6 editor picks across Brazil.
6 portuguese restaurants worth the trip across Brazil, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Brazil.
Adega Pérola lines a glass counter with more than 50 petiscos on Rua Siqueira Campos in Copacabana, a Rio de Janeiro bar founded by Madeirans in 1957.
OrderSardinhas em escabeche, polvo à vinagrete and provolone à milanesa from the glass counter.
TipGo with two or three friends so you can share several petiscos; the bar is closed on Sundays.
Dona Donzília Gomes runs Bar da Portuguesa, a Ramos botequim on Rua Custódio Nunes in Rio de Janeiro known for bolinho de bacalhau and aipim croquettes.
OrderBolinho de bacalhau, the fritada de bacalhau or camarão, and the aipim croquette with carne seca.
TipIt placed second at Botecar 2025 with a trio of cod bolinhos stuffed with whole shrimp; it is shut on Mondays.
Rancho Português in Ipanema serves traditional Portuguese cooking, from suckling pig to salt cod, and won Veja Rio's 2025 Portuguese award in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderLeitão à Bairrada, the suckling pig, or the bacalhau da terra
TipThe menu also lists a Trás-os-Montes feijoada and tomato rice; the group's wine list passes 700 labels.
Velho Adonis is a Portuguese boteco in Benfica, in Rio de Janeiro's Zona Norte, pouring chope with a head beside bolinho de bacalhau and sardinhas ao forno.
OrderBolinho de bacalhau, sardinhas ao forno and the Maladrinho de 70 rice dish for four.
TipThe bar is closed on Mondays and shuts at 19:00 on Sundays, so plan lunch or an early evening visit.
Adega D'Ouro has served cod in many forms beside Vicente de Carvalho metro station in Rio de Janeiro, a Portuguese house now run by its third generation.
OrderBacalhau à moda da casa: fried cod with boiled potatoes, tomato, palm heart, onion and olives.
TipThe full cod dish is sized for up to five people, so order it for a group and start with the bolinho de bacalhau.
Rancho Português serves suckling pig and salt cod on Rua Maria Quitéria in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, and won Veja Rio's Portuguese category in 2025.
OrderLeitão à Bairrada, the suckling pig, or the bacalhau da terra.
TipThe menu also lists a Trás-os-Montes feijoada and tomato rice; the group's wine list passes 700 labels.
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