Guidebook for Rio de Janeiro

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Guidebook for Rio de Janeiro

Food Scene

Open space but cosy, nice for a drink facing Lagoa with a beatiful view .
193 locals recommend
Palaphita
S/N Av. Epitácio Pessoa
193 locals recommend
Open space but cosy, nice for a drink facing Lagoa with a beatiful view .
Very traditional restaurant. German dishes, nice dishes of meat and fish.
149 locals recommend
Bar Lagoa
1674 Av. Epitácio Pessoa
149 locals recommend
Very traditional restaurant. German dishes, nice dishes of meat and fish.
simple, I like to drink a chopp (bear) with snaks
85 locals recommend
O Caranguejo
771 R. Barata Ribeiro
85 locals recommend
simple, I like to drink a chopp (bear) with snaks
For those who enjoy meat. All you can eat style.
114 locals recommend
Porcao
218 Rua Barão da Torre
114 locals recommend
For those who enjoy meat. All you can eat style.
After beach. Food by weight
57 locals recommend
Papa Fina Restaurante
153 R. Vinícius de Moraes
57 locals recommend
After beach. Food by weight
Cool resturant. Upstairs with low tables, seats on cushions on the floor. Nice food
301 locals recommend
Zazá Bistrô Tropical
40 R. Joana Angélica
301 locals recommend
Cool resturant. Upstairs with low tables, seats on cushions on the floor. Nice food
Cool place good pizza
105 locals recommend
Capricciosa - Ipanema
134 R. Vinícius de Moraes
105 locals recommend
Cool place good pizza
you order the meat and the side dishes come all the time to your table . very good food
148 locals recommend
CT Boucherie
636 Rua Dias Ferreira
148 locals recommend
you order the meat and the side dishes come all the time to your table . very good food
The one i like most for lunch. Healthy organic food. Usualy you can see the famous actors and actresses from TV Globo eating there.
83 locals recommend
Celeiro
199 Rua Dias Ferreira
83 locals recommend
The one i like most for lunch. Healthy organic food. Usualy you can see the famous actors and actresses from TV Globo eating there.
Vegetarian. Small restaurant. Weekdays buffett style for lunch with fixed price. Very good
19 locals recommend
Vegetariano Social Clube
336 Rua das Laranjeiras
19 locals recommend
Vegetarian. Small restaurant. Weekdays buffett style for lunch with fixed price. Very good
gorgeus breakfast
10 locals recommend
Escola do Pão
10 Rua General Garzon
10 locals recommend
gorgeus breakfast
Nice ambience for dinner, good Italian food
24 locals recommend
Anna Ristorante
214 Av. Epitácio Pessoa
24 locals recommend
Nice ambience for dinner, good Italian food
Excellent pizza and chopp. Long lines after 19h on weekends
115 locals recommend
Bráz
129 R. Maria Angélica
115 locals recommend
Excellent pizza and chopp. Long lines after 19h on weekends
Pizza and pasta, Cool place
110 locals recommend
Alessandro & Frederico Café
134 Rua Garcia d'Avila
110 locals recommend
Pizza and pasta, Cool place
Café and restaurant
110 locals recommend
Alessandro & Frederico Café
134 Rua Garcia d'Avila
110 locals recommend
Café and restaurant
the nearest one
49 locals recommend
Nespresso Boutique Ipanema
49 locals recommend
the nearest one
Nice ambience, italian food
43 locals recommend
Artigiano Ristorante
204 Av. Epitácio Pessoa
43 locals recommend
Nice ambience, italian food
Contemporaneous cuisin
62 locals recommend
Bazzar
118 R. Barão da Torre
62 locals recommend
Contemporaneous cuisin
pizzaria, nice ambient
28 locals recommend
Stravaganze Pizzaria (Fechada)
132 Rua Maria Quitéria
28 locals recommend
pizzaria, nice ambient
Italian, restaurant, snaks
84 locals recommend
Terzetto Café
28 Rua Jangadeiros
84 locals recommend
Italian, restaurant, snaks
Spanish Cuisine. Tapas Bar. Small place
126 locals recommend
Venga Bar de Tapas
147 Rua Garcia d'Avila
126 locals recommend
Spanish Cuisine. Tapas Bar. Small place
Italian food, in front of Copabacana beach
103 locals recommend
Don Camillo Restaurante e Pizzaria
3056 Av. Atlântica
103 locals recommend
Italian food, in front of Copabacana beach
Japonese food
84 locals recommend
Manekineko Ipanema
472 R. Barão da Torre
84 locals recommend
Japonese food
Gourmet vegetarian cuisine
69 locals recommend
Bio Carioca
69 locals recommend
Gourmet vegetarian cuisine
Ocean front in Arpoador, opened to the street. Good for beer after beach, lunch and drinks. Menu R$ 64,00
262 locals recommend
Bar Astor
110 Av. Vieira Souto
262 locals recommend
Ocean front in Arpoador, opened to the street. Good for beer after beach, lunch and drinks. Menu R$ 64,00
Worth getting a taxi to go up to Santa Teresa , good food in a charmy ambience with tables among the trees. Althoug it is in a steep site, elevator is available. Reservation needed phone 2508 9174
293 locals recommend
Aprazível
62 R. Aprazível
293 locals recommend
Worth getting a taxi to go up to Santa Teresa , good food in a charmy ambience with tables among the trees. Althoug it is in a steep site, elevator is available. Reservation needed phone 2508 9174
Tapas y sangrias de autor. Menu R$48,00
86 locals recommend
El Born
17 R. Bolívar
86 locals recommend
Tapas y sangrias de autor. Menu R$48,00
Roof top of Botafogo Praia Mall, nice view of the Sugar Loaf
Emporium Pax
3000 Av. Ayrton Senna
Roof top of Botafogo Praia Mall, nice view of the Sugar Loaf
Portuguese food. Menu R$85,00. Good choice after visiting the MAR museun
Restaurante Mosteiro
13 Rua São Bento
Portuguese food. Menu R$85,00. Good choice after visiting the MAR museun
This restaurant is located at Leblon Mall. Italian buffet style. Menu R$ 59,00
31 locals recommend
Ráscal
290 Av. Afrânio de Melo Franco
31 locals recommend
This restaurant is located at Leblon Mall. Italian buffet style. Menu R$ 59,00
Located in a charmy hotel in Santa Teresa. Make a resvation and take a taxi.
46 locals recommend
Térèze
15 R. Felício dos Santos
46 locals recommend
Located in a charmy hotel in Santa Teresa. Make a resvation and take a taxi.
Opened to the street, good for a drink, lunch or dinner. Menu R$ 70,00
93 locals recommend
ViaSete
125 Rua Garcia d'Avila
93 locals recommend
Opened to the street, good for a drink, lunch or dinner. Menu R$ 70,00
An adventure, delicious sea food in a rustic atmosphere. The way to restaurant in long and beatuful along the coast. Menu $110,00
37 locals recommend
Bira de Guaratiba Restaurante
68 Estr. da Vendinha
37 locals recommend
An adventure, delicious sea food in a rustic atmosphere. The way to restaurant in long and beatuful along the coast. Menu $110,00
Very traditional after beach sandwich and juices. No tables. You eat at the counter. You can order to eat at home.
89 locals recommend
Polis Sucos
70 R. Maria Quitéria
89 locals recommend
Very traditional after beach sandwich and juices. No tables. You eat at the counter. You can order to eat at home.

Everything Else

Many resatuarants and cinemas facing Lagoa.
22 locals recommend
Quadrifoglio Caffè
1424 Avenida Borges de Medeiros
22 locals recommend
Many resatuarants and cinemas facing Lagoa.
Bossa Nova stuff
24 locals recommend
Toca do Vinicius
129 R. Vinícius de Moraes
24 locals recommend
Bossa Nova stuff
young crowd after beach. Salads and more
175 locals recommend
Delírio Tropical Ipanema
48 Rua Garcia d'Avila
175 locals recommend
young crowd after beach. Salads and more
Fine burgers
8 locals recommend
Reserva
77 R. Maria Quitéria
8 locals recommend
Fine burgers
Good mall with the most well known "carioca " brands, plus cinemas, restaurants
916 locals recommend
Shopping Leblon
290 Av. Afrânio de Melo Franco
916 locals recommend
Good mall with the most well known "carioca " brands, plus cinemas, restaurants
All the well known brands plus theatres, restaurants and cinemas
270 locals recommend
Gávea Shopping
52 R. Marquês de São Vicente
270 locals recommend
All the well known brands plus theatres, restaurants and cinemas
Good for breakfast till 11h with astonishing view of the Ipanema and Leblon beaches and Lagoa
13 locals recommend
Praia Ipanema Hotel
706 Av. Vieira Souto
13 locals recommend
Good for breakfast till 11h with astonishing view of the Ipanema and Leblon beaches and Lagoa
French Cuisine
Chez L'Ami Martin - Leblon
1227 Avenida General San Martin
French Cuisine
books, Cds, DVDs, Café
122 locals recommend
Livraria da Travessa
572 R. Visc. de Pirajá
122 locals recommend
books, Cds, DVDs, Café
Café, small cinemas and theatre
175 locals recommend
Laura Alvim Cultural Center
176 Av. Vieira Souto
175 locals recommend
Café, small cinemas and theatre
Go for breakfast in a old house inside the park
1473 locals recommend
Parque Lage
414 R. Jardim Botânico
1473 locals recommend
Go for breakfast in a old house inside the park
Creperie. very good
169 locals recommend
Le Blé Noir
19 - A R. Xavier da Silveira
169 locals recommend
Creperie. very good
The church I go to the mess sundays 1 7:30pm.
22 locals recommend
Parish Our Lady of Peace
339 R. Visc. de Pirajá
22 locals recommend
The church I go to the mess sundays 1 7:30pm.
Lagoa front. Easy to park. Good meat. Menu R$ 138,00
8 locals recommend
Giuseppe Grill Mar
1424 Av. Borges de Medeiros
8 locals recommend
Lagoa front. Easy to park. Good meat. Menu R$ 138,00
Very beatful church with goldem adorns. Gregorian chants on sundays 10 am mass.
82 locals recommend
Our Lady of Monserrate of Rio de Janeiro
68 R. Dom Gerardo
82 locals recommend
Very beatful church with goldem adorns. Gregorian chants on sundays 10 am mass.
City Icon with nice view
1936 locals recommend
Christ the Redeemer
1936 locals recommend
City Icon with nice view
Live brazilian music to dance , eat and drink. Nice atmosphere.
694 locals recommend
Rio Scenarium
20 R. do Lavradio
694 locals recommend
Live brazilian music to dance , eat and drink. Nice atmosphere.
The stadium
179 locals recommend
Maracanã
439 Av. Pres. Castelo Branco
179 locals recommend
The stadium
Aeroporto Internacional
190 locals recommend
RIOgaleão - Tom Jobim International Airport
s/nº Av. Vinte de Janeiro
190 locals recommend
Aeroporto Internacional
good for running and cycling in the Tijuca Forest, nice views.
71 locals recommend
Paineiras Corcovado
S/N Estr. das Paineiras
71 locals recommend
good for running and cycling in the Tijuca Forest, nice views.
600 exhibitors including artisans and artists every sunday 7 am to 7pm
517 locals recommend
Hippie Fair Crafts Market
517 locals recommend
600 exhibitors including artisans and artists every sunday 7 am to 7pm
The park exhibits sculptures by visual artists of international renown. Besides, viewing these works, visitors can venture into a 20 minutes walk along 350 meters sign-posted trail to spetacular view.
56 locals recommend
Parque da Catacumba
56 locals recommend
The park exhibits sculptures by visual artists of international renown. Besides, viewing these works, visitors can venture into a 20 minutes walk along 350 meters sign-posted trail to spetacular view.
small beach sorrounded by palm trees facing open ocean.
379 locals recommend
Arpoador Rock
s/n Avenida Francisco Bhering
379 locals recommend
small beach sorrounded by palm trees facing open ocean.
small beach sorrounded by palm trees facing open ocean.
1009 locals recommend
Arpoador
1009 locals recommend
small beach sorrounded by palm trees facing open ocean.
Naturist beach
194 locals recommend
Praia do Abricó
194 locals recommend
Naturist beach
Located in the top of a hill with nice view of the Guanabara bay.
46 locals recommend
Our Lady of Glory of the Outeiro Church
26 Praça Nossa Sra. da Glória
46 locals recommend
Located in the top of a hill with nice view of the Guanabara bay.
Sambadrome - One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Designed to be the venue that host samba schools parades during carnival
272 locals recommend
Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
Rua Marquês de Sapucaí
272 locals recommend
Sambadrome - One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Designed to be the venue that host samba schools parades during carnival
Modernism icon. Exibitions and cinema phone 3284 7400 www.ims.com.br
216 locals recommend
Instituto Moreira Salles - IMS Rio
476 R. Marquês de São Vicente
216 locals recommend
Modernism icon. Exibitions and cinema phone 3284 7400 www.ims.com.br
Historical monument www.bn.br
127 locals recommend
Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
23 R. Debret
127 locals recommend
Historical monument www.bn.br

Drinks & Nightlife

gay crowd after beach
77 locals recommend
Tô Nem Aí
57 R. Farme de Amoedo
77 locals recommend
gay crowd after beach
very carioca way to join for a drink with snaks, day and evening
62 locals recommend
Chico e Alaíde
62 locals recommend
very carioca way to join for a drink with snaks, day and evening
Trendy restaurant. Menu R$ 82
31 locals recommend
Bar d'Hôtel
31 locals recommend
Trendy restaurant. Menu R$ 82

Shopping

Near the beach, good for a drink and dinner. Ice cream is delicious. Mixed clientele, mostily gays.
155 locals recommend
Felice Ipanema
30 Rua Gomes Carneiro
155 locals recommend
Near the beach, good for a drink and dinner. Ice cream is delicious. Mixed clientele, mostily gays.

Arts & Culture

Brand new museum in an area that is beeng renovated where the port used to be. The restaurant in the roof top is very good with brazilian food.
563 locals recommend
Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
5 Praça Mauá
563 locals recommend
Brand new museum in an area that is beeng renovated where the port used to be. The restaurant in the roof top is very good with brazilian food.
The fascinating world of surrealist master Salvador Dali can be witnessed in a unprecedented exhibit until september.
152 locals recommend
Bank of Brazil Cultural Center
152 locals recommend
The fascinating world of surrealist master Salvador Dali can be witnessed in a unprecedented exhibit until september.

Sightseeing

City Icon with nice view
2563 locals recommend
Sugarloaf Mountain
2563 locals recommend
City Icon with nice view
Botanical Gardens are considered to be one of the most important in the world. Recognized as a Live Museum. www.jbrj.gov.br
1717 locals recommend
Jardim Botânico
1717 locals recommend
Botanical Gardens are considered to be one of the most important in the world. Recognized as a Live Museum. www.jbrj.gov.br
A secluded 700m long sandy beach. Good for surfing.
522 locals recommend
Prainha Beach
522 locals recommend
A secluded 700m long sandy beach. Good for surfing.
One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói.
Casa das Canoas Casa de Festas RJ
1246 Estrada da Canoa
One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói.
One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Freeaccess to pilotis every day, including weekends
7 locals recommend
Palace building Gustavo Capanema
16 R. da Imprensa
7 locals recommend
One of the 13 must-see works of the arquitect Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Freeaccess to pilotis every day, including weekends
1699 Historical monument. This palace was first used as the home of the Viceroys of Brazil . With the arrival of D. João VI of Portugal and his court became the seat of the governors of this kingdom.
69 locals recommend
Imperial Palace Cultural Center
48 Praça Quinze de Novembro
69 locals recommend
1699 Historical monument. This palace was first used as the home of the Viceroys of Brazil . With the arrival of D. João VI of Portugal and his court became the seat of the governors of this kingdom.
Portuguese Royal Cabinet of Literature. www.realgabinete.com.br
124 locals recommend
Royal Portuguese Reading Room
30 R. Luís de Camões
124 locals recommend
Portuguese Royal Cabinet of Literature. www.realgabinete.com.br