When we arrived in Curitiba, my family took us straight to eat at Batel. They say it's considered the best churrascaria in south Brazil.... this place was SO GOOD. I thought they had been overselling but they were actually underselling the place. Seriously, everytime we went to Curitiba during our trip, we went to Batel.
During the week you get in almost right away, but on the weekends you either need to get there before noon or be prepared to wait. I gotta be honest though. They make the waiting very easy to deal with. They give out fried yucca (delicious) and salagdinhos (pastels and coxinhas - which are basically fried empanadas and fried breading with shredded chicken - or chicken kisses as my sister's boyfriend calls them). They also give out some free (alcoholic) beverages. And they have couched and benches to sit on. When we went on a Sunday around 1-2pm we waited about 40 minutes which was actually not as long as I thought it would be because we had a party of 16 people.
The buffet has a good selection of salad, veggies, and sides (rice, beans, stoganoff, salmon, etc) and the meat is extremely well seasoned. If you're going with a vegetarian/vegan they will have enough options to leave satisfied. They are also all labeled in Portuguese and English. If you have never been to a churrascaria it works like this: The servers come around with various cuts of meat and temperatures (rare, medium, well done) and you pick what you want. They also have some pastas and other warm dishes that the servers pass around that are also very good. If you never had Guarana Antartica I urge you to try it. It is similar to ginger ale but so much better. You can't go to Brazil and not try Guarana Antartica. They also have dessert for an additional price, not sure how much as my family wouldn't let us pay for anything, but we got fried gnocchi with chocolate sauce that was very good and not too heavy after eating all that steak. In the end, they probably are the best in south Brazil, because of the other churrascarias we ate at (in different cities) none of them even came close to Batel. Not sure what else to say other than go here. You won't regret it! read more