there are four main types of restaurants in the marvelous city -  rodizios, churrascarias, kilos, and a-la-carte. 

rodizios are extremely popular establishments where a fixed price is charged and unlimited courses are served at the table with no additional charges -  drinks, coffee, and desserts are usually charged separately. 

rodizios are truly loved in rio, and even regular restaurants may convert to rodizios for the weekend - in fact, several well established, high-end restaurants now offer rodizios during lunch hours - certainly, they can range from very affordable diners to very expensive restaurants. 

typical rodizio offerings include pizza, petiscos (appetizers and finger foods), massa, which is pasta, and carne, which is meat - in ipanema and copacabana, rodizios of sushi are now increasingly available.