offer a full line of cocktails and caipirinhas freshly made by exclusives bartenders. Address: Rua Siqueira Campos, 168 – Store B – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2255-3446 Cuisine: Steakhouse and japonese food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Sunday: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Website: http://www.siqueiragrill.com.br/ Map: H JOAQUINA BAR & RESTAURANT The place has a proposal inspired by the days of the Empire, emphasizing the wonderful flavors of Brazilian cuisine. Joaquina, the character, was a slave who won her freedom through his culinary skills. The character gives shapes and inspiration, both on the environment as well as in every detail of the decor. Here you can find, besides the delicious dishes of Brazilian cuisine, various delicacies, wine lists and selected cachaças, always super cold bottled beers and of course, nothing more Brazilian than a super cold chopp beer. Address: Avenida Atlântica, 974 – Store A – Leme. Contact number: (21) 2275-8569 Cuisine: Brazilian food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Sunday: 11:30 am till last client Website: http://www.joaquinabar.com.br/home/home.php Map: D MANOEL & JUAQUIM Since 1998 this house has been focusing on traditional and bountiful dishes as its biggest differentiator. In addition to refreshments and snacks classics that made the name of Manoel & Juaquim, here you can find options such as cod (several Portuguese recipes!), Paella and sole. On Saturdays, the choice is “Feijoada Light”. Address: Avenida Siqueira Campos, 12 – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2549-3550 Cuisine: Portuguese food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Saturday: 12:00 pm till last client Website: http://www.manoelejuaquim.com.br/ Map: G 1 SHIRLEY The restaurant is known for generous potions of seafood on the Spanish style, all in a cozy atmosphere. The Valencian paella, made with various meats and seafood, is one of the most popular dishes of the house. Another big sucess of their menu is the shrimp, which can be served in many ways. The most popular are the honolulu shrimps, grilled and accompanied by pineapple and banana fries, tartar sauce and Greek rice. The house gives name to other option, the "Shrimp Shirley", who comes breaded, stuffed with cream cheese and raisins rice. Address: Rua Gustavo Sampaio, 610 – Leme. Contact number: (21) 2275-1398 Cuisine: Spanish food Style: Casual Open hours: Website: http://restaurantesdorio.com.br/restaurante-shirley/ Map: F TABERNA ATLÂNTICA Specialized in the preparation of international cuisine. The menu features many varieties of the world's most famous dishes, with options for one or two of beef, chicken, fish, pasta, salads and various appetizers, and a variety of drinks and cocktails. Address: Avenida Atlântica, 958 – Leme. Contact number: (21) 2542-0996 Cuisine: Internacional food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:00 am - 1:00 am Website: http://www.tabernaatlantica.com.br/#/Home Map: C SUBWAY Address: Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 895 - Store A – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 3208-7500 Cuisine: Healthy fast food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm Website: http://www.subway.com.br/ Map: I PONTO DA BOSSA NOVA The bar has wooden sofas and cushions scattered around the balcony. To eat, the highlight are the snacks. Among the options suggested by the house are traditional codfish balls with cheese and oregano. The letter of drinks is also attraction of the place, with some new features like Pearl Harbor (vodka, melon liqueur and pineapple juice) and green apple (vodka, green apple liqueur and apple juice). Address: Rua Domingos Ferreira, 215 - lojas B e C – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2549-7597 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual, live music Open hours: Sunday – Monday: 11:30 am – 1:00 am / Tuesday – Saturday: 11:30 am – 3:00 am Website: http://www.pontodabossanova.com.br/ Map: J 2 ALLORO It has an extensive menu with antipasti, polenta, soups, risottos, pastas, grilled fish and crustaceans. Among the suggestions are delights as cavaquinha with prosecco and black truffles, tagliata calf, pumpkin tortelli with prawns and almond soup with mussels mariantra, risotto seafood. In the cellar, a spectacular selection of Tuscan. Address: Avenida Atlântica, 1020 – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2195-7857 Cuisine: Italian food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm / 7:00 pm - 12:00 am Map: E SINDICATO DO CHOPP In the extensive menu options, snacks that go well with cold beer. The "frango à passarinho" (a kind of Brazilian fried chicken), the bean broth and shredded dried beef are among the most requested. As they are infront of the sea, could not forget seafood dishes, including their most recent success, the Paella. Be sure to check also the unmistakable Picanha (cap of rump) and all its variations. Address: Avenida Atlântica, 514 - loja A – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2541-3133 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual Open hours: Sunday – Thursday: 11:00 am – 12:00 am / Friday – Saturday: 11:00 am – 2:30 am. Website: http://www.sindicatoposto6.com.br/ Map: B LA TRATTORIA Opened in 1976, the traditional Italian has, among the menu flagships, spaghetti with mushrooms and shrimp and oil and agnoloti with funghi. With checkered tablecloths, décor with posters of Italian landscapes and pasta manufacturing itself. Address: Rua Fernando Mendes, 7 Loja A – Copacabana. Contact number: (21) 2255-3319 / 2255-0781 Cuisine: Italian food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:30 am - 12:00 am Website: http://www.latrattoriario.com.br/ Map: K MAP A: WINDSOR PLAZA HOTEL G: MANOEL & JUAQUIM B: SINDICATO DO CHOPP H: SIQUEIRA GRILL C: TABERNA ATLÂNTICA I: SUBWAY D: JOAQUINA BAR & RESTAURANT J: PONTO DA BOSSA NOVA E: ALLORO K: LA TRATTORIA F: SHIRLEY 3 4 IPANEMA GAROTA DE IPANEMA Famous for being frequented by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes - when it was still called Veloso - the bar is a tourist attraction. Besides the traditional snacks, such as codfish balls, the bar serves Brazilian rumpsteak with varied trims. Beer and caipirinha drinks are the most requested. Address: Rua Vinicius de Moraes, 49 – Ipanema. Contact number: (21) 2523-3787 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 12:00 pm – 2:00 am Map: B BAR DO VINÍCIUS Functioning as a bar and restaurant since 1980, the house offers daily shows of bossa nova and MPB, on the second floor. For snacking, you can choose to portions of steak appetizer with onion, codfish balls and kibbeh with mint, among others. Address: Rua Vinicius de Moraes, 39 – Ipanema. Contact number: (21) 2287-1497 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:00 am – 2:00 am Website: http://www.viniciusbar.com.br/ Map: C ASTOR The kitchen bar prepares snacks such as "Beliscão" (appetizer of sausage), rice cookies and spicy meatballs (cooked in beer Stella Artois and served in sauce Roti). Fresh oysters and mussels, assorted sandwiches on the menu also deserve mention. Address: Avenida Vieira Souto,110 – Arpoador. Contact number: (21) 2523-0085 Cuisine: Boehmian food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Wednesday: 6:00 pm – 1:00 am Thursday: 6:00 pm – 2:00 am Friday – Saturday: 12:00 pm – 3:00 am Sunday: 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm Website: http://www.barastor.com.br/ Map: F 5 DEVASSA The bar got famous for producing its own handcrafted beer appeared in 2002. From pilsen a pale ale, through weiss beer, beer types are baptized with feminine adjectives like "blonde", "black", "redhead", "India" and "sarará". To eat, the house offers snacks of the meals, salads and pasta. Among the options are "porteña" snacks (sliced sirloin with potato wanton, crumbly bacon and sauce "à campanha") and "devassadão" (marinated pork ribs, accompanied by breaded onion rings and barbecue sauce). Address: Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 539 – Ipanema. Contact number: (21) 2512-2051 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day Website: http://www.maripanema.com/portugues/devassa.asp Map: G BELGIAN BEER PARADISE A paradise for beer lovers, the house has more than 100 beverage brands available for tasting. The vast majority of Belgium, a country with huge brewing tradition. The bar also sells the bottles for those who want to take them home and offers lectures and tastings professionals periodically. Some of the most popular snacks in the house are the mix of weiner and ham portion of the type trassina. The store also sells Belgian beer taken from the barrel and beers produced by monks of the "Trapista Order" - the seven monasteries authorized to manufacture the drink, six are located in Belgium. Address: Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 580 - sobreloja 213 – Shopping Vitrine – Ipanema. Contact number: (21) 3256-2595 Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm / Friday – Saturday: 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm Website: http://www.beerparadise.com.br/ Map: H BARTHODOMEU Besides the traditional bar snacks, there are special options like sausage in cachaça, pizzas and a hand-crafted mix of cookies. To drink, the house offers beer options such as Bohemia, Stella Artois and Original. Caipivodcas and caipirinhas are also on the menu. On the issue of fun, the house has television sets that display the games of the round on Wednesdays, live music and board games that can be ordered free of charge by customers. Address: Rua Maria Quitéria, 46 – Ipanema. Contact number: - (21) 2247-8609 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food Style: Casual, live music Open hours: Every day: 12:00 pm till last client Website: http://www.barthodomeu.com.br/obar.php Map: E 6 BARZIN This mix of bar and restaurant is great option for post-beach and offers clue to DJs, jam sessions, concerts and events. Address: Rua Vinicius de Moraes, 75 – Ipanema / Contact number: (21) 2522-1809 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food / Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 12:00 pm till last client Map: D LAGOA RODRIGO DE FREITAS BAR LAGOA The restaurant has a certain atmosphere of yesteryear, with its beautiful art deco ballroom. The menu brings on the cover, a drawing of Eugene Della, illustrating what makes the difference there: the vision of outdoor seating with views of Lagoa. In this menu there are delights that endure for more than seven decades, as the roast beef with potato salad, the sausage (white or red) with potato salad, filet Rossini and a classic with a loaf of pâté and salad with kassler potato. Of "novelty", the menu features a tasty espresso coffe. Address: Avenida Epitácio Pessoa, 1674 – Lagoa. Contact number: (21) 2523 1135 / 2287-1112 Cuisine: Traditional German food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Friday: 6:00 pm – 2:00 am / Saturday – Sunday: 12:00 pm – 2:00 am Website: http://www.barlagoa.com.br/ Map: I PALAPHITA KITCH The Palaphita Kitch is one of the most beautiful spots in Rio. Lounge under the coconut trees in the cool and relaxed atmosphere and sip on Brazil’s world famous “caipirinhas” cocktail. Unwind and discover local delicacies as you munch on appetizers from the Northern part of Brazil. A large venue with a late bar at the weekends, this restaurant has a capacity of up to 250 people, seated indoors and outdoors. Wherever you choose to sit, the Palaphita Kitch is the ideal spot for gazing out at the descending sunset at the end of a busy day. Cocktail in hand, all your worries will be forgotten! Address: Avenida Epitácio Pessoa s/n, quiosque 20, Parque de Cantagalo, Lagoa / Contact number: (21) 2227-0837. Cuisine: contemporary and Amazonic food / Style: Casual Open hours: Monday – Friday: 6pm - 12 / Saturday – Sunday: 6pm - 2am Website: http://www.palaphitakitch.com.br/ Map: J MAP A: IPANEMA LANDMARK E: BARTHODOMEU H: BELGIAN BEER PARADISE B: GAROTA DE IPANEMA F: ASTOR I: BAR LAGOA C: BAR DO VINÍCIUS G: DEVASSA J: PALAPHITA KITCH D: BARZIN 7 8 LEBLON LA MOLE The kitchen has Italian influence, and therefore, you can find typical Italian dishes like pizza and pasta, including ravioli in cheese curd stuffed with apricot; Rondelli eggplant and noodles "à carbonara". Another option is the couvert that includes brioche, white pizza, toast with parmesan grissini, green olives, quail egg, smoked sausage, mozzarella cheese, salami, butter, liver pate and seasoned ricotta. Dishes with meat, poultry and fish are also present on the menu. Address: Rua Dias Ferreira, 147, lojas CD – Leblon. Contact number: (21) 2294-0668 Cuisine: Italian food Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:00 am - 1:00 am Website: http://www.lamole.com.br/portal/default.aspx Map: B JOBI The Jobi is a bar restaurant in Rio, bastion of bohemia city since 1956. Open every day of the week, Jobi is always a haven for those who are lost in the morning. The home crowd varies, usually above 25 years. Besides cold beer, snacks like cookie cod (with Portuguese olive oil and pepper), the frog "à doré" with parsley and dried meat with fried manioc flour, options much requested. Address: Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva, 1166, loja B – Leblon. Contact number: (21) 2274-0547 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food / Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 10:00 am - 6:00 am Map: D BAR VELOSO It was on the porch of the original "Bar Veloso" in Ipanema, where Tom Jobim and Vinicius saw Helô Pinheiro walking towards the sea and got inspired to write one of the most sucess music from Brazil, "The Girl from Ipanema". This new version of the bar, in Leblon, retains only the name. With whimsical décor, usually gets crowded Thursday through Sunday. On the menu, breaded croquettes with farofa and crackling, calamari "à dorée", among other snacks. The most requested drinks are chopp and bottled beer. Address: Rua Aristides Espínola, 44 – Leblon. Contact number: (21) 2274-9966 Cuisine: Brazilian bar food / Style: Casual Open hours: Every day: 11:00 am till last client Website: http://www.barveloso.com.br/ Map: E Q GASTROBAR The "Q Gastrobar" bet on drinks with Aperol aperitif, success in Europe, and has options light, refreshing, more Brazilian, with tropical fruits and herbs. Address: Rua Dias Ferreira, 617 – Ipanema. Contact number: (21) 2113-0594 Cuisine: Contemporary Style: Casual Open hours: Monday - Friday: 6:00 pm – 1:00 am / Saturday - Sunday: 1:00 pm – 1:00 am. Map: F 9 SUSHI LEBLON First Japanese restaurant in Leblon in Rio de Janeiro, the Sushi Leblon makes innovation his trademark, and always researching new dishes inspired by cuisines from around the world. Relaxed and cozy, attended by a modern audience seeking sophistication, daring and, above all, quality. Address: Rua Dias Ferreira, 256 – Leblon. Cuisine: Japonese food Style: Casual Open hours: Monday: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm / Tuesday – Saturday: 12:00 pm – 1:30 am / Sunday: 1:00 pm – 12:00 am Website: http://www.sushileblon.com/ Map: C MAP A: LEBLON LANDMARK C: SUSHI LEBLON E: BAR VELOSO B: LA MOLE D: JOBI F: Q GASTROBAR 10