For the year born happy: where to eat breakfast and brunch in Rio on January 1

How about starting 2025 on the right foot and enjoying the first breakfast of the year in some of the best places in Rio? Whether for those who prefer traditional breakfast or brunch later on January 1, the important thing is to renew the energy with a delicious menu. Rio offers options for all tastes: from classic to healthier, with environments ranging from retro to sophisticated, and to places with incredible views of the city. Check out ten tips of unmissable places to start the year with lots of flavor and style!

• Arp Bar

Located on the ground floor of the Hotel Arpoador, facing the beach, the coffee starts early at 7am and is served until noon. It is possible to choose the combo with hot drink, milk, juice, bread, cheese, ham, eggs, fruit, yogurt, granola, jams and cake (R$ 89) or its vegan version, with items such as humus and creamy eggplant, at the same price. There are also suggestions à la carte, such as avocado toast with hummus, poached egg and herbs, and pancake with maple syrup (R$ 49, each). 177 Francisco Octavian Street, Ipanema. From 7:00 to 11:00.

• Baduk

For those who wake up later, the kitchen house of the Middle East without clichés at Leblon opens at noon, with the breakfast menu served all day for a brunch without hurry. There are suggestions such as hot pita bread with cheese and pastrami (R$ 36) or constant egg, with smoked salmon, curd and tahini on Moroccan pancake (R$ 44). In the sweet version, the pancake may have molasses and mascarpone cream (R$ 26). The green shakshouka is prepared with poached eggs, cilantro cream, spinach, kale and goat cheese (R$ 44). Queen Guilhermina 95 Street. From 12:00 to 11:00.

• Brewteco Botafogo
  To begin the year with postcard view: on the terrace of the Botafogo Beach Shopping, framed by Guanabara Bay and the Pão de Açúcar, the brewery will serve breakfast from 8:30 a.m. In addition to à la carte options, there are combined as the one that gathers hot and cold drink, bread on the plate, egg and slice of cake or fruit (R$ 42). For R $ 80, two hot drinks and two cold drinks are served, plus bread baskets, selection of colds and fruit salad, in addition to the options of the first. A la carte, tips such as the pressinho do brew (R$ 26), croque monsieur with royale ham, mozzarella and white sauce, and the eggs Benedict, with belarnaise sauce and roasted bacon chips (R$ 32). Beach of Botafogo 400. 8:30 to 11:30.

• Cardin
  The coffee shop at Leblon, bets on combos for breakfast, from the ground (R$ 32), with a hot drink, mini baguette or croissant, butter, jam and curd, to fuller options. The complete (R$ 155), for two, also gathers bread, papaya, cake, scrambled eggs, waffle, yogurt with granola, cheese and cold. There are also toasts such as buffalo mozzarella, salt flower, pesto with truffled olive oil, tomato and almonds (R$ 35) and tapiocas, such as banana sweet with cinnamon and cheese mines (R$ 23). To drink, choose between coffee frippé (R$ 24) and pitaya juice (R$ 22). 327 Carlos Góis Street. From 7:30 to 9:00.

• Dainer

In the winning home of best breakfast for the Rio Gastronomy Show 2024, retro climate, brunch has ordered as blueberries pancakes (R$ 36) and waffles with butter and honey (R$ 34). Novelty on the menu, the englishman in rio (R$68) is a combination of sausage, scrambled eggs, glace sauce, mushrooms and tomatoes, with a slice of sourdough. To wake up, an iced coffee, such as honey comb latte, made with espresso, honey crust and milk (R$ 22). To toast, the classic mimosa, sparkling, Cointerau and orange juice (R$ 30). Rua Real Grandeza 193, Botafogo. From 11:00 to 7:00.

• Garden Emporium
  Two of the five units of the award-winning breakfast house open at 11am on the first day of the year, an invitation to a breakfast without hurry. All day long, you can choose from more than 100 items of the cartel, such as the gruitère cheese bread trio (R$ 17.90) and the classic croque monsieur (R$ 30.50). The yogurt of the house (R $ 8.90) goes well with granola nuts & chocolate nibs (R$ 5.40). For those who stuck their feet in the jackfruit the night before, detox juice (R$16.90) takes cabbage, coconut water, ginger, lemon and three drops of Tabasco. Sweeten with an eclair, Belgian chocolate or caramel and salt flower (R$ 19,50 each). 62 Maria Quitéria Street, Ipanema. Via Vicomde da Graça 51, Jardim Botânico. From 11:00 to 7:00.

• Fasano Caffè
  The elegant lounge at Hotel Fasano opens for guests on the 1st day, with chef Luigi Moressa's buffet (R$ 180). There or in the outside area, with outdoor tables, it is possible to taste delights such as the cruffin (mixture of croissant with muffin), bostok, kind of brioche French toast with almonds, bombolone (classical Italian recipe similar to a dream, stuffed with pastry cream, lemon-sicillian scrapes and vanilla), tapioca cheese bread, besides granola, yogurt and jams, fruits and more. The value includes an à la carte menu dish, such as Benedictine eggs with salmon and hot sandwiches, as well as drinks such as juices, coconut water and sparkling wine. Av. Vieira Souto 80, Ipanema.

• Padelli
  For those who will pass the turn at Copacabana Beach and want to amend (or wake up early to enjoy the day), the house, just opened on the edge of Copacabana, next to Posto 5, will toast 2025 with a breakfast buffet (R$ 90 per person). To serve the will of juices, coffee, breads and assorted colds, quiches, fruit salad, yogurt with honey and granola, cream of avocado, cakes, as well as delicacies as minipanini of focaccia stuffed, eggs with tomato sauce and cheese bread. Atlantic Avenue 3.564. From 7:00 to 12:00.

• So Lo
  Both in Ipanema and Leblon, brunch is served all day. In addition to the breads and cakes of the day in the showcase, the menu at Fernando Kaplan's houses bet on organic ingredients to prepare recipes such as Turkish-style Benedictine eggs, with sour cream of yogurt, seasoned butter and mint (R$39), avocado yogurt with granola and caramelized pumpkin seed (R$38), toast of beet homus and shiitake (R$34) and waffle with salted caramel (R$28). To kill the thirst, smoothies such as mango with banana, ginger, tahine and honey (R$ 26) and special coffees, from macchiato (R$ 12) to mochaccino (R$ 20). Rua Garcia D’Ávila 147, Ipanema. Ataulfo de Paiva 1.120, Leblon. From 10:00 to 9:00.

• Teva Deli

To start the lighter year, Chef Daniel Biron's home, with 100% vegetable menu, has gluten-free or lactose-free options. Tips like English muffin (R$ 14) and almond croissant (R$ 24) come out of the bakery oven. Another option is the coconut yogurt bowl beaten with red fruits, banana, strawberry, granola and coconut chips (R$38). For a more robust brunch, English breakfast brings together scrambled tofu, barbecued white beans, grilled vegetable sausage, mushrooms, roasted tomato, spinach and natural fermentation bread with Navea butter. Av. Our Lady of Copacabana 1.334. 9:00 to 10:00.