here are other popular restaurants that offer braizilian cuisine in the city of rio - there is a plethora of eateries in the marvelous city, and one's gasronomic experience can be accustomed to each individual preference - if lucky enough to be friends with locals, and invited to a dinner, brazilian meals are the most authentic cooked at home.

vinícius restaurant and show bar is one of the finest places in rio de janeiro to catch some of the city's original bossa nova style - it still stands as a 'temple of bossa nova', in the genre's rightful home.

ideally located in the heart of the fashionable ipanema neighborhood, vinícius is just a stone throw away from the iconic ipanema beach, where bossa nova was first popularized - the restaurant menu is varied, with a huge selection of different foods to choose from, especially a diverse list of fish and meat dishes, and the customary carioca cocktails.  ● more ●