Rio de Janeiro Restaurants

With nearly a thousand restaurants, Rio's dining choices are broad, from low-key Middle Eastern cafés to elegant contemporary eateries with award-winning kitchens and first-class service. The succulent offerings in the churrascarias (restaurants specializing in grilled meats) can be mesmerizing for meat lovers—especially the places that serve rodízio-style (grilled meat on skewers is continually brought to your table—until you can eat no more). Hotel restaurants often serve the national dish, feijoada (a hearty stew of black beans and pork), on Saturday—sometimes on Friday, too. Wash it down with a chopp (the local draft beer; pronounced "shop") or a caipirinha (sugarcane rum, lime, and sugar).

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  • 1. Olympe

    $$$$ | Jardim Botânico

    Claude Troisgros, of the celebrated Michelin-starred Troisgros family of France, runs something of an empire of upscale restaurants in Rio, and this is his original and most celebrated venture. Troisgros creates the menu together with his equally talented son Thomas, applying nouvelle-cooking techniques to meals with all-Brazilian ingredients; three course or five- or seven-course tasting menus with and without wine pairings are available.

    Rua Custódio Serrão 62, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22470–230, Brazil
    21-2539–4542

    Known For

    • Exceptional, inventive cooking like foie gras with rhubarb
    • The sommelier's skill at matching wine pairings with the tasting menu
    • One of the city's leading gastronomical experiences

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No lunch Sat.--Thurs., Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential
  • 2. CT Boucherie

    $$$$ | Leblon

    The city's most celebrated chef—Claude Troisgros—has changed the face of the all-you-can-eat churrascaria with this chic bistro. Unlike at traditional rodizios, where waiters deliver cut after cut of meat, here they dash from table to table with steaming plates of roasted palm hearts, stuffed tomatoes, creamy mashed potatoes, and other meat-free sides to accompany meaty mains like the substantial prime rib or the more accessibly priced house burger.

    Rua Dias Ferreira 636, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 22431–050, Brazil
    21-2529–2329

    Known For

    • Charming French-style interiors
    • The banana 'farofa' breadcrumbs
    • Never-ending flow of vegetable plates
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