Dom Mário is hands down the best restaurant on Ilha Grande in Abraão!…read more Make a reservation if you're coming with a large group or on the island during the busy season or holiday week, as they don't have all that many tables. You start off with a bread basket and homemade butter with herbs and they had lots of English music playing on the speakers throughout the night. That butter though. Try at least one of the many caipirinha or caipiroska varieties for 12-14 reais each. I tried the maracuja com gengibre (passion fruit/ginger) and maracuja com manjericão (passion fruit/basil) and loved both of them. If you're a foreigner ie non-Brazilian, let them know if you prefer more or less cachaça in your caipirinha to get the drink of your taste. Vegetarian dishes are very sparse here, though my waitress did mention they had a veggie risotto that wasn't on the menu and they may have others as well. They are mostly known for their seafood dishes. I enjoyed my filet with gorgonzola sauce too. The restaurant is al fresco with a covered roof. Some of the tables are in the sand, so you can feel like you're on the beach even though you're a few steps away from the sounds of the waves crashing in. All around, a great experience and not so in your face of a tourist trap like the beachfront restaurants.

Awesome food. We had the fish with the passionfruit sauce, amazingly. Nice service and place to…read morehave a good night.

The food is light and well seasoned, taste like authentic Brasilian food. I have had the n 1 dish…read morefrom the menu ( this dish won a golden fork reward) . A very great way to start my trip at the island . The servers are great people and ready to help. The restaurant is right at the beach, with a fantastic view. I recommend this place.

The restaurant is right on the beach, so the view is just awesome. However, the taste of the food…read morecould not match the quality of the view. We ordered fried squid and stewed fish. Both were good but not great. They also have a really high wait time. In this island, this is probably among the expensive ones. For some reason, they charge (it is optional) for music.

Delicious! The moqueca was amazing, the drinks satisfying, and the staff very friendly. Three of us…read moreshared the moqueca and it was plenty. We actually went back the next night to get the filet with the shrimp sauce (the one many people had raved about in other reviews) and it was also very good. The fried fish was crispy and light and fresh, the sauce was very similar to the moqueca, which was just fine with us. Go here!

Nice place with colonial ambiance in the middle of "restaurant row" on Samuel Costa Street, just up…read morethe block from our favorite restaurant in town, Bartholomeu (see my review). My wife had shrimp tossed in pasta, and I had a crusted filet of fish over risotto, and both were excellent. Service is prompt and cordial. Very little English spoken, but the menus have English translations. Wine & beer served. Of the two (this one and Bartholomeu), we preferred the latter -- but if you have two nights in town I would definitely suggest trying them both; can't go wrong with either one. Brazilians dine relatively late, so if you arrive at either one in the 6:00-to-7:00 range there is no need for reservations.

We are on a 2 week honeymoon in Brazil and this may have been our best meal. The bread is…read morespectacular, and they brought out some free appetizers including smoked fish, pumpkin soup, and a croquette that was amazing. We then had some cheese balls as another appetizer, and then the crusted fish and squid risotto for dinner all of which was excellent. The service was top notch and we felt that it was a meal that merited a tip beyond the usual 10%. Highly creative and delicious meal that we strongly recommend. Also very cute restaurant and decor.

Great food and large portions. Great service and nice quiet place. I would definitely recommend…read morethis place for those familiar and new to Brazilian seafood.

The ambiance at this place is great but the service and food are not…read more We ordered sautéed shrimp for appetizers which were good but rather oily. We got the steak for dinner, the portion was for 2 people but the meat but very fatty and tough. Service is slow and rather inconsiderate. When the table behind us asked for napkins, the waiter looked at our table where our main course had just been cleared up and snatched the napkins from our table to put on theirs. Such an odd thing to do! I would come back for drinks on the beach and the live music but I wouldn't eat here again.

Not on Copacabana beach anymore. 1 hour drive from Copacabana to get there…read more However, there is a good ceviche place next to the Marriott on CC beach

I had the paella,( seafood with rice) and has been the best paella Ive ever had in Rio…read more Waiters speak spanish or english and have very good suggestions and attention. The food is very tasty and best seafood in the area. If it wasnt for the dull decoration and closed space I would give this place 5 stars.