Sao Paulo Restaurants

Sao Paulo offers a wide variety in cuisine choices. Italian seems to be one of the more popular, while many places still offer the traditional Brazilian specialties. From high-end dining to funky-eclectic, there is a place that will not only feed your cravings for food, but also your atmosphere desires.

A Figueira Rubaiyat’s is a well-rated restaurant in Sao Paulo that serves a bit of everything. Despite being a high-end restaurant you get a large amount of food for your money and a dessert buffet is included. Many of the meats that are offered on the menu, including the chicken, beef and pork, are "homegrown" at the owners ranch. This almost guarantees a fresh, tender cut of meat with your meal.

If you are in the mood for Italian cuisine, try Famiglia Mancini. There are over thirty different sauces you can choose from when picking your pasta. The plates serve at least two and sometimes three people, so bring your family or a hearty appetite!

The Braz is one of the more popular, and highly-rated pizzarias in Sao Paulo. The pizzas are baked in wood ovens and with almost twenty different types to choose from, there is something for every taste.

While planning your trip, see the pages on a Sao Paulo Vacation and Sao Paulo Hotels.

• Arabia (Jardins) Middle Eastern, Phone: 55-11-3061-2203
  • Conde Nast Traveller Selection: "Sao Paulo's de luxe Lebanese, courtesy of Leila Kuczynski. "

• • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "A spacious and modern restaurant just 1 block off the stylish Rua Augusta, Arabia serves up a range of favorites from Lebanon."

• • Fodor's Review  : "Simple dishes such as hummus and stuffed grape leaves are executed with aplomb. The lamb melts in your mouth."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Widely considered Sao Paulo's best Middle Eastern restaurant, Arabia sticks closely to classic recipes but stands out for their careful preparation and, above all the excellence and freshness of the ingredients."

• A Figueira Rubaiyat (Jardins) Brazilian, Phone: 55-11-3063-3888 Google Map
  • Conde Nast Traveller Selection: "The menu lashes together Italian and Brazilian traditions with a generous helping of Argentinian and a dash of Spanish."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "The most beautiful restaurant in the city, Figueira (fig tree) Rubaiyat is built around a magnificent old fig tree."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Sprawling and luxurious like the ancient fig that graces its outdoor terrace, this top-of-the-line grill-restaurant serves up perhaps Sampa's best meat..."

• Fasano (Jardins) Italian, Phone: 55-11-3062-4000
  • Conde Nast Traveller Selection: "Like the hotel that houses it, Fasano breathes an air of understated, thoroughly of-the-moment luxury."

• • Fodor's Review  : "A family-owned northern Italian classic, this restaurant is as famous for its superior cuisine as for its exorbitant prices."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Its menu features dishes from around Italy, with tasting menus focused on a single region. Need to close a billion-dollar deal? This is your place."

• D.O.M. (Jardins) Fusion, Phone: 55-11-3088-0761
  • Conde Nast Traveller Selection: "The service is amiable enough but you are left in no doubt that this is one of the most serious gastro-temples in town."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "This small and deceptively casual Italo-French restaurant serves up some of the finest food in Sampa, which is saying a lot."

• Antiquarius (Jardim Paulista) Portuguese, Phone: 55-11-3064-8686
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Antiquarius offers the perfect elegant setting to savor Portuguese cuisine served up with style and tradition."

• Famiglia Mancini (Republica) Italian, Phone: 55-11-3256-4320
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "A Sao Paulo tradition, you can find a lineup at the Famiglia Mancini almost every night of the week."

• • Fodor's Choice  : "The menu has many terrific pasta options, such as the cannelloni with palm hearts and a four-cheese sauce. All dishes serve two people."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Another Paulista tradition, this cozy cantina manages to be both homey and upscale, and serves up classic, delicious northern Italian fare on family-style platters."

• Mestico (Consolacao) Thai, Phone: 55-11-3256-3165 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Mestico is run by a woman from Bahia and her partner from Thailand -- each brings her own culinary traditions to bear in the cuisine."

• • Fodor's Review  : "An eclectic menu also includes Italian, Brazilian, and Bahian dishes."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Both the creative menu and the colorful-yet-chic design are a delightful combination of Brazilian and Asian influences, from Bahian fritters to Thai curries."

• Piola (Jardins) Italian, Phone: 55-11-3064-6570
  • Fodor's Review  : "The young, hip crowd matches the trendy contemporary decor."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Serving fine, thin-crust wood-oven pizza in a colorful, relaxed, chic dining room, Piola attracts a youngish and hip crowd. Expect a line Sunday evenings."

• Carlota (Higienopolis) Brazilian, Phone: 55-11-3661-8670
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "A phenomenal success in the male-dominated world of Brazilian gourmet chefs, owner and chef Carla Pernambuco earned her stripes in New York before coming home to Brazil and starting her own restaurant."

• Galeria dos Paes (Jardins) International, Phone: 55-11-3064-5900
  • New York Times Pick: "Galeria dos Paes, or Bread Gallery, a 24-hour food market, is a good spot for breakfast."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "This gourmet grocery store also has a great deli where the beautiful people of Jardins come to hash out their social lives over an excellent selection of gourmet sandwiches and fresh juices."

• Braz (Higienopolis) Italian, Phone: 55-11-3231-1554
  • Fodor's Choice  : "Each of the nearly 20 types of crisp-crusted pizzas is delicious, from the traditional margherita to the house specialty, pizza braz, with tomato sauce, zucchini, and mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Cooking up what many consider Sampa's best pizza in wood ovens, this rather upscale but always animated spot is worth the 10 to 15 minute walk from Av Paulista."

• Kilu's Grill (Centro) Kilo, Phone: 55-11-3105-6325
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "A great combination of a kilo restaurant and churrascaria, this restaurant serves up a true feast at lunchtime, attracting droves of office workers."

• Almanara (Jardins) Middle Eastern, Phone: 55-11-3085-6916
  • Fodor's Review  : "Part of a chain of Lebanese semi-fast-food outlets, Almanara is perfect for a quick lunch of hummus, tabbouleh, grilled chicken, and rice."

• Consulado Mineiro (Calixto) Braazilian, Phone: 55-11-3088-6055 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review  : "The cachaca menu is extensive, with rare, premium, and homemade brands."

• HappyCow: Vegetarian Restaurants in Sao Paulo

• Sattva (Jardins) Phone: 55-11-3083-6237
  • Lonely Planet Selection: "Claiming to be Brazil's first veggie restaurant, Sattva still serves up decent meat-free fare, plus live music most Sundays, in a ramshackle but pleasant series of rooms."

• Restaurante Vegethus (Jardins) Phone: 55-11-5539-3635