A friend of mine talked me into dining with her at Broz one evening. She's got special dietary…read morerequirements, and it's not a place I would have chosen on my own... I thought the veggie choices and the salads were bland and routine, but my girlfriend thought the food here was AOK. Not one of the dishes I tried was even slightly better than mediocre. The payment method that Broz uses is by weight, and their prices are MUCH too high! There was an all-you-can-eat pizza option, but the value proposition for that was lacking too. Several days later, my friend and I visited another restaurant that used a by weight payment method. The prices at that venue were only half as much as Broz, with three times the quality AND it was packed with people!

A mix restaurant with both Mexican and Japanese cosines…read more Although you can't pick just one from the cosines, the price for both is pretty fair. They'll give you two papers to write down through the options, each one for each cosine. Do chose gradually, some portions of the Mexican and Japanese food can be big. Japanese options are not many, but the fish is always fresh. Mexican options are more extensive, but on the other hand the cook seems not to be as capable as the Japanese food chef. Current wifi password: resta_mizu

I used to like very much this place, but the last time I went, I was disappointed. The food is not…read moregood any more and the service was bad. It's ok to eat there, but there are many other Japanese and Mexican restaurants better than this one.

Our evening started with a quick stop off at Botafogo's Caverna bar for a quick drink and bites…read morebefore our dinner. Caverna's emo rock theme was quirky, and it brought back a lot of memories of listening to All American Rejects, Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and more. My husband mentioned to the bartender that he enjoyed the bar look and music while snapping a few photos of the bar. To show their appreciation, the bar gave us all a shirt, some stickers, and their house specialty cachácã drink that comes in a glass skull. It was an incredibly nice gesture, and we certainly appreciated all of it. I wished we could have stayed longer, as their cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks (I had the green apple maté) were delicious and service was obviously totally kick-ass and friendly!

Truly American 'style' food with interesting (and tasty) combinations. The burgers are good though…read morethe toasted buns do not hold up to the challenge of keeping everything together until the end of the meal. The night we were there they had live music and it would be good to have reservations on such nights. The waiters were very helpful to non-Portuguese speaking patrons with menus with pictures you could point to. The American style shakes were more than a little runny but given you only had paper straws (no spoons) in which in indulge it kind of made sense. Always interesting to see how another culture interprets your own. If I are hungry for an Americana 1960/70's style burger cafe you will enjoy Zack's. Definitely worth a go.

That burger was great! I got the one with bacon and by the time I was done I almost went back for…read morea second. Best burger I've had in Rio, by far.