Arriving in Sao Paolo late in the evening, my boyfriend and I had no idea where to go for a quick…read morebite and a drink. Staying at an AirBnb in Pinheiros, our host directed us just a few blocks away to a central part of the neighborhood with tons of options. So less than 5 mins later we stumble into a glorious sign reading, "MEATS". Sold! Though I can read Portuguese I did appreciate that the menu was available in English as well. In fact, this American inspired eatery was like a business that had been plucked from Portland, Oregon and placed in central Sao Paolo. From the decor to the drink and food menu, everything had an air of American comfort food to it, with a slight Brazilian spin. Instead of just chicken nuggets they had fried chicken hearts! And instead of serving meat well done, it was cooked on the rare side. Very rare. But that was what made the burger fantastic. I know a lot of people are worried about rare meats but having been in Brazil for the previous two weeks and traveled around to various cities and states, I noticed this was a bit of a trend in all of the restaurants I visited. If you haven't had rare beef, you're missing out because Brazilian beef is among the best in the world. To cook it too thoroughly is to kill the flavor. So we dove face first into the burger we shared and enjoyed it thoroughly. The cocktail list was pretty standard and my cocktail bartender boyfriend loved his Negroni. I opted for a whiskey sour and it was pretty decent. We did notice that the drinks were a little pricier than we'd expected, but when the bartender poured a whopping 3 ounces of liquor into the drinks it suddenly all made sense. Leaving will our tummies full and our brains a little foggy from the booze, this was a great first date spot for us on our recent trip to Sao Paolo. Definitely get those chicken hearts!

The prices are good and the fries and drinks are great, but I have found an issue with the burgers…read more We asked for our burgers to be cooked Medium and they came out RAW. They were just seared on the outside. I like bloody burgers, but these were not cooked at all. We asked that they be put back on the grill and they said they do not recook, but that they would grill us new burgers. We got the new burgers a few minutes later and they really were not cooked much more. Not sure what the issue is about being able to cook Medium burgers.

Fair price, fair burger, good taste. There are not many…read moreoptions, it's a restaurant of "one dish". You can add bacon or extra meat, but there's just one type of meat. There are way better burgers in town. No table service, you order on the counter

Returned to burger joint and the place has really improved quite a bit. The initial hype has…read morelessened quite a bit and the place has become more about the burger itself which in itself has improved. They seem to have paid attention to the critics & comments and the improvement is visible from the service to the burger.