This family-owned and run restaurant in João Pessoa is in my opinion the best Italian restaurant in…read morethe Northeast of Brazil. It might also be the best restaurant in the city. I've eaten here several times and I have never been disappointed. All of the pastas here are homemade and they're all great. The sauces are varied and not just typical southern Italian red sauce. The service is also very good & the décor is also very tasteful. They also have a decent wine list with wines at reasonable prices. If you're here for dinner, they make pizzas in a brick oven (unfortunately, you can only get pizzas at dinnertime--not at lunch). At lunch, they also have a buffet and a lunch menu (I prefer to order from the regular menu); they also have valet parking. Oh yeah, the items on the regular menu serve 2, but even with help, two of us have never been able to finish the main course (which is just fine, cuz you get to have the doggy bag later).

This is my favorite restaurant in Joao Pessoa. On many nights there is live piano or accordian…read moremusic and sometimes some of the customers join in singing. The food is consistently good, especially the risotto's and the pasta, though I haven't had anything bad here. On Monday nights they have a pizza festival which is an all-you-can-eat deal where instead of going to a bar area and picking slices, the waiters walk around with pizzas fresh out of the oven and offer you a slice. I had been working at the Fiat Goiana plant which is an hour out of town, so often we wouldn't get back to Joao Pessoa until 9 or 10pm. Luckily they stay open 'till midnight, and even arriving at 10:00, there were plenty of other patrons.

Another GREAT place to eat in Joao Pessoa! This pizzeria is owned by the same family that runs…read moreFamiglia Muccini (the best Italian restaurant in Joao Pessoa!). The location can't be beat: right on the beach in one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city, near many hotels and B&B's. They use incredibly fresh ingredients and the pizzas are delicious. It's casual, but "upscale" at the same time. You feel really relaxed here. They have a very good wine list (at reasonable prices). The service is excellent. Plus, you can see the ocean while having a great meal.

Well for my first night and that Brazil We found this great Italian place that actually serves…read morepizza, pasta and amazing ravioli! I have been to Brazilian steakhouse is but never to a restaurant that continually Sergio all different types of food when it comes to being Italian. I give it a solid five stars for the atmosphere family oriented and sitting on the beach front.

I miss New York! What I hate about Brazil is that it's almost impossible to find pizza for lunch…read more(Brazilians usually eat pizza for dinner ONLY--what?!?). We were in the Manaira Shopping Mall in this city and came across this pizzeria. They sell large pizzas and pizzas by the slice (which is almost impossible to find here). We ordered a margherita slice and a pepperoni slice and I loved it--I almost felt like I was back in NYC! The crust is thin, but not too thin; their pizza ovens are perfect for a New York type of slice because they are hot and narrow, so the crust gets crunchy and just a bit burned, and the toppings are cooked into the slice you order. We had 2 slices, a beer and a water, and the bill came to $8!!! Ya can't beat that! They also offer pies to go, calzones and other really delicious stuff. The servers could be a bit better, but I am sooooo happy that I found a place that serves such good pizza. You'll be happy that you ate here instead of Pizza Hut...

First, let me say that, while they do serve crepes (and decent ones too), they also serve brick…read moreoven pizzas, which is why (I guess) that they've categorized this as an "Italian" restaurant, despite the name. It's right on the beach, so you have a lovely breeze and a nice view, day or night. The service is pretty good (for Brazil) and the food is also tasty and the prices are reasonable. I like it!

We stopped here late at night (I think it was 10:30 pm) for pizza and had a nice time. My…read morecompanions got the pizza (and dessert pizza) and I had a meat calzone. The calzone was delicious and had a good meat and cheese level. My companions also enjoyed the pizza, one remarking that it reminded him of the pizza he enjoys in Sao Paulo. I don't care for the cream-cheese-in-crust type pizza, but all my Brazilian companions seemed to like it a lot. We followed Google maps to get here and some of the neighborhoods it took us through made my Brazilian companions nervous. The impression I got is that this place is on the edge of a bad area, or it's part of a new gentrification of a once-bad area. I wasn't worried, but my companions looked relieved when we pulled up to it and it was clean and well maintained, as opposed to the place two blocks away on the other side of the street that Google maps led us to at first.

From the owner: colinaria italiana pizzas, massas ,e grelhadosread more