in its western edge is what might very well be its best restaurant, the pizza lit pizzeria, situated right besides the gávea road and presents a quality service in pizza delivery - a rather popular and unique pie is the house special of smoked chicken and catupiry cheese pizza.

a short distance to the south, in the liberdade lane, there's the bar & social restaurant trapiá, which provides quality low-cost meals - it presents a great self-service section with a good diversity of dishes.

another important establishment is the porção da rocinha grill, located in the gregório lane - known for its chef, who presents the options to the arriving clients - the dishes are widely varied, accounting for several kinds of meat, including the picanha.

if one is really interested to visit the neighborhood, the best institution to contact is the ong rocinha.org, which lists the several businesses and activities in rocinha, and even creates some of its own - contact is easy and made through the organization's official website, the contact e-mail, or the phone number 21 3322.2176.