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.

Here it is!!! The worst excuse for pizza I've ever had the bad luck to have eaten. We ate lunch…read morehere, & while the restaurant had 4 tables, the service was still only mediocre at best. The food--now that was special (but not in a good way). We started with shiitake & shimeji mushroom bruschetta. Absolutely without seasoning; I am sure the mushrooms were from a jar, because they had that metallic flavor. We ordered pizza for our main course. I have had thin crust pizza, but this was ridiculous. The crust was thinner than a cracker. The toppings & cheese were so oily that it was dripping; the pepperoni was awful, the pesto was even worse (I had to scrape it off before I could even tolerate it). There was no sauce on the pizza, but no surprise because the cracker dough would have dissolved. I would never eat here again and I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who likes Italian food or pizza. You'd be better off eating a frozen supermarket pizza.

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...