pizza in rio de janeiro makes pizza in a unique way, unlike no other place around the world - it is very rich in cheese, almost no tomato sauce, and has some interesting topping.

the most common type of carioca pizza is the pizza à portuguesa, which consists of mozzarella cheese, ham, sliced tomato, boiled egg, and chopped onion - there is also, pizza à calabresa, which is mozzarella cheese, pepper, sliced pepperoni sausage, sliced onions, tomato sauce or tomato slices - the crust is typically medium to thick.

this traditional carioca pizza can be found almost everywhere in rio, from regular restaurants to corner juice bars, and it is consistently good across restaurants - for all pizza lovers out there, we included in this section restaurants offering carioca pizza, as well as traditional pizza, coned pizza, and american pizza.