20 editor picks in São Paulo.
20 upscale places in São Paulo, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in São Paulo: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All São Paulo food.
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.
Tan Tan is Thiago Banares' small Pinheiros cocktail bar in Sao Paulo, ranked No. 24 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025, the only Brazilian bar in that top 50.
TipBook ahead for weekends; the room is small and splits between the bar counter and the open kitchen.
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
TipSeating is limited to twelve guests a session, so the room stays intimate and reservations book out early.
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
TipOnly two nightly seatings run, at 19:00 and 21:15, so the ten counter seats sell out fast.
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
TipThe counter, in Loja 12, seats only eight, with a few more seats upstairs, so the single-chef service is intimate and slow.
Metzi pairs Oaxacan technique with Brazilian ingredients, chefs Luana Sabino and Eduardo Ortiz running a Mexican kitchen in Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, since 2021.
TipSabino is Brazil's first mezcal sommelier, so the bar list is worth exploring alongside the food menu.
Exímia Bar reopened in Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, in 2026 with cocktails built on Brazilian ingredients like pau-brasil, amburana and jabuticaba.
TipSome cocktails need 48 to 60 hours of prep and the menu is updated often with the seasons, so ask staff which drinks are new.
Bar dos Arcos occupies a century-old brick vault under the Theatro Municipal in central Sao Paulo, pouring craft cocktails past 01:00 most nights.
TipThe room sits directly below the theatre's stage, in vaults that once held its natural ventilation ducts and were restored in 1980.
Exímia Bar in Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, keeps pouring past midnight on Friday and Saturday with cocktails built on Brazilian ingredients like jabuticaba.
OrderThe Amerindio, a rum and bourbon cocktail built with pau-brasil and amburana.
TipSome cocktails take 48 to 60 hours to prep, and the list changes often with the seasons: ask which drinks are new.
Kosushi, founded in 1988 by sushi master George Koshoji and now at this Itaim Bibi address, held a Michelin star for five straight years in Sao Paulo.
TipThe name comes from the Japanese word for turtle, chosen by Sensei Taketo Okuda as a symbol of longevity for the restaurant.
Guilhotina Bar is an informal Pinheiros cocktail room in Sao Paulo that reopened in 2026 after a four-month refit with a new drinks and food menu.
TipSit at the counter: the bar is built around service that puts drinkers face to face with the bartenders making their drinks.
SubAstor hides behind velvet curtains below Bar Astor in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, pouring a cocktail menu built around the six biomes of Brazil.
TipCome on a weeknight if you want a seat without a wait: Friday and Saturday fill the small room fast.
Sede261 is a small Pinheiros wine bar in Sao Paulo, run by sommelieres Cassia Campos and Daniela Bravin since 2018 with a weekly-changing glass list.
TipThe by-the-glass list turns over fast: ask what opened that week rather than picking from memory.
Bar dos Arcos, sunk under the Theatro Municipal in central Sao Paulo, pours cocktails until 02:00 on Thursday and Friday and until 03:00 on Saturday.
OrderA cocktail from Argentine bartender Chula, served in the century-old brick vault.
TipSaturday runs latest, until 03:00: earlier nights close by 01:00 or 02:00, so check before a midnight visit.
SubAstor, the speakeasy under Bar Astor in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, keeps its basement room pouring cocktails until 02:00 on Friday and Saturday nights.
OrderA cocktail from the Biomas do Brasil menu, which runs from the Amazon to the Pampa.
TipWeeknights close earlier, by 00:00 or 01:00: only Friday and Saturday stretch past 01:00 here.
Caledonia Whisky & Co. in Pinheiros holds over 250 whisky labels in Sao Paulo, pouring curated three-whisky flights alongside spirit-led cocktails.
TipAsk for a flight instead of a single pour: the house builds three-whisky tastings around a style you want to explore.
Beverino is an intimate Vila Buarque wine bar in Sao Paulo, where sommelier Bruno Bertoli pours only natural and biodynamic bottles by the glass.
TipThe kitchen menu changes weekly with the wine list, so ask the server which dish was paired that day.
Guilhotina Bar keeps its dim Pinheiros cocktail room open until 01:00 five nights a week, one of the later-closing bars in this pocket of Sao Paulo.
OrderThe Chá do Naza, Johnnie Walker and Irish whiskey with spiced mate tea, lime and mango.
TipIt opens Tuesday to Saturday only: check the calendar before making it your Sunday-night plan.
Giulietta Carni grills thick Italian cuts over wood and coals next to sister room Nino Cucina, an industrial-look meat house in Sao Paulo's Jardim Europa.
TipThe open kitchen behind an iron door sits next to Nino Cucina, the same group's original pasta-focused restaurant.
Miles Wine & Jazz Bar spans three buildings in Campo Belo, Sao Paulo, pairing about 180 wine labels with live jazz and a Tuesday and Sunday wine rodizio.
TipBook the Tuesday or Sunday rodizio ahead: R$ 129.90 buys ten labels poured at will.
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