Love this grocery store. Clean, bright, spacious and no weird smells. The clientele is extra polite…read moreand accommodating, no pushy shopping cart maneuvers here. If you've experienced a certain low budget supermarket down the street you know what I mean. Large assortment of fruits, veggies, juices and other health foods. They have some ready to eat salads and cut fruit. No lines at the checkout! Get your fruit fix here, the cut mango is amazeballs.

Hortifruti was recommended to me for their fresh fruit, juices, and fresh Brazilian breads and…read morepastries. The store wasn't crowded and seems fairly clean but I found the assortment small and limited. I think there are other stores in the Copacabana-area with higher-quality fresh produce, diary, meat, and packaged food items. I walked out without purchasing anything and shopped at another store. www.hortifruti.com.br

Fabulous street market in Brasil!…read more Here you will find many vendors set up displaying their goods in fresh produce in fruits, veggies, meats, cheeses, spices, herbs, condiments, oils, flowers, plants, and made to order food such as tapioca crepe pancakes, sugar cane juice, pastels, even some clothing / accessories, and more! Vendors are friendly and welcoming. Everything I tried here was muito bom! If I had visited this place sooner during my stay, I would have bought some fruits to bring back to the place I was staying. Be sure to bring a reusable bag to add your goods in and I would say... sun protection (I went in Summer - it was hot and the sun was beaming). Also recommended to come on an empty stomach to try some of the hot food vendors. A few of my favorites was the freshly made sugar cane juice (tried two ways - one pure sugar cane juice and the other I squeezed lime juice and then the sugar cane juice was poured into my cup); trying fruits I typically haven't tried or eat at home like acerola (which contains more vitamin c than 1 orange), seriguela, jaca (jackfruit - only had as vegan tacos), caju (cashew), and ones I know but were delish - mangas (mangos), caqui (persimmon); queijo coalho (salty cheese from Northeast Brasil) and queijo canastra (sharp cheese from Minas Gerais); last but not least loved the tapioca pancake I had filled with queijo! (they offer many other types of fillings - from savory to sweet!) I can't wait to be back here again :D

Huzzah! I've visited Zona Sul and Hortifruti but I have to say, Pao de Acucar takes the cake when…read moreit comes to grocery stores. Great selection of green veggies/fruit, meats and cheeses, kitchen wares, vodka, sodas, Havaianas...talk about one stop shopping! (Though I have to admit that prices were higher than other stores.) There's also a section near the front with a sushi counter, bakery and a cafe serving sandwiches and pizza along with other ready to eat items. Now can anyone tell me how to cut up a maracuja?

This is the fancy version of this chain store with a huge selection of everything. It starts out…read morewith a variety of flowers (potted and fresh cut) along the left wall as you enter, behind the cash registers and fresh fruit and vegetables to the right. The elevators got the underground parking are also on this side. Then they have a lanchonete, with a selection of meals at the cafe (take-home sushi, sandwiches, tapiocas, etc) and a few bistro tables. They also have a bakery with a lot of beautiful pastries, cakes and delicious breads. Beyond that is the deli with fresh cut and cured meats and cheeses. They carry an impressive selection of wines and beers. They also have a seafood section and BBQ section and a huge array of spices. Pretty much anything you might need, you can find here. It's a very impressive, well kept store.

I do my supermarket shopping in my borough and shop at this Horti Fruti, Zona Sul, and Pão de…read moreAçúcar all on the same street and meters from each other. It takes me less than ten minutes to walk from my residence to all three of these markets. I visited this HF on 20/09 and purchased vegetables and fruit that barely filled one transport box. I paid for delivery service and there were no other delivery orders in line in front of mine. The delivery took over three hours. Since the store's phone number is not shown on the cashier's receipt, I had to go to a computer, contact the supermarket chain's SAC number and call them. They sent me to another website where I could find the WhatsApp number for the store. What do people do that do not have Internet access to contact the supermarket chain's toll-free number? I had to call the store three times and suddenly after the third call, the delivery finally arrived at my residence. I immediately sent an e-mail to the chain's SAC department communicating my lack of satisfaction. The following morning I received a phone call from one of the store managers (Elissandro) and the next day from another manager (Alan). Today 22/09 I went to the store and met with Elissandro we had a nice chat and he promised to correct the problem. I then purchased almost R$300,00 in beer and placed an order for more beer that the store will deliver tomorrow and he promised not to even charge the delivery fee tomorrow. He dropped everything that he was doing to take care of my requests. I am grateful and truly commend the Horti Fruti organization for the attention granted to me by Elissandro and Alan. I do my supermarket shopping in my borough and shop at this Horti Fruti, Zona Sul, and Pão de Açúcar all on the same street and meters from each other. It takes me less than ten minutes to walk from my residence to all three of these markets. I visited this HF on 20/09 and purchased vegetables and fruit that barely filled one transport box. I paid for delivery service and there were no other delivery orders in line in front of mine. The delivery took over three hours. Since the store's phone number is not shown on the cashier's receipt, I had to go to a computer, contact the supermarket chain's SAC number and call them. They sent me to another website where I could find the WhatsApp number for the store. What do people do that do not have Internet access to contact the supermarket chain's toll-free number? I had to call the store three times and suddenly after the third call, the delivery finally arrived at my residence. I immediately sent an e-mail to the chain's SAC department communicating my lack of satisfaction. The following morning I received a phone call from one of the store managers (Elissandro) and the next day from another manager (Alan). Today 22/09 I went to the store and met with Elissandro we had a nice chat and he promised to correct the problem. I then purchased almost R$300,00 in beer and placed an order for more beer that the store will deliver tomorrow and he promised not to even charge the delivery fee tomorrow. He dropped everything that he was doing to take care of my requests. I am grateful and truly commend the Horti Fruti organization for the attention granted to me by Elissandro and Alan. ********************************** Faço minhas compras no supermercados do meu bairro e compro nesse Horti Fruti, Zona Sul e Pão de Açúcar todos na mesma rua e a metros um do outro. Levo menos de dez minutos para caminhar da minha residência até esses três mercados. Visitei este HF no dia 20/09 e comprei legumes e frutas que mal enchiam uma caixa de transporte. Paguei pelo serviço de entrega e não havia outros pedidos de entrega na fila na frente do meu. A entrega demorou mais de três horas. Como o telefone da loja não aparece no recibo do caixa, tive que ir a um computador, entrar em contato com o número do SAC da rede de supermercados e ligar para eles. Eles me enviaram para outro site onde eu poderia encontrar o número do WhatsApp da loja. O que fazem as pessoas que não têm acesso à Internet para entrar em contato com o número gratuito da rede de supermercados? Tive que ligar três vezes para a loja e de repente após a terceira ligação, a entrega finalmente chegou na minha residência. Imediatamente enviei um e-mail ao departamento de SAC da rede comunicando minha insatisfação. Na manhã seguinte recebi um telefonema de um dos gerentes da loja (Elisandro) e no dia seguinte de outro gerente (Alan). Hoje 22/09 fui até a loja e encontrei com Elissandro batemos um papo bacana e ele prometeu corrigir o problema. Comprei então quase R$300,00 em cerveja e fiz um pedido de mais cerveja que a loja entregará amanhã e ele prometeu não cobrar nem a taxa de entrega amanhã. Ele largou tudo o que estava fazendo para atender meus pedidos. Agradeço e parabenizo sinceramente a organização Horti Fruti pela atenção dispensada a mim por Elisandro e Alan.

When I'm in Rio, I always go to the Zona school and Ipanema. They make fresh sushi and it's just…read morereally really good. They have everything that you need there so you got food in the room at night.

Nice store and has a great pizzeria in back. Also buy some ovalmaltine if you are from North…read moreAmerica. It's not available up there and it rocks! Also beer wine and spirits available.

Are you running out of herbs, sweets or spices or do you need an exotic one that is hard to find…read moreand can't leave the south zone of Rio? Casas Pedro offer you the perfect solution. All this for a very reasonable price, better than any possibility around this area and even competitive with regards to prices in suburban areas of Rio. I highly recommend this shop. They even offer a delivery service, although you need to buy more than 50 reais in Ipanema and 70 reais in Leblon to qualify for delivery. The box containing 67 peanut butter sweets (paçoca) is by far my favourite. I always need to have a one of those at home. They also sell the diet chocolate bar to make diet sweets, which costs a fortune elsewhere, even though it is not particularly cheap, it's definitely the cheapest in town.