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Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining São Paulo.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in São Paulo.
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
BookSeveral weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
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
BookSeveral weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipThe three floors separate functions: canapes and cellar on the ground floor, the open-kitchen dining room above, and a panoramic bar on top.
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
BookSeveral weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipAtala opened D.O.M. in 1999 and was a pioneer of putting Amazonian ingredients like pupunha and priprioca on a fine-dining menu.
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
BookTwo to three weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
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.
Kanoe is an Edomae sushi counter in Jardins from the Omotebako group, where chef Tadashi Shiraishi ages fish in house for the omakase in Sao Paulo.
OrderOmakase built around house-matured (jukusei) fish
BookPaid in full at booking; several weeks out ahead
TipReservations are charged in full when booked and diners must list allergies and restrictions in advance for the whole party.
Oizumi Sushi seats twelve guests for an omakase built on house-matured, dry-aged fish, chef Danilo Maciel's specialty in Sao Paulo's Cidade Moncoes.
OrderOmakase featuring jukusei dry-aged fish
BookBook ahead; groups over four contact the restaurant directly ahead
TipSeating is limited to twelve guests a session, so the room stays intimate and reservations book out early.
Kinoshita traces to a 1970s Liberdade restaurant and now serves kappo cuisine in Vila Nova Conceicao, Sao Paulo, the only Krug Ambassade room in the region.
OrderKappo-style tasting menu of seasonal fish and shellfish
BookOne to two weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipThe separate Krug Room pairs a chef's menu with Krug champagne for special-occasion bookings.
Murakami in Jardins runs an omakase built by chef Tsuyoshi Murakami, who trained in Tokyo, New York and Barcelona before opening this Sao Paulo room.
OrderMurakami Experience or Sushi Experience omakase menu
BookOne to two weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipThe chef sets two menus, Murakami Experience and Sushi Experience, that change with seasonal ingredients rather than staying fixed.
Jun Sakamoto in Pinheiros has no sign on the door. Chef-owner Jun Sakamoto and chef Ryuzo Nishimura each run their own omakase for guests in Sao Paulo.
OrderNigiri omakase, either the Sakamoto or the Mesas menu
BookTwo to three weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipTwo separate omakase menus run side by side, priced differently depending on whether Sakamoto or his chef Nishimura is cooking.
Picchi opened in 2007 and moved to the Regent Park on Oscar Freire in 2014. Chef Pier Paolo Picchi has held a Michelin star here since 2017 in Sao Paulo.
OrderTasting menu of family recipes reworked with Brazilian produce
BookOne to two weeks; book directly with the restaurant ahead
TipThree tasting menus run alongside the a la carte list: a 12-course, a 6-course classic, and a 4-course pasta-only option.
Kuro seats ten diners in Cerqueira Cesar for an omakase grilled over binchotan charcoal, with the Shiro cocktail bar attached upstairs in Sao Paulo.
OrderOmakase built around binchotan-charcoal grilling
BookTwo seatings a night; book ahead directly ahead
TipOnly two nightly seatings run, at 19:00 and 21:15, so the ten counter seats sell out fast.
Fame Osteria hides behind an iron door between a gym and an ice cream shop. Chef Marco Renzetti cooks a single nightly tasting menu in Sao Paulo.
OrderAgnolotti Mantovani and Arroz de polvo com tutano
BookBook ahead; a deposit is charged at booking ahead
TipOnly four counter seats face the open kitchen, and the tasting menu starts at the same time for every guest, so arrive on time.
Kan Suke is an eight-seat sushi counter in Paraíso where chef Keisuke Egashira works alone, slicing imported garoupa, tuna and hamachi in Sao Paulo.
OrderCounter sushi and sashimi omakase
BookBook ahead; famously hard to secure a seat ahead
TipThe counter, in Loja 12, seats only eight, with a few more seats upstairs, so the single-chef service is intimate and slow.
Tangará Jean-Georges sits inside Palácio Tangará facing Burle Marx Park, chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's only South American room in Sao Paulo.
OrderSignature six-course tasting menu
BookOne to two weeks; book directly with the hotel ahead
TipThe Ruinart Room, Brazil's first, seats up to fourteen for champagne pairings alongside the tasting menu.
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Editor picks in São Paulo include Evvai, Tuju, D.O.M., plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.