Sugar loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Italian Restaurants

Duo Italian Restaurant

The Duo Italian Restaurant combines excellent Italian cuisine with fine wines and an environment that is both warm and comfortable. The menu and its daily execution is the work of Michael Del Monaco ...more »

  • Location: Barra da Tijuca
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2484-4547

I Piatti Restaurant

The I Piatti Restaurant in Botofogo is actually two restaurants in one. The first floor of the restaurant (which opened in 1987) is dedicated to Italian dishes while the second and third floors featur ...more »

  • Location: Botafogo
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2539-0698

Zozô Restaurant and Dance Club

If you want a restaurant close to Sugar Loaf Mountain, you can’t get much closer than Zozô in Urca. The Italian / International Restaurant and evening Dance Club provides a beautiful view of Rio’s ic ...more »

  • Location: Urca
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2542-9665

Gero Italian Restaurant

The Gero Italian Restaurant is part of the Fasano Group, a popular Brazilian brand noted for upscale restaurants and hotels. Gero in Ipanema is modeled after the successful original in São Paulo. The ...more »

  • Location: Ipanema
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2239-8158

Fiorino Italian Restaurant

If you are making the trek into the North Zone of Rio, perhaps after visiting the Quinta Boa Vista Gardens or the Maracanã Soccer Stadium, you may want to visit one of the best Italian Restaurants in ...more »

  • Location: Tijuca
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2567-3386

Margutta Italian Restaurant

The Margutta Restaurant is one of the pioneers of Northern Italian cuisine in Rio and is considered one·of the best in this wealthy Ipanema neighborhood where it has been located for nearly 20 years. ...more »

  • Location: Ipanema
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2259-3718

Cipriani Italian Restaurant

Continuing a tradition of quiet and sophisticated elegance, the Cipriani Italian Restaurant located at the Copacabana Palace offers fine Northern Italian cuisine. The restaurant has continually impres ...more »

  • Location: Copacabana
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 ( 21) 2545-8747

Borsalino Italian Restaurant

When your restaurant is named the best Italian restaurant for six consecutive years (2003 - 2010) and the O Globo newspaper calls you the "best restaurant in Barra da Tijuca", you really shouldn't ...more »

  • Location: Barra da Tijuca
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2491-4288

Terzetto Italian Restaurant

The Terzetto Italian Restaurant, opened in 2005 and has been pleasing guests ever since with its fine cuisine and welcoming atmosphere. Terzetto traditionally means a "musical trio" and the Restaurant ...more »

  • Location: Ipanema
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2247-6797

Follie Italiane Restaurant

An authentic Italian Restaurant just 20 minutes from Barra. With an emphasis on fresh pasta and simple Italian specialties, the menu always provides great "specials of the day". ...more »

  • Location: Vargem Grande
  • Type: Italian
  • Tel: +55 (21) 2428-7639

All Rio de Janeiro Restaurants

Our Local Experts say:

Who doesn’t like Italian food – the Brazilians certainly do as you will find a number of authentic Italian restaurants representing northern and southern Italian cuisine. So whether its fine dining or pasta on the run – you’re covered.

Many of Rio’s continental cuisine (French, Portuguese, and International) restaurants also offer Italian favorites on their menu. So whether its pasta, seafood favorites or veal chops, you’re likely to find something to suit everyone’s taste. So . . . Andiamo and Buon Appetito!

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