Every pasta dish is amazing! They make everything fresh and cook it to perfection. Fresh…read moreingredients and not overly seasoned. It's simply great! The salmon carpaccio is also recommended and at some point I will update this review to include the meat dishes and pizzas which look great but I never got to them since the pastas are all so good. One thing to note is this is a cash only restaurant and the tip is not included (but please take care of our waiter!)

Got to this Italian restaurant for dinner, we have got a great service and the food was amazing!…read moreHighly recommended

We wanted to try out the Leblon Art festival special but the waiter claimed they were out. They…read moredidn't have anything up as far as advertising like we've seen at other restaurants. Nevertheless we tried out a few of the items on their regular menu. The brie stuffed filet was quite tasty, a little red in the middle but tender. It was smothered in a mushroom sauce and coupled with garlic noodles. The risotto was delicious, made from whole brown grain and was cheesy and flavorful. It included two stems of asparagus wrapped in pancetta which was also quite delicious and topped with a sunny-side up egg. It went well with a glass of pear champagne. This place, along with most of the restaurants in Leblon is pricy but you do get good quality food. Service was fine and on a cool night, it's nice to sit outside and dine al fresco.

We came here to try out the restaurant's advertised dish for the Leblon Art Festival but were…read moredisappointed to find out it wasn't being served. On the bright side, that was pretty much the only negative part of my experience here. I opted for a glass of wine and filet stuffed with Brie cheese. Their selection of wines by the glass wasn't huge, the the red wine I selected from Spain was flavorful and a nice accompaniment for the steak. As for the meat, the dish was delicious. I've never had steak stuffed with anything really, so the idea of filling it with Brie caught my attention. It was just the right amount and gave the steak, which would have been great on its own, even more appeal. The restaurant does end up a little on the pricy side, but for this part of Leblon and marketed as a fancy Italian place, that shouldn't come as a surprise. Worth the trip, even if they don't always have everything they advertise.

I recently watched Francis Ford Coppola's classic movie "The Godfather" over again. If the story…read morefrom that movie had taken place in Rio, Coppola might have chosen Cantina Donanna in Copacabana as the place to assassinate the corrupt police captain Mark McCluskey. Thoughts of The Godfather instantly came into my head when I first saw this small family run restaurant. The look of it is just right, the way you'd expect an old-time authentic Italian restaurant to look. Handmade pasta is the bottom line for this place. If you choose the proper sauce to pair with it, you will be fine. I had spaghetti with ruccola and shrimps. They cooked the salad in the shrimp sauce; I had never seen it done that way before. My friend had a sauce made from catupiri, mushrooms nuts, and shrimps. It was totally awful; there was a lake of it, and it both completely drowned and overpowered the pasta.. If you dine here, stick to the Italian-style sauces and you'll be a happy camper. The quality of the pasta was good; it was al dente and well made, however it doesn't taste or look different from industrial pasta at all. The food not withstanding, what unquestionably brought my rating of this restaurant down to three stars was the service. The waiters were negligent. When asked for fresh ground pepper they simply put the pepper mill on the table. Menus were not brought until we had been sitting for 15 minutes, and it took three requests before we could get our check at the end of the meal.

Delicious homemade pasta and fresh, made from scratch sauces. Authentic Italian and highly…read morerecommend.

Amazing Italian restaurant! Classy decor but true Italian cuisine!…read moreService is great and very friendly too! Prices are great but be aware they only accept cash and cheques. No credit card!

Location is a little hidden, as its got a lot of tree coverage out in front. But its a lovely house…read moreon Lagoa, between Garcia D'Avila and Maria Quiteria. They offer valet parking and have two levels for seating. Italian cuisine - they have pasta, meats and fish. They pasta is freshly house made and great! Main note: Restaurant accepts only cash or cheque. So make sure you come prepared. No Debit or Credit cards. Price of each dish was R$40-75ish, depending on the dish. They have a large diveristy of types of pastas. Portion sizing is good too. I had a filet (beef) with pasta. Meat was good and pasta was al dente. Desserts were also good. I tried the Caramelo Mil Folhas and it was so light and crunchy and perfect! They are open daily for dinner, and lunch is only available on Sunday. Even though payment methods are limited, it is totally worth a try.

It is small, but very good food and excellent service. I highly recommend if you are in the mood…read morefor Italian food!

Great spot off Avenida Atlântica in Leme área. Great service, even more amazing food!…read more Ótimo local na Avenida Atlântica, na região do Leme. Ótimo serviço, comida ainda mais incrível

TLDR: Stopped for dinner at Pici's and the food was great, service super slow though…read more We had a reservation at Pici and we were promptly seated. Walked in and the ambience wowed us. We then placed the order for our apps and main course - suppli (arrancini kinda starters) and mushroom truffle pasta and Pesce del giorno (seafood). The food was delicious. Seafood was fantastic and the pasta with truffle sauce was great. We then had to wait a long time to even place the order for the dessert - tiramisu. When the dessert arrived it was fantastic and one of the best tiramisus I have ever had. After this we had to wait for more than 15 mins just for the check. While the food is good, the service is slow. We arrived at 6:45 and left at 9:05pm - so you do the match. This place can get busy during peak dinner hours. All in all good food and I can see why they got the michelin stars a few years.

Excellent Italian trattoria in the heart of Ipanema…read more Casual but classy restaurant with reference to music greats. Had a great rigatoni amitriciana, house served garlic bread, and a solid Argentine Cabernet. Total bill, including tip, came to a reasonable $28 US (as of this writing). Pici has received Michelin recognition in the past--deservedly so I would add. Muito bom!

Grado, nestled right on the edge of Rio de Janeiro's botanical gardens, offers an open kitchen, an…read moreold house setting, and the warmth and welcome of Chef Nello Garaventa and manager Lara Atamian. This is a prefix for $198R. It includes bread, appetizer, entree and dessert. Definitely go hungry. The menu, predominantly in Portuguese, doesn't pose a language barrier thanks to the fantastic English-speaking staff. The flaky, lemony fish of the day and irresistible bread make for a memorable dining experience. The fish was like butter. Don't miss the exquisite ceviche appetizer. The wood-fired oven adds charm. The restaurant's quaint interior, adorned with quirky decorations and curated bookshelves, creates a cozy atmosphere.

Great vibe and delicious food and great attentiveness from the waitstaff! Great for date night or…read morenight out with the girls.

The first time we came here is wasn't too impressive because they had so many things missing off…read morethe menu. So we decided to give it another chance when it was a busier weekend. This place gets full on a Saturday night so we made sure we grabbed a table before it became impossible. We ordered a good mix of things to taste them all the cheese and meat plate came with a variety of each (3) though they didn't explain what exactly was on it. They ranged from harder to softer cheese each quite distinct. It was accompanied by some bread that also had good flavor to it. We tried each of the 6 different types of bruschetta: goat cheese with fig and honey, classic with tomato and basil, mushroom with melted Brie, shredded duck, gorgonzola with arugula and nuts. They had a bean one but later told us they were out so we doubled up on the classic. All were impressively good with decent bread. I would say there are better then Prima. The bolinhos arancini we tried were also decent, one with shrimp another with meat and the third with mushroom. The caipirinhas here are good too and they have my favorite cachaça, Leblon.

Three stars only because of lack of availability of items on the menu (as we only discovered once…read morewe tried to order them). The items we were able to order, however, were delicious. The place does seem to be targeted toward those wanting cocktails and tapas, but they have some entree type choices too. I didn't get to order a cocktail though because they had Jeffrey, one of my favorite beers here. The place is clearly popular among locals and there is always a crowd, inside and out. As I mentioned earlier, if the place had everything they listed, or at least if the waiter told us what wasn't available, I would have given the place 4 stars.

If you're thinking pizza isn't a thing in Brazil, think again. Brazilian pizza is so good and…read moreCapricciosa is always my go to pizza place. With elevated toppings and wood fire oven, all the pizzas here are incredible, just be sure to eat with a fork and knife like a real Brazilian!

I came here back in 2020 right before the pandemic hit, so this is a bit overdue…read more Very tasteful looking place, staff was very kind, especially with our group of Americans who majority don't speak Portuguese (including myself). We ordered a lot of different pizzas for our group of 16. They were all yummy. The one that especially stood out was the meat one. I'm not sure of the name since I couldn't read the menu, but in my photo attached it's the left half of the pizza!

We decided to give this place another try and went back on a slower weekday early evening. Servers…read morewere attentive and they had a Rio gastronomica event going on, but the menu didn't look that appealing and we wanted something smaller. We tried 3 different types of bruschetta which were quite tasty and they use our favorite bread from Talho Capixaba. However the bread seemed a bit over toasted (burnt) and a bit stale. The honey and Brie one tasted the best. The lemon spritz was tasty and they serve Jeffery's beer.

We were just looking for a place to eat and forgot that Restaurant Week had just started, but we…read morecouldn't turn down the R$49 jantar menu. There were two items each for appetizer, main dish, and desert. My wife and I decided to each try something different so we could try out the whole menu. Out of everything, the standout dish was the salmon. It was cooked in an aluminum foil pouch that really trapped in the flavor from the other vegetables and white wine. Other than that dish though, the food was average. In terms of ambiance, the place was nice at first, but after about 30 minutes it really filled up and the lack of air conditioning inside became apparent. There also appeared to be only one waitress, making drink orders slower than I had wished. They did have bottles of Jeffrey on hand, so props for that. If you can find a less busy time to go, it's worth an eat, just don't expect the best food you've had in Rio.