I visit Porto Alegre at least once per year for a few days (visiting family) and there are only a…read morecouple places I insist on visiting EVERY time. This one is very much ON the MUST GO list. FANTASTIC local beer choices as well as options from other regions of Brazil and beyond. Guaranteed to satisfy the tastebuds and expand you hoppy horizons. Their selections of tap beer are varied and each variety very tasty on their own right. There are HUNDREDS of bottled options, many of which I have personally tasted and always impressed. This time the "X-Bacon" was the strange brew of choice and it was... just that. A fun adventure I had to try at least once! And actually will again if someone offers it to me. ;) The food, must have one of their personal pizzas. Very tasty. The atmosphere is calm and casual. Refreshingly fun and non-overwhelming (pleasantly NOT like many Brazilian hotspots). We were able to have a fun and lively conversation without having to compete with loud and obnoxious energy from the current choices of popular "music" jabbed into our eardrums. It wasn't a quiet place... just right for catching up with old friends or getting to KNOW new ones by way of ACTUAL conversation.

I heard good things about this pub. Albeit an Irish pub set in Brazil, I had high hopes. The…read moreGuinness was poured too fast and poorly. One of their top three items on the menu was unavailable. Then being waited on three times, by two separate servers, in the hour and a half we stayed, I couldn't stand much more. Then being charged for a line item that was never on my order (due to lack of their product), I cannot give this a lower rating.

Heading out in Porto Alegre to the cidade baixta wanted to find a place where we could grab some…read morefood and also have a drink. Marked a few places that we found on trip advisor but I was intrigued by what constitutes a brazilian gastro pub so we headed to olivos to check it out. Happy to say I was not disappointed. When you first wall in the space appears tiny but it has a few little areas shooting off the entry space including some long tables which cater for groups. The spaces are warm and cosy which makes it easy to chat to people at nearby tables. The drinks menu was impressive including an extensive list of beers and wines both locally and imported as well as cocktails. We shared a bottle of red from a local wine area and our other companion had a vanilla mojito. The food was equally tasty and reasonable portions. We tried the olives which where filled with bacon and meat and deep fried and a pizza. The pizza menu was jot extensive but we tried the legumes (vegetables) which was topped with generous servings of a ratatouille vegetable mix; eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, onion and the carbonara which had bacon and quality egg. Both came with generous servings of mozarella and home made tomatoe sauce. The base was thin but a little doughy and cooked well. I would gladly eat the pizza again. The only downside was having to eat at the bar which normally wouldn't bother me but it was small and barely fit our plates. Service was very friendly and they helped us with suggestions of where to go afterwards.