--- title: "Where to eat in Rio de Janeiro" description: "Rio eats feijoada on Fridays at Casa da Feijoada, churrasco at Fogo de Chão, and modern Brazilian at Lasai and Oro in Botafogo. Copacabana kiosks serve cod fritters; Santa Teresa bars handle petiscos. Book Lasai and Oro weeks ahead; beach kiosks and lanchonetes are walk-in. Botafogo and Santa Teresa beat Copacabana tourist menus." url: "https://travelshifu.com/eats/rio-de-janeiro" country: "Brazil" type: "dining guide" source: "TravelShifu" --- # Where to eat in Rio de Janeiro _Feijoada Fridays, churrascaria and modern Carioca fine dining_ Rio eats feijoada on Fridays at Casa da Feijoada, churrasco at Fogo de Chão, and modern Brazilian at Lasai and Oro in Botafogo. Copacabana kiosks serve cod fritters; Santa Teresa bars handle petiscos. Book Lasai and Oro weeks ahead; beach kiosks and lanchonetes are walk-in. Botafogo and Santa Teresa beat Copacabana tourist menus. ## Restaurants ### Lasai **Area**: Botafogo · **Cuisine**: Modern Brazilian fine dining · **Price**: $$$$ · tasting menu ~R$ 450–650 · **Michelin**: 2★ · **Signature**: Farm-to-table Brazilian tasting menu with Atlantic ingredients Rafa Costa e Silva's Lasai holds two Michelin stars in Botafogo with a farm-to-table Brazilian tasting menu that tracks seasons from the restaurant's own gardens and Atlantic suppliers. The room is contemporary, the narrative is Carioca rather than European copy, and the meal is Rio's essential splurge when beach kiosks feel too casual. Book months ahead. ### Oro **Area**: Botafogo · **Cuisine**: Contemporary Brazilian · **Price**: $$$$ · tasting menu ~R$ 400–550 · **Michelin**: 1★ · **Signature**: Brazilian biodiversity on a multi-course menu Oro serves contemporary Brazilian cooking with one Michelin star — Amazonian ingredients, coastal seafood and Cerrado produce in a Botafogo dining room that feels like Rio's answer to modern Latin fine dining. Slightly more theatrical than Lasai, equally serious about Brazilian identity on the plate. Book weeks ahead. ### Casa da Feijoada **Area**: Ipanema · **Cuisine**: Feijoada specialist · **Price**: $$ · feijoada ~R$ 80–120 · **Signature**: Feijoada completa — black bean stew with pork cuts and sides Casa da Feijoada is Rio's feijoada institution: the black-bean-and-pork stew Brazilians eat on Fridays, served with rice, collard greens, farofa and orange slices in an Ipanema room dedicated to one dish. No reservations needed — queue at lunch on feijoada days and accept that you will not need dinner. Arrive early. ### Aprazível **Area**: Santa Teresa · **Cuisine**: Brazilian with hilltop views · **Price**: $$$ · dinner R$ 150–250 · **Signature**: Moqueca and Brazilian plates with Santa Teresa panorama Aprazível occupies a Santa Teresa hillside with terrace views over downtown Rio — moqueca, grilled meats and Brazilian plates that suit sunset dinners after walking the bohemian neighbourhood. Tourist-visible but cooking stays honest; the view is the bonus, the moqueca is the reason to book. Request terrace seats ahead. ### Confeitaria Colombo **Area**: Centro (downtown) · **Cuisine**: Historic café & patisserie · **Price**: $$ · lunch/tea R$ 60–120 · **Signature**: Pão de queijo, empadas and Belle Époque salon dining Confeitaria Colombo is Rio's Belle Époque café cathedral: stained glass, marble and pão de queijo in a downtown salon that opened in 1894. Tourists and Cariocas share tables at breakfast; the afternoon tea service is ceremony without fine-dining prices. Visit Centro in daylight — combine with Saara market shopping. ### Bar Urca **Area**: Urca (bay-side) · **Cuisine**: Carioca bar food · **Price**: $$ · petiscos R$ 80–150 · **Signature**: Pasteis, bolinhos de bacalhau and cold beer with bay views Bar Urca is the bay-side petiscos institution Cariocas drive to at sunset: cod fritters, pasteis and cold beer on a terrace facing Sugarloaf across the water. No fine dining — just the Rio ritual of fried snacks, caipirinhas and golden hour. Walk-in — terrace tables go fast. ### Marius Degustare **Area**: Copacabana · **Cuisine**: Seafood buffet & grill · **Price**: $$$ · dinner R$ 150–220 · **Signature**: All-you-can-eat seafood buffet with grilled fish station Marius Degustare is Copacabana's seafood buffet that somehow justifies the format: grilled fish, sushi, oysters and Brazilian seafood in quantity that suits hungry groups after a beach day. Tourist-visible but fresher than most strip restaurants — the move when your group cannot agree on one dish. Book weekends ahead. ### Braseiro **Area**: Copacabana (local churrascaria) · **Cuisine**: Churrasco & Brazilian grill · **Price**: $$ · churrasco R$ 80–130 · **Signature**: Grilled picanha and farofa at communal tables Braseiro is the neighbourhood churrascaria Copacabana locals still use: picanha carved at the table, farofa, vinaigrette and caipirinhas at prices below the international chain tier. Not Lasai — but the meal that teaches you everyday Carioca meat culture. Walk-in lunch; book Friday dinner if possible. ## When do Cariocas eat feijoada? Feijoada is traditionally a Friday (and sometimes Saturday) lunch — not dinner. Casa da Feijoada in Ipanema serves the benchmark version. Arrive before 12:30, expect a queue, and plan a light evening. The portion is heavy enough to skip dinner entirely. ## Is Copacabana safe for food at night? Copacabana restaurant strips are generally fine for dinner with normal urban caution — stick to established addresses like Braseiro and Marius. Avoid empty side streets late at night. Santa Teresa and Botafogo suit evening dining with better neighbourhood energy. Centro is daytime-only for most visitors. ## How far ahead should you book Rio restaurants? Lasai and Oro need 4–8 weeks. Aprazível terrace needs 1–2 weeks. Feijoada, churrascarias and kiosks are walk-in — queue on Fridays. Mix one Michelin booking with feijoada lunch and Urca sunset petiscos. ## What food experiences are worth booking in Rio? Santa Teresa food walks, cooking classes and responsible favela food tours are the highest-yield bookings. Expect R$ 200–400 per person. They solve hill transport and neighbourhood safety context. --- Canonical HTML: https://travelshifu.com/eats/rio-de-janeiro