Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Rio de Janeiro.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Rio de Janeiro.
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
BookBook ahead; the house takes reservations only ahead
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.
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
BookBook ahead; reserve through the restaurant ahead
TipAfetividade is the shorter menu, built around two main dishes; the kitchen counter seats only four guests, so ask for it when booking.
Casa 201 serves an eight-course French tasting menu from chef João Paulo Frankenfeld in a Jardim Botânico house, with one Michelin star in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe eight-course tasting menu, which has included raviolo nero with scallops and cauliflower
BookBook ahead; reservations only ahead
TipEvery guest is seated together at 20:00 and the house takes up to 32 people a night, so book ahead and arrive on time.
At Madame Olympe in Leblon, Claude Troisgros and Jéssica Trindade serve a French tasting menu with Asian touches, with one Michelin star, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe eight-course tasting menu; a shorter four-course version is also offered
BookBook ahead; reservations by WhatsApp or online ahead
TipThe tasting menu is renewed three times a year, so dishes change by season; the room is inside a shopping complex on Rua Conde de Bernadotte, shop 101.
Mee is the Copacabana Palace's pan-Asian restaurant, led by chef Alberto Morisawa, with an omakase sushi bar and one Michelin star in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderOmakase at the sushi bar, or one of the two tasting menus, one of them vegan
BookBook ahead through the hotel ahead
TipThe hotel asks for smart casual dress and does not allow flip-flops, slippers or shorts; the omakase is served only at the sushi bar.
Oseille is Thomas Troisgros's 16-seat counter above Toto in Ipanema, serving a tasting menu of French technique with one Michelin star in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe seven-course tasting menu, which has included a course of cavaquinha, the slipper lobster
BookBook well ahead; reservations only ahead
TipGuests are asked to arrive at 19:45 for the 20:00 start, and the U-shaped counter seats only 16, so reserve well ahead.
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
BookBook ahead; tables are prepaid packages ahead
TipTables are sold as prepaid packages; same-day bookings after 18:00 and groups of more than eight must phone or email the restaurant.
San Omakase is a Leblon sushi counter led by chef André Kawai, serving a nine-course omakase and holding one Michelin star in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe nine-course omakase at the counter, finished with a dessert by pastry chef César Yukio
BookBook ahead through Tock ahead
TipThe counter is on the first floor of a shopping centre on Rua Conde de Bernadotte, shop 103; reserve online through Tock.
Marine Restô is the Fairmont's sixth-floor brasserie in Copacabana, cooking seafood and Brazilian dishes on a Josper grill, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe heart of palm moqueca with manioc and coconut farofa, or the Angus skirt steak with guaraná demi-glace
BookReserve through the hotel ahead
TipThe room is on the sixth floor of the Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, with a panoramic terrace and pool and views of Copacabana beach.
Amélia is the second-floor dining room of the Janeiro Hotel, facing Leblon beach, serving a four-course fixed-price tasting menu in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe four-course menu, with a choice of starters, mains and desserts after the amuse-bouche
BookBook ahead; reservations by email or phone ahead
TipDinner only, as a fixed-price menu at R$380 per person; the glass-walled room on the second floor looks over the sea at Leblon.
Chez Claude is Claude Troisgros's French restaurant in Leblon, with an open kitchen mid-room and dishes in sharing bowls, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe stuffed quail with herb farofa, then the melted chocolate gâteau with crème fraîche
TipClassic dishes arrive in bowls for sharing, so order across the table; the room sits beside Madame Olympe in the same shopping complex.
Gero Rio, in the Fasano hotel on Avenida Vieira Souto, serves classic Italian pasta and meats from chef Luigi Moressa, with a beach veranda in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderThe spaghetti alla carbonara, or ravioli di vitello ai funghi, veal ravioli in mushroom sauce
TipAsk for a veranda table over Ipanema beach; Friday and Saturday service runs to 01:00, and Sunday is continuous from 12:00 to 22:00.
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.
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.
Mr. Lam serves Peking duck, prawns in nine-spice sweet and sour sauce and other Beijing dishes on three floors by Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderSenhor Batista prawns in the nine-spice sweet and sour sauce, or the Peking duck
TipVeja Rio named Mr. Lam best Asian restaurant in 2026; Saturday and Sunday service starts at 13:00 for a long lunch.
Rubaiyat Rio is a steakhouse inside the Jockey Club Brasileiro, with its own meat production and a terrace over the racetrack in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderA premium cut from the churrasco grill; on Saturdays, the feijoada with the dessert buffet
TipMichelin notes the terrace views of the racetrack and Christ the Redeemer; the glass window beside the kitchen shows the churrasco grill working.
Satyricon has served Mediterranean fish and shellfish in Ipanema since 1982, with a counter of the day's catch and over 300 wine labels, in Rio de Janeiro.
OrderAn oyster, king crab and prawn plateau, or the clam tagliolini, which Time Out calls the chefs' favourite
TipVeja Rio named it best fish and seafood restaurant in 2026; on Friday and Saturday the kitchen runs until 01:00.
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
BookBook by WhatsApp or Tagme; the dinner tasting menu is served Monday to Saturday ahead
TipDinner is the tasting menu at R$410, with a natural-wine pairing at R$257, per Agenda Carioca in June 2026.
Emile is the Hotel Emiliano restaurant in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, where chef Bernabé Simón Padrós cooks ingredient-led dishes with Latin American cues.
OrderThe fish of the day with yuzu kosho and coriander oil, then the squid with nduja and white beans
BookReservations by WhatsApp or the hotel hostess email ahead
TipPadrós arrived from Peru at the end of 2025 and rewrote the menu around product names, such as tartar, yolk and brioche.
Corrientes 348 Marina da Glória is an Argentine steakhouse in Rio de Janeiro with a terrace over the marina, grilled cuts and a glass-fronted wine cellar.
OrderGrilled ribeye or filet mignon with garlic, then the dulce de leche pancake with sorbet
BookBook through the restaurant; Michelin notes it manages its own bookings ahead
TipMichelin lists it as good for outdoor dining and groups; the terrace tables face the Marina da Glória.
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Editor picks in Rio de Janeiro include Lasai, Oro, Casa 201, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.