I have traveled to many places and have found this place to make a great tuna fish sandwich. You…read moremay ask why I ate a tuna fish here and I'll tell you exactly this, I couldn't read a thing on the menu. Plus, as a pescatarian, you can't go wrong with it. Also, they make amazing fruit juice drinks that are fresh and sold daily. The staff is friendly and help as they can be without knowing very little English. I've been here twice on my stay. I'd come back. Restrooms are tolerable.

This is one of the many corner juice bars that you will find in Rio. This one in particular I liked…read morebecause of the large variety of fresh juices, delicious burgers, and selection of pastries. The service was really fast, so it's perfect for on-the-go meals. You should really try a different fruit juice every time you go to Big Bi! They have many of the local fruits, like the maracuja (relative to passion fruit). On the negative side, burgers do not come with fries. Very few juice bars will have fries for the same price or will offer fries for this price and charge less with no fries. I would walk around and compare. SOME ADVICE (for Big Bi and other juice bars in Rio): [ ] Read the menu that I posted in the pictures BEFORE traveling to Rio. I did not do this and it was frustrating to order and most of the time it was a guess. Pastry names would be ideal. Employees at Big Bi and other juice bars spoke little Spanish or English and knowing what you are ordering before traveling to Rio will make your like and their life a whole lot easier! [ ] Use credit card. Most USA banks have a 3% foreign fee per transaction. So you only loose 3 cents per dollar vs. the average 20 cents that are lost when exchanging money. I used my credit card wherever offered (~50% of businesses accepted Visa) and saved a lot compared to my friends. [ ] Based on the prices at Big Bi, budget how much you will spend on outside food. Keep in mind that corner juice bars are probably the most affordable meals in Rio so this is a minimum. That's it! Hope you like this place as much as we did!

Neighborhood pizza place to gather with friends . Either sit…read moredown or take out. Friendly, fast. Don't expect New York good pizza but its good .

Dívalo pizza Palmitos salad…read more Mango juice Service was good. Highly recommend would return.

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!

Amazonia Soul is a small, casual cafe offering dishes and ingredients from the Amazon! One of the…read moremost unique items on the menu was the tapioca crepe, a super chewy folded crepe made with tapioca flour batter and a choice of filling--I had the Vatapa, a shrimp cream, which had a nice savory, seafood flavor. The crepe was so chewy that it barely broke down even when thoroughly chewed, and I've never had anything quite like it! My favorite dish was the Tacaca, an intensely-flavored soup made with tucupi (a sour yellow sauce extracted from manioc), boiled tapioca starch (with a chewy jelly consistency), (very salty) dried shrimp, and jambu (an Amazonian herb that gave a numbing sensation, similar to Sichuan peppercorns). The soup was another super unique dish and was sour, salty, hot, seafoody, and earthy all at once!

Oh my God. The açai bowl here is so incredibly good. And I'm not a huge fan. We had it with granola…read moreand bananas and strawberries and honey. The smallest size was perfect for me. It was so cold and so good. The perfect thing to have in December. Services is super nice. I believe it was 19 Brazilian dollars for the smallest which is less than four dollars. We might have to go there again tomorrow.!!!

If you want a delicious, economical meal, visit the super popular and highly recommended Rotisseria…read moreSirio Libaneza inside the Largo do Machado shopping center. It's the mall's busiest spot with two entrances, two large signs featuring their menu, and lots of photos of typical dishes. You can enjoy their food as takeout, dine in, or pull up to the counter. We chose the 3rd option and enjoyed two warm koftas de frango(chicken empanadas). The counter includes bottles of lemon juice, Arabian pepper sauce, and molho de ajo(garlic sauce), or in my case, all three. Tips: practice your Portuguese. All of the workers are monolingual, but I was happy to push myself and get my orders right.( I did make one of the counter clerks laugh when I said não sei.) If you eat at the counter, you'll rub elbows with locals as they enjoy a quick lunch. Tip 2: no food photos. I didn't get a pic of our meal because I would have been the only person pulling out my phone.

Great for a quick delicious bite! The fruit smoothie's are to die for. Brazil just always delivers…read moreon having the freshest real fruit smoothies. I had this meat pocket thing, don't even know what it is but it's filling and it's good!

When looking for a place to eat something and not over pay here it is. The food is above average…read morefor the price you pay here.

Frequented this one a bunch now and I must say: não recomendo! Refeições can be downright nasty…read morehere. I was served rubbery beef that tasted completely off, with cold fries and a hair in my salad. Juices and açaí are fine though. Service is just OK, with the kids who work here looking more glazed than a torta de limão at all hours. I recommend walking 2-3 blocks northeast towards the lagoa instead where you will find some fairly nondescript lânchonetes and padarias that are cheaper and of better quality. After all, this is a chain next to a metro station! Keep expectations low. At least it's 24 hrs.