Rio Gastronomy Show Award 2025

The newspaper The Globo announces annually the winners of the Rio Gastronomy Show Award 2025, which celebrates the restaurants and chefs that stood out in the last year. Check out below, with Globo review:

Best Chef: Thomas Troisgros (Oseille and ToTo)

It was a great year for Thomas Troisgros, who more than ever consolidated his name as one of the most prominent and most versatile chefs in the Rio food scene. In front of two successful houses with his signature, the stripped Toto and the refined Oseille, he also celebrated an important achievement: his first Michelin star, granted to Oseille in 2025. In Toto, an informal restaurant full of affective recipes (which in 2024 won the award for best value), Thomas serves dishes as a chicken heart with oyster sauce (R$ 50), caramelized orange wings (R$ 36) and pappardelle with meat ragu (R$ 72). Upstairs, the Oseille (Sourty in French) works, a sophisticated space in which the chef exercises his (even) more authorial vein. There the scheme is tasting menu: are seven steps (R$ 650, or more R$ 440 with harmonization), served on a counter with 16 seats.

Address: Rua Joana Angélica 155, Ipanema

Opening hours: We're on Saturday at 8:00.

Telephone: 21 3854-1819

Social networks: @oseillerstaurante @toto. restaurant

Chef Revelation: Monique Gabiatti

Monique Gabiatti started at the small Polvo Bar in Botafogo, famous for paella on weekends and uncomplicated seafood recipes. Now, prepare the expansion of the bar to 80 places and inaugurated the Octopus Marisquería, next to the original, focusing on mature fish and hot grill. He also runs Belisco, a wine bar. Natural of Aracaju, values local fish. Its dishes include hot pulpo (R$ 59), crab sausage (R$ 62) and matured fish on coal (R$ 190). Monique brings freshness and simplicity to the taste of the sea.

Address:

• Octopus Bar - Rua General Polidoro 156, Botafogo
• Octopus Marisquería - 19th Street February 194, Botafogo

Opening hours:

• Octopus Bar - To have the here, from 6:00 to midnight. Sex and sat, from 12:00 to 1:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 6:00.
• Octopus Marisquería - To have a chi, from 12h to 4h and from 6h to 11h. Sex, 12 to 4 and 6 to midnight. Sat, from 12:00 to 5:00 and from 7:00 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 5:00.

Social networks: @polvobar ♪ I don't know ♪

Best Benefit Cost: Bodegón

The fifth restaurant of the group of Mercearia and Cantina da Praça, opened in 2025 near Plaza General Osório, brings affordable and welcoming cuisine. With fried empanadas, millanesas in six versions — such as the classic (R$ 36) and the Neapolitan (R$ 62) — and premium grilled cuts, such as entreña (R$ 80) and diaper (R$ 74). It also offers varied trimmings, such as rustic potato with lemon (R$ 24) and gratined spinach cream (R$ 36).

Address: Jangadeiros Street 14, Ipanema

Opening hours: I'll take it from 11:30 to midnight. Sex and sat, 11:30 to 1:00

Telephone: 21 97686-3300 (Reserves)

Social network: @bodegonrio

Best Contemporary: Lasai

In Lasai, the tasting menu (R$ 1,380) features fresh vegetables combined with meat, fish and crustaceans, in creative and detailed dishes by chef Rafa Costa e Silva. Winner of the Rio Gastronomy Show Award 2025, the restaurant offers a sequence of unique flavors such as green crepe with pork, turmeric tartare and pumpkin flan with hedgehog. The harmonization of natural wines of the sommelière Maíra Freire (R$ 638) completes the experience.

Address: Largo dos Lions 35, Humaitá

Opening hours: I'll have it here at 7:00. Sex and sat, 7:00 and 10:00.

Reserves by site

Social networks: @restaurantelasai

Best French: Box 201

John Paul Frankenfeld appeared as a rising star — and that only brings him up. Here in Rio and also in the eyes of Michelin Guide inspectors. But none of this happened overnight. In front of the discreet and charming Casa 201, elected the best French restaurant in the edition, the chef has road — national and international. Of German descent, but with French classical training, he was professor of the professional course of Le Cordon Bleu. And it stands out among all the chefs in the city for a rare differential: it does practically everything it serves. And that includes the inputs themselves. From mustard to butter, from cheese to beer. This month, for example, is serving even sake made by himself. Since opening House 201 two years ago — in society with the restoration Cris Julião — Frankenfeld frequently updates the tasting menu (R$ 660, or more R$ 420 with harmonization).

Address: Rua Lopes Quintas 201, Jardim Botânico

Opening hours: Have the sat at 8:00. Only with backup.

Telephone: 21 9670-70201

Only with reservation

Social network: @201. home

Best Portuguese: Portuguese Ranch

The Portuguese Rancho is elected the best Portuguese restaurant, with welcoming atmosphere, efficient service and full traditional dishes. Highlight for the cod in 17 versions, such as the à bras (R$ 468) and the mill (R$ 478), besides the creation of chef Luciana with almonds (R$ 478). Also stand out the duck rice (R$ 220), sardines with potatoes to the punch (R$ 148) and roast octopus to share (R$ 338).

Address: Rua Maria Quitéria 136, Ipanema

Opening hours: Monday the Saturday, from 12:00 to 11:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 8:00.

Telephone: 2287-0335

Social network: @ranchoportuguesrio

Best Asian: Càm O’n

Càm O’n, chef Ana Carolina Garcia's restaurant in Botafogo, brings flavors from Southeast Asia inspired by their travels around the region. Highlights include the chef mix (R$ 84), red curries with duck (R$ 89) and green with chicken or shrimp (R$ 71/94), as well as the perfect pad thai (R$ 85) and the satay chicken bao (R$ 25).

Unit Botafogo

Address: Rua Viscount de Caravelas 111, Humaitá

Opening hours: Have the sat, 12:00 at 11:00. Dom, noon at 4:00.

Telephone: 97360-0844

Social network: @camon.thaifood

Unit Barra da Tijuca

Address: Avenue of the Americas, 500 Block 9, Shop 113 - Barra da Tijuca (Shopping Downtown)

Opening hours: Have the sat, 12:00 at 11:30. Dom, noon at 4:00.

Telephone: (21) 96966-8448

Social network: @camon.thaifood

Best Brazilian: February Two

The restaurant Two of February honors Iemanjá with drawings and typical elements, located in Largo de São Francisco da Prainha, symbol of black culture. Founder Raphael Vidal maintains two other ventures in the same spirit. Chef João Diamante, a partner since last year, reformulated the menu, celebrating his Bahian roots. The menu begins with octopus vinaigrette with slices of pastel (R$ 79) and includes shrimp bob (R$ 75/R$ 145), trio of coxinhas (R$ 40.90) and loafers with rice, pirão and farofa. From Friday to Sunday, there is full beans (R$ 75/R$ 145) and vegan (R$ 65/R$ 125). Highlight for sun picinha with bayion of two (R$ 78). For dessert, soft cocada with pazoca flour (R$ 16) and coconut wet cake with palm ice cream (R$ 40).

Address: Rua Sacadura Cabral 79, Saúde

Opening hours: To have the gift from 11:30 to 6:00.

Social network: @two. de.February

Best Japanese: San Omasake

The feat is to stir the chopsticks and raise the sake glasses: the little San Omakase, which serves only eight people per round and dedicates itself to the purest traditions of Japanese cuisine, again won the prize for the best Japanese in the city. With Michelin star renewed this year, the space is a small jewel, all in clear wood, with counter where, on the one hand, is master André Kawai, ambassador of sushi in Brazil, escorted by his most elegant team; and on the other, customers, who closely accompany the assembly of each piece of tasting, with the finest delicacies of the day.

The sequence is breathtaking: 15 plates and, for those who choose, almost the same number of types of sakes, coming from the various provinces of Japan, harmonised with each fish. The exchange of colored crystal dishes and pots is a spectacle apart — everything extends for delicious two hours (R$ 740 or R$ 1,130 with harmonization).

Address: Rua Conde Bernadotte 26, Leblon

Opening hours: We'll have it at 8:00. It's Saturday, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. San: Sex and sat, 12 to 5 and 6:30 to midnight and a half. Dom, from 12:00 to 10:00.

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Telephone: 2112-5199

Social network: @sanomasake

Best Italian: Sult

In the vibrant stretch of Botafogo, the Sult has been holding for five years with modern Italian cuisine in a stripped environment. After the departure of chef Nelson Soares, Julia Lottus, from Cipriani, took over the kitchen, valuing artisanal pasta and mixing classic recipes with Brazilian touches. Highlights include the lasagna of long cooking meat with padano grana fonduta (R$ 85), filé de pirarucu with tucupi risotto and jambu (R$ 98), cavatelli with crab (R$ 77) and tagliolini to lemon-sicillian sauce with shrimp (R$ 79). Among the initial dishes are the raw of scallops with pomegranate tiger milk (R$ 75) and cacio and pepe mushrooms (R$ 72). For dessert, the tiramisult (R$ 32).

Address: Rua Fernandes Guimarães 77, Botafogo

Opening hours: I'll have a check from 12:00 to 11:00. Sex, 12 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 5:00.

Telephone: 96910-1375

Social network: @sult.restaurant

Best Meat: Giuseppe Grill

Giuseppe Grill, of the BestFork group and restaurateur Marcelo Torres, celebrates 18 years with tricampeonato as best meat at the Rio Show Award. The elegant atmosphere combines oak, apparent bricks and leather, with a cellar of 650 labels underground. The menu features fresh beef, fish and seafood. Entrances include stone owner (R$ 36) and champagne sauce chip (R$ 86). Highlights are the steak tartare for two (R$ 248), the boneless prime rib roast (R$ 268) and the buttersteak coffee paris (R$ 524). The super juice picanha (R$ 158) can be served wellington (R$ 346). Between accompaniments, zucchini flour (R$38) and hot guava with cheese ice cream (R$38).

Address: Av. Bartolomeu Mitre 370, Leblon

Opening hours: From 12:00 to 4:00 and from 7:00 to midnight. Sex and sat, 12 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 11:00.

Telephone: 99591-5277

Social network: @guseppegrill

Best Fish and Fruits of the Sea: Satyricon

The Satyricon, over 40 years old and recognized as seafood, remains on top in 2025 under the Tolpiakow family. The environment preserves Carlos Secchin screens and traditional staff, with fresh noble fish and underground tanks to maintain quality. The menu highlights the combination of 24 pieces in sushi (R$ 210), pesce alla griglia (R$ 162) and gran piatti di mare (R$ 267). There are also carpaccios (R$ 256), the pargo in the favorite salt of the singer Sting (R$ 256), shrimp spaghetti with king crab (R$ 348) and fantasy di mare grigliata (R$ 368). For dessert, profiteroles (R$ 56).

Address: Rua Baron da Torre 192, Ipanema

Opening hours: I'm home from 12 to midnight. Sex and sat, from 12:00 to 1:00.

Telephone: 2521-0627

Social network: @restaurant satiricon

Best Vegetarian: Teva

Teva is 100% natural. More than a healthy kitchen house, it is a restaurant where nothing comes to the table — in the units of Ipanema and Copacabana — contains harmful health components. No pesticides, trans or saturated fat, white sugar or ultra-processed. It is also one of the few vegan houses in Rio, with the strict screen of chef Daniel Biron. In front of the two units, Biron sees in Teva Copacabana a wider space, which also works as deli. There are shelves with natural products and even a line of cakes. On the menu, salads such as vegan caesar, made with dehydrated mushrooms, home yoghurt sauce and sourdough croutons (R$56), share space with more full-bodied recipes, such as the croque monsieur in the house brioche, filled with smoked tofu, cashew chestnut bechamel, mozzarella and vegetable parmesan (R$48).

In Ipanema, the chef now incorporated Amazonian flavors: apim cake with jaca to the tucupi and jambu, served with guava sauce and cumari pepper (R$ 50); and tofu empanado with vatapá (R$ 84), made with homemade coconut milk, shiitake and peppers, plus grilled okra, coconut jasmin rice and banana farofa with herbs and chestnuts. Among the classics, the season kebab with quinoa (R$ 84) and the spicy ramen with misso dashi, tofu, broccoli, shiitake, edamame, alga and nori (R$ 88). To close, Cumaru cheesecake with açaí (R$ 44), made with chestnut cheese. Those kind of desserts, not afraid to be happy.

Unit Ipanema

Address: Av. Henrique Dumont 110-B, Ipanema

Opening hours: Have the sat, 12 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 10:00.

Telephone: 3253-1355

Social network: @tevavegetal

Unit Copacabana

Address: Av. Our Lady of Copacabana 1.334, Copacabana

Opening hours: Every day from 7:00 to 10:00.

Telephone: 3253-1355

Social network: @tevavegetal

Best Pizzeria: Iron and Flour

It's been 13 years since New York chef Sei Shiroma went out on the streets of Rio with a wood oven mounted in the trunk of the car, selling his pizzas. It worked so well that Iron and Flour today adds five addresses — and this year, it renewed the title of the best pizzeria in the piece. Crunchy pasta and innovative toppings (here is the invitation to eat with your hands). His creations, moreover, are in the ranking of the best in the world (and 4th in Latin America) by the Italian guide 50 Top. The rossa forehead (R$ 82) combines fior di latte, roasted cherry tomatoes, bologna with pistachio, stracciatella and pistachio pesto. The lamborghini (R$ 72) takes lamb palette, date, fior di latte, smoked mozzarella, yogurt sauce and sishô — sales champion in all units.

This year, another novelty: the unit of the Shopping Leblon brings a more Italian side of Shiroma, with dishes beyond the round ones. In common, the powerful wood oven. The bolognese lasagna passes through it and arrives at the table with the crispy edges (R$ 79): four very fine layers of green pasta, gratined with padano money. A show. “All the pastas are made in the house, by me, with Italian flour and redneck egg”, says the Chinese chef mezzo (by mother), Japanese mezzo (by father). Now, he launches his first sweet pizza: mozzarella, nocciola syrup and chocolate, pistachio cream with white chocolate, pistachio speckled and caramelized hazelnuts in wood (R$68). Champion.

Unit Ipanema

Address: Rua Maria Quitéria, 107 – Ipanema

Timetable: Dom a qui: 18h to 0h

Telephone: (21) 97214-0460

Social network: ♪ I'll be right back ♪

Unit Leblon

Address: Rua Dias Ferreira, 48 – Leblon

Timetable: Dom a qui: 18h to 0h

Telephone: (21) 99605-0397

Social network: ♪ I'll be right back ♪

Unit Barra da Tijuca

Address: Av. Olegário Maciel, 555 – Barra da Tijuca

Timetable: Dom a qui: 18h to 0h

Telephone: (21) 99605-0397

Social network: ♪ I'll be right back ♪

Unit Botafogo

Address: Rua Arnaldo Quintela, 23 – Botafogo

Timetable: Dom a qui: 18h to 0h

Telephone: (21) 99349-4285

Social network: ♪ I'll be right back ♪

Best Bar: Eleninha

Eleninha, an extension of the Asian restaurant-bar Elena in Horto, has a relaxed atmosphere with jazz, samba and DJ Marcelinho da Lua. In the fallen house, the climate is intimate, with charming decoration and views of the Jardim Botânico. Alex Mesquita's copyright drinks stand out, such as the little roitman (R$ 42) and my name is not rubus (R$ 45). To eat, there are roasted and caramelized peanuts (R$ 16), pork guilloza and shrimp dumplings (R$ 44), fish raw (R$ 48) and wagyu miniburger (R$ 52). Coffee parties with DJs occur on a monthly basis, reinforcing the cool climate.

Address: Pacheco Leo Street 780, Jardim Botânico

Opening hours: Have a check, 12 to midnight. Sex, from 12:00 to 1:00. Sat, 1:00 to 1:00. Dom, from 1:00 to 7:00.

Social network: ♪ Oh, my God ♪

Best Boteco: Front Bar

In 2025, the Praça da Bandeira bar celebrated 16 years and inaugurated its first branch in Copacabana. The chef and partner Mariana Rezende maintains creations such as the kimono pig (R$ 38.40/three units) and the cushion fondue (R$ 35.80/four units). Among the main dishes are the roast beef gnocchi (R$ 66.20 individual) and jambalaya for two (R$ 149.50). From Monday to Friday there is an executive menu, and on weekends surprises like the white bean. The gnocchi with gizzard (R$ 46.90) is fixed novelty. In the bar, beers, beats (R$ 12.50), caipirinhas, cocktails (from R$ 24.90) and cachaças (15 labels, R$ 14–20) complete the letter. In Copacabana, highlight the Brahma chop (R$ 9,50).

Unit Copacabana

Address: Rua Almirante Gonçalves 29-B, Copacabana

Opening hours: Every day from 11:00 to 11:00

Telephone: 99393-7133

Social networks: @bardafront

Flag Square Unit

Address: Rua Baron de Iguatemi 388, Praça da Bandeira

Opening hours: Wet the sat, from 12:00 to 10:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 5:00.

Telephone: 2502-0176

Social networks: @bardafront

Best Sweet: Frédéric Epicerie

What's beautiful is to be shown. No wonder, the creations of the Belgian Frédéric de Maeyer are displayed in the window. Even those who prefer the balcony end up taking a little walk inside, diving into the chef's thorough work. In the lobby are the buns of the house. Deep, protected, the chef's jewels: candy and handmade chocolates. Despite the abundance, “whatever” reigns there: any choice is right. The chocolate fondant (R$ 25), with crispy base of Belgian chocolate to milk and hazelnuts, covered by creamy ganache, is fundamental. The nut cake and apricot (R$19), irresistible. Cat tongue appears in more adult version, made with white Belgian chocolate and half bitter 54.85%. The pure bars are from Callebaut, of course (R$35). Bonbons rocher (R$ 9), with a mix of chestnuts, are also bathed in intense Belgian chocolate 54.5%.

To eat there or take, the speculos (R$ 9), spice cookie covered with the same chocolate, is a treat. The house waffle (R$29) can come with butter, honey or jelly — and it doesn't need more. With a wide menu, there are good choices at any time of the day, but brunch is the most disputed moment. Especially for those who don't give up a good egg. There are seven options, such as coconut (R$ 42), red egg with spinach cream, cheese and bread to suck. In the salt wing, sandwiches are excellent, such as roast beef with mustard and honey sauce, arugula, tomato and pesto, in the ciabatta (R$ 55). A full ride.

Address: Rua Gustavo Sampaio 802, Leme

Opening hours: To have the here, from 8:00 to 7:00. Sex and sat, 8:00 to 9:00. Dom, from 8:00 to 6:00.

Telephone: 96981-4314

Social networks: @fredericepicerie

Best Breakfast: Slow Bakery

Light, crispy-shelled and aerated kernel, Rafa Brito Pereira's breads are naturally fermented for up to 30 hours, attracting customers to the matrix of Botafogo and the subsidiary Slowzinha in Jardim Botânico. With own artisanal ingredients or small producers, the table offers more than 15 varieties, such as sourdoughs, croissants and focaccias. Highlight for the gratined croques, such as the madame (R$ 45), with ham, half-curing cheese, bechamel sauce, mustard and fried egg.

On weekends, brunch brings the Benedictine egg (R$ 36), over brioche with bearnaise sauce and bacon, and the new york croissant (R$ 29), stuffed with egg, sour cream and greens. Soft yolk rolls with tomato sauce and mushrooms cost R$ 33. To drink, the switchel of the house (R$ 25) and the coffee of Serra do Caparaó, as the mocha (R$ 16). In the same space, Lazy offers mozzarella bar, natural wines and pasta such as ricotta cappelettone with lemon-sicillian and missô broth (R$ 29).

Unit Botafogo

Address: Botafogo

Opening hours: Have a check, 8:00 to 9:00. Sex and sat, 8:00 to 10:00. Dom, from 9:00 to 5:00.

Social network: @theslowbakery

Unit Jardim Botânico

Address: Rua Maria Angelica 113, Jardim Botânico

Opening hours: Have the sat, from 8:00 to 8:00.

Social network: @theslowbakery