Best market (with its own eatery on second floor) I stumbled my way in this lovely place. They have…read moregreat selection of everything you can imagine and a great seat down eatery on the second floor. Great customer service with very helpful staff. Get your membership to get the daily specials. Their sushi and beer selection is pretty good. Cheers

Love going here and stocking up on all my goodies that are impossible to find back home. I'm…read moreliterally like a kid in the candy store in this supermarket. I love the pizza, pastries and all the fresh juices. My only issue is that my method of payment never works here...always a issue that's why I give it a 4 star.

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.

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.

great supermarket with wide selection of beers, and different food types. The tables & bar on the…read moresecond floor is very convenient. You need to get the membership card to get the daily specials. My favorite supermarket in ipanema. Cheers!

Since hotel prices in Rio can vary from 'where you goin', baby?' to 'I saw you on the internet,' I…read moreadvise to rent an apartment. Oftentimes you'll have more space, more privacy and you'll feel like a local. The thing is, when renting an apartment, you need groceries. It's a good thing that right across the street from my apartment was the Super Mercado Zona Sul S/A. What the S/A stands for, I don't know. Am I a fan? Yes. Why? Because when I first walked through the door, I was offered a caipirinha! I am now a firm believer that all grocery shopping should be done whilst sipping a caipirinha (handed to you by a smoking hot hottie mchotterson; what is in the water in Rio??). Drink in hand, I was ready to go shopping. Despite being on a busy street in Ipanema (only blocks away from the beach and in a fun, well-heeled neighborhood), I found the prices to be fair. I also found an abundance of fruit juices. While the average Brazilian would, likely, gloss over this detail, this American fruit-a-holic was stoked to see so many new juices to guzzle. This isn't the largest of grocery stores but I found the selection to be more than adequate for my needs. The store is bright, clean and easily navigable. There are plenty of aisles and the options spanned the gamut from essentials to wants. So, juice, water, bread, fruit, sweets, milk, condiments, cereal, beer, and eggs in tow, I was ready to check out. My limited Portuguese was met with a smile and I was on my way.

Grocery store in Rio de Janeiro. One of the best in selection and fine foods. Great variety on…read moreproduce. You can find things there that are not in other grocery stores. Price is a little high, but so is the quality.

This supermarket was a bit pricey and they didn't have what I was looking for. Still, i was able to…read morepurchase a lot of Brazilian things to bring back and show everyone. The prices aren't as good, and they don't have paper bags, it's all plastic. Shouldn't that be extinct by now?

This place has a TON of stuff and it was a LOT bigger than we realized. We ended up buying a few…read morethings we needed while we were in town. It's also pretty clean and organized. But . . . it can get crazy crowded with very long lines. So much so, that we just gave up and decided to go somewhere else to buy water (at a smaller store) the second time we came in. Also, the cashier we got was super slow and didn't really look at us. Oh well . . . Plus, we couldn't communicate with her when there was a problem: turns out they DO NOT accept credit cards, ONLY cash or debit cards. *In the evening it can get kind of shady around here. We found this out coming back from some our Olympic events on the metro.

This is a smaller Zona Sul that's open relatively late (around 10:30 or so on weeknights). They…read moredon't have as much as the larger one, but if you need something in a pinch, it's worth stopping by.

Really awesome selection of everything healthy! As a vegan gluten free diet follower I was in…read moreparadise. Daily I ate minimally 2X there. Their gf vegan cozinha and pão de queijo are addictive. My all time favorite was their hazelnut chocolate cake. Even my fiancé who doesn't follow a strict diet enjoyed things there. He loved their creamy açaí and their café coado. Just go, you will be amazed at the variety, flavors, and delicacies they have. Also staff is quite courteous and knowledgeable

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.