Yelp Review 2025 #159:
While in Brazil, you have to have açaí. Freddy is a 3-minute walk from my hotel in Copacabana and it's highly rated on another review site. It was an easy decision.
It's a small shop about less than a 10-minute walk from the beach. They have the normal sweetened açaí and açaí gold which is all-natural and unsweetened - there's a huge difference. The owner, Freddy, was actually in the shop when I came in the first time and he made me try both the sweetened and unsweetened açaí (açaí gold) with huge healing spoonfuls. The unsweetened is pricier by at least 10 Brazilian Reais depending on the size. It starts at 300ml which is 10oz up to 1 liter or 33oz. It looks like prices go up by 2 Reais every 6-10 months.
The toppings are free. You can get cornflakes, grated coconut, jujube candy, granola, peanut brittle crumble, rice crispies, crushed hazelnut, black sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles, powdered milk, crushed peanuts, chocolate balls, and Brazilian M&M's. They have syrups/ sauces that are also free. It comes in strawberry, chocolate honey tutti fruity, condensed milk, etc. There are premium toppings you have to pay extra for: whey protein powder, Nutella, brownie, strawberry, banana, Twix, Ferrero Rocher, kiwi, Kit Kat, Bis (Brazilian wafer), etc.
I opted for açaí golf with whey blended in, topped with granola, strawberry and banana. They whey protein added a bit of sweetness to the unsweetened açaí. The açaí was spilling over the cup. It was very good.
Service was friendly. They don't speak English but Freddy does. You can always take a picture of the menu and translate it from your phone and there's also Google Translate. There's Wi-Fi inside the shop. They open at noon on weekdays, 10am on weekends, and close at 10pm. read more