Really cute cafe serving great coffee and snacks. I enjoyed an iced coffee with sparkling water…read morealong with a Nutella tapioca crepe. Relaxing atmosphere with quite a few locals lounging and chatting over coffee. Feels more upscale than your usual walk-up counters. Credit cards accepted.

Came here for a quick breakfast one morning. Went for a traditional breakfast pastel del belem (egg…read moretart) and tapioca com ovos (tapioca pancake like a crepe filled with eggs). And of course an espresso. Great little cafe! Very affordable prices (especially with the USD exchange rate) and quick service. Highly recommend for a quick and light breakfast! They also have toasted sandwiches and one lets and a selection of pastries.

With the 2016 Summer Olympics headed to Rio later this year the big lake there (Lagoa Rodrigo de…read moreFreitas) will become the site of rowing competitions and other water-based sports. So, while Food Truck Mosteirinho might not be on your radar currently I'm betting it'll be on everyone's radar come August. This food truck parks itself along the lake, over near the cinema complex. Picnic tables and servers who deliver food directly to your table make this less of an Off the Grid experience and something more closely resembling a real al fresco meal served lakeside . For my party of 4 they represented the perfect place to fuel up a bit while walking the lake's perimeter. A burger, fries, and yummy Feijoada Dumplings (resembling, but not tasting like, falafel) were enough to tell me that this food truck knows what's up. Tasty food, both classic and with a bit of creative spark. I would've made it around the lake easily without stopping for delicious vittles but would I have enjoyed myself quite as much? No sir. I rest my case. Visit now, before the rest of the world finds it and there's no seats left for you.

Bom dia! This is the place to get your açaí fix…read more Ordering from this place is a Brazilian experience and the staff here are used to having foreigners. They can understand English but even if they don't they want you to shout your order to them in your best Portuguese. They know what you want even before you open your month. And yes the açaí smooth is delicious. It's less sweet and more nuttier compared to the style they serve in the US. So I like it! I recommend getting the small size so you can leave room to try the other foods. Short walk to the beach so it's to the beach but hustle vibe.

This is a freshly churned out smoothie and cafe located in a busy street corner. The Acai smoothie…read morethat I got was definitely super fresh, and you could hear them making it in the back. It felt a bit industrialized just because they get so many orders, but it must have been authentic because it melted so quickly. The acai has a fruity, and soft-serve like consistency and its definitely very good. I'd recommend getting additional toppings because the flavor can get repetitive after a little bit. still a must try spot though!

After visiting the Cristo Redentor statue, started looking for a good spot to grab a quick and…read moredelicious bite. Found this on a map app, but since it was so good, it was added to our Yelp! app too because more people need to know about this place. It has a good menu and selection from breakfast items and sandwiches, juices and smoothies. I got the steak sandwich and the wife had a veggie sandwich. Both were amazing. I also had a smoothie of berry and mango and she had the green drink of veggies. Both of those were soooo good too! Service was good and again we worked through our ignorance of the local language with limited Portuguese and some Spanish sprinkled in. We worked together and made it work. Place is nice and clean. Bathrooms are also nice and clean. Open air seating inside or out which I like. If your visiting the Cristo Redentor, as you leave, turn right and walk about half a mile and then cross the street, you'll find it. Right by a bus stop and Uber pick up spot. Easy in and out. Enjoy!

Excellent breakfast spot in Rio which offers indoor and outdoor seating. I mostly appreciated the…read morevariety in options for dining and free WiFi. My toast was deliciously buttery and my açaí was extremely filling without being overly sweet. The ambiance was quaint, and even sitting outside wasn't distracting. Our server was also extremely kind to us foreigners.

They don't speak English here, but the menu has some English and photos on it. We got the crab leg…read moreapp (eaten with the table spicy sauce yum), acai bowl with tapioca, and the duck version of the tacaca, food took a bit longer to come out, but it was worth it. The juices were also really great, the fruits aren't usually available in the US (like the soursop and the cupaucu). I tend not to repeat restaurants on trips that aren't super long, but I have a feeling we'll be back for a snack! Oh yeah, they take debit but not credit card. So bring that cash!

My first day in Rio in search of an acai bowl, this place looked interesting. It is tucked into a…read morecharming side street and was filled with a handful of locals. It is a hole in the wall with a few outside tables and a bar inside with counter seating. An English menu with pictures is available, and they do accept cards. The acai bowl was super clean. Just pure acai puree served with table sugar and tapioca puffs on the side. The small bowl for about $6 was plenty for an afternoon snack. If time permits I may be back for some of their other sweet bowls, like the cupuacu.

During my stay here I did my best to have a bowl of acai a day...This was close to the parque so we…read morewent with this spot. Here was our experience on a early Friday evening. AMBIANCE: Parking: Parking is pretty tough as it is mainly street parking so we just Ubered. here. Seating: Places to sit both inside and outside. Room for about 3 groups (4 people inside) and about 6 tables outside for pairs. Feels: The surroundings are pretty neat. You are walking distance from the beach and about a 10-15 minute drive to the parque. It's a lowkey touristy spot which has a lot of nice surroundings. The space itself is pretty popping and lively. The Top 40 music made me feel like I was back in US and the space was decorated with pictures their menu. FOOD: Acai Bowl I can't remember the exact name of it but I was given oats, honey with options of medium or large and 2 fruit choices. The presentation was lovely as it was served in a glass and the acai itself was delicious. Served cold and pretty sweet. CUSTOMER SERVICE: Great people! Friendly and quick with the service. TL; DR OVERALL: 5 Stars. Out of all the acai spots I've been to, this was probably the best however it's probably because they specialize in acai. I loved the choices, price and service. Whenever I'm in this part of Rio de Janeiro, I'll be sure to swing by here. TIPS: * You have the choice of making your own or ordering from the menu.

3-min walk from Subway Catete Station. Very clean-looking Food Stand. Seems to be popular among…read morelocals, which is a very good sign. They serve various Tapioca pancakes, savory and sweet, and great hamburger. They are all made-to order so you have to wait a bit, but it's worthwhile!!! Hamburgers include 200g thick burger(about 1/5 lbs), very meaty, and some vegs and cheese. Their are some stools so you can wait and/or eat there. English spoken (a bit), so no trouble communicating. Credit/debit cards taken. Hamburgers are 15 Reals (only one type available), and Tapioca starts from about 7 or 8 Reals. I visited two nights in a row.

We walked the block a couple times trying to find what we thought was a restaurant but was actually…read morea food stand. We each ordered a burger. The burger is sooo good and homemade with love. We each had a cheeseburger with bacon with everything on it. One of the group members had the. Urged with salsa verde and her bun came green. All of the ingredients are fresh. There are no fries or sides. You can order tapioca which is also very, very tasty. We are going to hit this spot up again during this trip. We returned to grab burgers on several days following and each time brought more newcomers. We constantly raved about the burgers and tapioca. We tried to grab burgers during our final two days but the stand was not around as they are closed on Friday and Saturday. Oh lastly, we used google to communicate for the most part because they did not speak English and we did not speak Portuguese but tried to meet in the middle with Spanish. Despite the language barrier, smiles and positive energy still went a long way when communicating with the lady ringing us up and the guys cooking. When we returned they remembered us and it was like a mini reunion. We showed them love and they showed it back.

A old-school looking bakery in Ipanema with a ton of different pastry options! This is definitely a…read moretop pick for baked goods in Rio since everything is made pretty fresh. We got a few different ones to try and the bread here is super fresh. Highly would recommend the sweet pastries. The salty/ savory options were decent as well. Definitely want to try everything here when I have a sweet tooth, the pastry desserts are great if you love sweets!

We tried the acai and the chicken pastel (baked). Both were average. The acai was too sweet and the…read morepastel was a little dry. Recommend you go a few doors down to Porto do Sabor, where you will find better versions of both!