Via Farani is an Italian and Japanese restaurant in Botafogo. You don't see this combination often…read more For now, I can only say something about the Japanese food and it's good. I can recommend the spring rolls and the soup as a starter. Furthermore, the sushi combination de Luxe for two is a good choice, i had better, but it is good and the price is very reasonable: around 85 reais for a 42 pieces combination of sushi, sashimi and Hot Philadelphia, which is definitely enough. From the outside it doesn't look like it, but Via Farani is quite big. You can easily go to Via Farani with a group of twenty people. The attendance is quick, so, even when the restaurant is full or you are there with a large group, you don't have to wait a long time for your order to appear on your table. Finally, if you are seated at the right window, you have a nice view at the Corcovado with Christ the Redeemer on top, which makes the restaurant almost a touristic attraction.

So many noms. Only had the Japanese food & it was delicious. Rodizio style, good quality, and well…read morepriced--R$85 for all you can eat. They bring you 2 pieces of a checklist for your table & you check off what you want to order. Make sure to indicate how many pieces of each roll or dish you want. I recommend almost any of the sushi/sashimi, the yakisoba, and the dessert with the banana fritters & jce cream. Good service and decent ambiance.

Thais restaurante is located at the business center of Rio de Janeiro…read more There is absolutely no parking anywhere near here and walking is the only way to get here to this place. This is a pay by the weight kind of spot, you walk in and receive a paper where after you get your buffet style food on the plate you will put your plate on a scale and get the value on the paper you received at the door for later payment o your way out. They here offer from deserts to sushi and bbq. They also have crepe and pastas made to order and a bbq grill going also to grab by order. The pasts selection is good and the salgadinhos are also available here. I had: BOLINHAS DE QUEIJO- those are salgadinhos and I love cheese anything so I had to have it, they were not super great but they were eatable ROCAMBOLE DE CARNE - this is a shredded meat and mashed potatoes roll, glfelt a little heavy to eat but if I was hungrier it would have been perfect. PASTEL DE CATUPIRY-this is like an empanada with a special kind of Brazilian cheese and it was good, could been better if it was warm. PUDIM DE LEITE- this is a desert milk flan it also was sort of ok nothu ng impressive. The place has 3 floors for sitting as it gets pretty busy at linch time during the week. Overall this is ok place if you have no other choice at the moment and if you arre very hungry, otherwise it is a very mediocre place to eat. The prices were ok and the food was meh.

This is a great place for lunch in Centro. There are two floors of seating, but come early cause it…read moregets crowded. Food options they offer omelets and pasta made to order, crepe made to order and a BBQ area. Plus Japanese, large salad options and hot dishes. They have a lot of quiches, or cheese tarts which are good. The lines for the crepes can get long, but they have sweet and savory options. At the BBQ area you can pick to have carne na chapa. I think they also have chicken. The third floor also has a Pizza area (rodizio) but they have been closed for a few months (apparently for renovation/remodeling. their pizzas were good - thin crust, and good options. Service was not the best, as it would be slow, but apparently they were reorganizing to fix these issues. Regardless, coming here you will never have nothing to eat. there is always something for someone...you may not be able to sit together at a table because of seating, but if you are a small group it is do-able.

I have seen so many compliments about the quality of food served at lunch time that I have decided…read moreto try the breakfast from Capadócia. Their most popular services are paying by kilo. Although I have seen here they also have an all you can eat pizza option from 17 h to 21:45h. The food served for breakfast was delicious and I didn't find it expensive, especially if you compare to breakfast when eating out at the south zone of Rio. Everything very fresh and healthy. Only negative point goes to the variety, which is not great, but ok. Ground floor fits 72 people and second floor fits 120 people, and I could tell when I have arrived early for breakfast that this is indeed a very popular place in the city center of Rio de Janeiro. Well deserved from what I have experienced. Busy but not noisy or uncomfortable.

Great lunch spot if you're working in Centro Rio de Janeiro. It's a kilo place where you get a…read moreplate, fill it with food and they weigh it and charge you by the kg. The meat is grilled right there and then. I got a few slices of the filet mignon and thought they were pretty tasty. They have a wide selection of vegetables and some sushi. The sushi is a bit lacking but edible. If you want more, you just take your ticket and get re-weighed and they'll issue you a new one. When you leave to check out, they give you a green exit card so that you can prove that you paid before you leave the premises. Quick and easy and pretty good too!

This kilo restaurant has been here for over 5 years and its always busy Mon-Sun :)…read morePrice of the kilo is approx. R$70 (plate can be around R$25-30) and everyday their menu changes. They usually have bacalhau, a fish dish, chicken and pasta. Their salad options is small, but have the basics (carrots, mayonnaise, fruits, greens, etc). There is always a pasta dish ( penne with funghi, or penne with tomato, or spaghetti etc), plus the traditional rice and beans (even feijoada on Saturdays). I really like their soufles (carrot or onion) and empadas (chicken or shrimp). There is seating on an outside area, main floor and second floor. Service is also great and attentive. If you are in the area, this is a good option for food - a little away from the main road, so its not a place you would see if you are on the main road of Ipanema. But its worth it to check out.

Great selection and always fresh. Very impressive per kilo restaurant you can go every day and…read morestill be happy!

For food on the fly, local chain Koni satisfies. This fast food sushi and hand roll eatery is ideal…read morefor lunch where you can find a few indoor and outdoor tables. I went with the tuna bowl - tuna sashimi over rice with onion and sesame seeds - and while good in theory, I found the tuna to be a little fishy. While not excellent, my bowl was served up in less than 5 minutes and the service was attentive and friendly.

Brazilians love cream cheese. They put it in sushi, on pizza and probably many other things that…read moreI'd prefer not to know about. True to form, Koni has the word "Philadelphia" slathered all over its menu. Other than that, it's sort of a McDonald's version of sushi and sells a lot of really cheap jive-ass rolls. It's OK I guess.

I was in Rio on holidays for the world cup! Very good sushis here! I never tried the salmonskin…read morebefore, I didn't even know it, they are so good!! The staff could be a little nicer though.

Where do I even start?! This place was the last stop on our food tour and I am glad our guide saved…read morethe best for last. We came in and the staff immediately attended us. We ordered some fried cheese, pasteles, shredded pork rice, beans, pumpkin puree, moqueca of shrimp and another of just fish, and a pot pie they make. Everything was delicious. The flavors were all fresh and everything left you wanting more. They also give you big portions enough to share. I highly recommend coming to this restaurant for dinner.

I came here during the Eat Rio Food Tour led by Felippe. He was an excellent tour guide and so this…read morerestaurant was excellent as well. I highly recommend the caipirinhas (since they'r strong), Jumba (keep it in your mouth for at least 10 seconds before swallowing... this was recommended to me and it was worth it... you'll thank me later), the shredded pork, the beans and smashed pumpkins, farofa, and the shrimp in sauce (which was my favorite!!!!). I wish I knew the names of each of these, but they all came out so quickly that I missed the names. Hopefully, you have a Brazilian friend who can quickly identify the Portuguese names of the above-named dishes :) Obrigado! -

This is an excellent Portuguese restaurant just off the boulevard in Copacabana Rio de Janeiro…read more I enjoyed the seafood spaghetti to no end! This dish was for two but I think you can feed three with it. The sauce was delicious and had a half a tail of lobster, shrimp, squid and mussels. The service is excellent and they have enough English to make one feel at home. My friend had a the steak, which he let me try. It was perfect.

There was a soup that my friend ordered that was pretty good. That was it…read more Everything else was a let down. The worst was the manager (maybe owner?) giving me false descriptions. I asked about their special fish; I wanted to make sure that it was going to come out fried and crispy. He assured me it would be. NOPE. IT came out grilled and soggy. I was so sad. I tried to mention it to him and all he said was "oh, that's the only way we prepare it." I would have ordered something else if I had known! I was so blown. And the sauce wasn't even good. We ordered a few of the appetizers too, nothing worth mentioning though. My friends got dessert. Looks really good. I did't try it though.