30 editor picks across Brazil.
30 brazilian restaurants worth the trip across Brazil, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Brazil.
Lasai in Humaitá serves a single tasting menu built on produce from the chef's own gardens, and it holds two Michelin stars in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
OrderThe single tasting menu, led by vegetables from the chef's gardens in Itanhangá and Vale das Videiras
TipSeatings are fixed at 20:00 from Tuesday to Friday and at 19:00 or 22:30 on Saturday, so arrive on time; the house takes reservations only.
Evvai in Pinheiros serves a single tasting menu, Oriundi, fusing Brazilian and Italian technique under chef Luiz Filipe Souza in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
OrderMoqueca branca with squid and pupunha palm heart
TipThe tasting menu changes with every edition but the scallop course, Bomba de vieira, is a permanent fixture on the menu.
Tuju occupies a three-storey Pinheiros townhouse near the Museu da Casa Brasileira, where chef Ivan Ralston builds a seasonal menu from Sao Paulo produce.
OrderSeasonal tasting menu built around the current climate cycle
TipThe three floors separate functions: canapes and cellar on the ground floor, the open-kitchen dining room above, and a panoramic bar on top.
Oro in Leblon cooks over live fire for chef Felipe Bronze, with two Michelin stars and tasting menus that draw on Brazil's regions in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe Criatividade menu, the longer of the two fire-cooked tasting menus
TipAfetividade is the shorter menu, built around two main dishes; the kitchen counter seats only four guests, so ask for it when booking.
Oteque in Botafogo serves chef Alberto Landgraf's single seasonal tasting menu in a house dating from 1938, and it holds one Michelin star in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, which has included langoustines with pirão and aromatic pepper
TipTables are sold as prepaid packages; same-day bookings after 18:00 and groups of more than eight must phone or email the restaurant.
D.O.M. in Jardins, Sao Paulo, is Alex Atala's tribute to native Brazilian ingredients, a menu he has built since 1999 around Amazonian produce.
OrderTasting menu built around native Amazonian ingredients
TipAtala opened D.O.M. in 1999 and was a pioneer of putting Amazonian ingredients like pupunha and priprioca on a fine-dining menu.
Aconchego Carioca in Praça da Bandeira is chef Kátia Barbosa's house, birthplace of the bolinho de feijoada, with Northeastern dishes, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe bolinho de feijoada, filled with kale and topped with pork crackling, with a lime batidinha
TipThe moqueca of peach-palm hearts with banana-da-terra suits vegetarians; the beer list runs to about 50 labels, many from craft brewers.
Maní has served organic, contemporary Brazilian food from chefs Helena Rizzo and Willem Vandeven since 2006 in a white house in Pinheiros, Sao Paulo.
OrderMoqueca de pescado with rice terrine, pirao and farofa, or the tasting menu by Rizzo and Vandeven
TipTasting menus, a three-course option, the chefs' menu and a dessert menu, are served to the whole table and taken until an hour before closing.
Rudä in Ipanema serves chef Danilo Parah's colourful Brazilian cooking in a bistro-style house, and won Veja Rio's Brazilian award in 2026 in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe octopus with jambu, served with pasta cooked in a moqueca sauce
TipA private room on the first floor suits groups; the à la carte menu is joined by an executive menu, and the cheesecake has guava syrup and an almond tuile.
Aconchego Carioca in Praça da Bandeira is chef Kátia Barbosa's Northeastern-leaning boteco, birthplace of the bolinho de feijoada, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe bolinho de feijoada with kale and pork crackling, and a lime batidinha.
TipCamarão do Gui took third place at Botecar 2025; the moqueca of peach-palm hearts suits vegetarians, and the beer list runs to about 50 labels.
Mocoto has served sertaneja cooking from the Almeida family since 1973 in Vila Medeiros, now run by chef Rodrigo Oliveira in Sao Paulo, a Bib Gourmand pick.
OrderDadinhos de tapioca, fried tapioca and cheese cubes
TipFounder Seu Ze Almeida opened the original house in 1973; his son Rodrigo Oliveira now also runs Balaio IMS and a Vila Leopoldina branch.
Manioca JK is Helena Rizzo's casual room on the third floor of the JK Iguatemi mall in Sao Paulo, a plant-filled space serving dishes carried over from Mani.
OrderFish in banana leaf with plantain puree, butter-bean salad and Brazil nut farofa.
TipStart with the fish crudo with jabuticaba tiger's milk and crispy quinoa; the mall location means it opens seven days a week.
Miam Miam has served chef Roberta Ciasca's comfort food in her grandmother's Botafogo house since 2005, a Michelin Bib Gourmand pick in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe curried chicken croquette or the shrimp croquette, both singled out by Michelin
TipThe menu splits between the classic dishes, seasonal specials, a tasting menu and a midweek executive menu, so say which you want when booking.
Bracarense pours chope and serves shrimp bolinhos and empadas on a Leblon corner in Rio de Janeiro, a botequim registered since 1961 with a weekday set lunch.
OrderThe shrimp and Catupiry bolinho from the warming cabinet, with a draught chope.
TipWeekday set lunch (almoço executivo) runs 11:00 to 15:00, Monday to Friday, when the corner is quieter than at night.
A Baianeira serves chef Manuelle Ferraz's Minas and Bahia borderland cooking two floors below MASP on Avenida Paulista, a sister to the Barra Funda room.
OrderThe pao de queijo starter and the baiao de dois with braised meat.
TipStart with the pao de queijo, a recipe the chef has cooked since she started out; daily specials run alongside the baiao de dois.
Sud, O Pássaro Verde is a home-style Jardim Botânico house where chef Roberta Sudbrack cooks a daily-changing menu from small producers in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe dish of the day from the wood oven, then the bolo de chocolate molhadinho
TipYou knock to be let in; the open kitchen and wood-fired oven are visible from the main room, and the cake never leaves the menu.
Hora Extra Bar Gourmet won Comida di Buteco 2026 in Rio de Janeiro and nationally with discostela, beef rib and watercress fritters on cassava cream.
OrderDiscostela: fritters of beef rib and watercress on cassava cream, the 2026 contest winner.
TipWeekdays it opens at 18:00 and weekends at 13:00, shut on Mondays; discostela was priced at R$40 for the contest, so confirm it is on the regular menu.
Maria e o Boi serves grills and baião de dois in a former painters' studio on Rua Maria Quitéria in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
OrderSlow-braised beef ribs with truffled cheese purée, or the sertão-style parmigiana with baião de dois.
TipPortions are generous and priced for sharing; the Michelin Guide says the house does not take bookings through it, so call the restaurant.
Bar da Frente serves Porquinho no Quimono and Fondue de Coxinha at its Praça da Bandeira house in Rio de Janeiro; it placed fifth in Botecar 2025.
OrderPorquinho no Quimono, a harumaki with pork rib and herb requeijão, and the Fondue de Coxinha.
TipThis is the Praça da Bandeira house; the Copacabana branch keeps its own hours, daily 11:00 to 23:00. This one is shut Monday and Tuesday.
Sud is chef Roberta Sudbrack's home-like Jardim Botânico dining room, cooking from a wood-fired oven with a menu that changes daily, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderWhatever the daily menu offers from the wood-fired oven, then the chocolate cake, always on the card
TipThe door is kept closed, so knock or announce yourself to be let in; the menu follows what small local producers deliver each day.
Lilia is chef Yan Ramos's two-storey brick dining room on Rua do Senado in Rio de Janeiro, with a three-course lunch and an eleven-step dinner tasting menu.
OrderRoasted beetroot on curd with tahini and herbs, then the crispy pork belly with smoked mash
TipDinner is the tasting menu at R$410, with a natural-wine pairing at R$257, per Agenda Carioca in June 2026.
Tordesilhas has run in Jardins since 1990 under chef Mara Salles, plating regional Brazilian dishes with feijoada served on Saturdays in Sao Paulo.
OrderBolinho de pirarucu or the shrimp bobo
TipThe full feijoada only runs on Saturdays; other days stick to the wider regional Brazilian menu.
Aprazível is a family-run Brazilian restaurant in the Santa Teresa hills with terraces and a gazebo, listed in the Michelin Guide, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe ceviche in tucupi sauce with plantain chips, or the free-range galinhada caipira
TipThe house seats about 250 across terraces and gardens and says the Michelin Guide has listed it three years running; booking is online.
Dois de Fevereiro serves Bahian-inflected cooking from chef João Diamante in Pequena África, with pavement tables on Largo da Prainha, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderLunch plates such as sun-dried beef with Afro-Brazilian gremolata, or the shrimp bobó
TipThe room is dressed for Iemanjá, with Senhor do Bonfim ribbons and blue boats; Saturday is the only evening, with service until 22:00.
Bar do Momo, a Tijuca botequim on Rua General Espírito Santo Cardoso in Rio de Janeiro, is known for its bolinho de arroz with calabresa and cheese.
OrderBolinho de arroz with calabresa and cheese, or the 'entre o torresmo e a moela' on sweet-potato purée.
TipFeijoada runs from Friday to Sunday; the bar is shut on Tuesdays, and Sunday service ends at 18:00.
Cachambeer is a Cachambi botequim on Rua Cachambi in Rio de Janeiro, open since 2002 and known for costela no bafo and a Patrimônio Cultural Carioca title.
OrderCostela no bafo, then the Infarto Completo or the Filezão Metido a Besta to share.
TipIt is closed on Mondays, opens only from 17:00 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and stops serving at 18:00 on Sundays.
Aprazível cooks Brazilian dishes from organic and biodynamic ingredients on Santa Teresa terraces, with natural wines on the list, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe ceviche in tucupi sauce with plantain chips, then the free-range galinhada caipira
TipOnline bookings are taken up to 22:00 from Tuesday to Saturday and up to 17:00 on Sunday; the house seats about 250 guests.
Jiquitaia in Paraíso is run by Marcelo Correa Bastos and Nina Bastos, a regional Brazilian kitchen with a Michelin Bib Gourmand seal in Sao Paulo.
TipBook by WhatsApp; the room is small and fills for both lunch and dinner seatings on weekends.
Balaio IMS, on the ground floor of the Instituto Moreira Salles on Avenida Paulista, is chef Rodrigo Oliveira's Bib Gourmand room in Sao Paulo.
OrderDadinhos de tapioca, the Mocoto classic Oliveira carries over here
TipThe fifth-floor Balaio cafe serves naturally leavened breads and cakes if the ground-floor restaurant is full.
Bar da Dona Onça has run at the foot of Oscar Niemeyer's Copan building since 2008, chef Janaina Torres' popular Brazilian kitchen in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
TipThe bar occupies rooms 27 and 29 of Oscar Niemeyer's Edificio Copan; its pressure-cooker cozidos draw on recipes from across Brazil.
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