TEMPERO DA ÂNGELA
When the mineira cuisine finds its nobility in a certain simplicity, we ...Read more
LUA CHEIA
Read moreThe Lua Cheia restaurant is another establishment that offers a good and inexpensive buffet lunch. Vegetarians are welcome here, which is not always the case in this land of farmers and milk producers that gave rise to so much "milk" in the "café au lait republic". There is a lot of greenery and fruit, but the establishment is also known for its churrasco. You can't leave without tasting the famous cheese and goiabada sorbet. An address to remember for big appetites.
O PASSO PIZZA JAZZ
The Passo restaurant is a very good jazz pizzeria, with its superb terraces ...Read more
RESTAURANTE CONTOS DE RÉIS
Read moreLocated 100 m from Tiradentes Square, the restaurant operates in the old slave quarters (the senzala, usually located below the master quarters) of an old house from 1772. On the walls hangs a lot of old objects. The restaurant offers a gargantuan buffet for lunch and a very good choice of regional dishes a la carte (feijao tropeiro, chicken ora pro nobis, tutu mineiro). A good address.
CASA DO OUVIDOR
Read moreFor almost 40 years, the Casa do Ouvidor has been located on the "rua direita". In the heart of Ouro Preto, on the first floor of a beautiful building on Direita Street that the owners have completely rebuilt, the elegant house offers a menu with typical dishes (tutu and feijao tropeiro, for two) and other pleasures that are as tasty as they are substantial (filet à la mode de la maison, chicken risotto...) The interior is very cosy. One of the best tables in town! The service is as good as the place.
RANCHO
Read moreThe Rancho is an almost "historic" restaurant in Mariana. The Petit Futé team has been visiting it for over 15 years. It is a free buffet establishment at low prices. It is certainly a rustic and pleasant table which makes the beautiful part of the mineira kitchen. Many dishes are simmering in the room. Of course, you have to like meat, but there are non-meat dishes that will satisfy vegetarians. The atmosphere is friendly, a pleasant mix between locals and Brazilian tourists passing by. Good home-made cachaças.
BAR DO CELSO
Read moreBar do Celso is an institution in Tiradentes. It serves as a bar, snack bar and restaurant. There are good sandwiches to nibble on, very good tutu mineiro and feijao tropeiro and excellent cachaças. For normal appetites, the dishes for one person can easily satisfy two. Of course, it's not necessarily very light, mineira cuisine being by essence caloric, but the smell of the old soapstone pans is not deceiving. Other establishments of the same style are to be discovered on this central square.
ATRÁS DA MATRIZ
Read more100 meters from the church "Matriz de Santo Antonio", this restaurant has been offering for 20 years an original cuisine that is somewhat free from the classicism of the mineiro. Everything is cooked in a wood-fired oven, hence the sweet smell in the air. With a superb view of the surrounding mountains, you can enjoy the grilled pizza or the Norwegian cod, the two specialities of the restaurant. Try the gorgonzola pizza with walnuts and parma ham. The place is quiet, relaxing, at the height of Tiradentes. A very good table!
O GARIMPEIRO
Read moreO Garimpeiro is the restaurant of the Pousada do Garimpo. It offers top-quality regional and international cuisine. Chef Vandecà's reputation extends far beyond the desolate mountains surrounding Diamantina. Everyone will appreciate his typical mineira cuisine. From appetizers to desserts, all guests are converted to the art of mineiro cooking. The typical Ora pro nobis takes on the dimension of haute cuisine. Generosity is also reflected in the portions. One dish for two is enough for 3 or 4 people. Superb views over the valley.
VIRADAS DO LARGO
Read moreTiradentes is one of the Slow Cities and the restaurant Viradas do Largo is one of the Slow Food capitals. A gastronomic guide has long named it the best regional cuisine restaurant in the country. This is another excellent address for tasting mineira specialities, with a touch of originality from chef Beth Beltrão, as in the saffron chicken, the succulent suckling pig (to order), or her speciality: the famous Tutu mineiro. The angu fritters(pastéis) are simpler, but no less essential.
TRAGALUZ
Read moreThe Tragaluz is another starred restaurant in Tiradentes, in an enchanting and romantic setting. It has brought to the mineira cuisine its letters of nobility. The menu, presented as a text of cordel literature, offers dishes that will delight all palates. The basic elements of the regional cuisine are taken as a starting point and the chef revisits them with an international touch. Smoked surumbi with orange sauce, fillet with mushrooms, carrots and grilled bananas. It's certainly not cheap, but it's very interesting and sophisticated without being overdone.
DONA LUCINHA
Read moreTraditional regional cuisine. A berrante, the twisted horn that stirs up the herds, stirrups, red tomes, isteras (woven tacuara roofs)... It is Minas Gerais itself that decorates this restaurant - an institution of regional gastronomy - run by the courteous Léandro and his team. After the simple traditional salads, you can help yourself to the seventeen fazenda dishes and sixteen tropeiro dishes (the dishes that the gold diggers used to take with them on their way up the mountain) in earthenware containers simmering in a bain-marie.
RELICÁRIO 1800 RESTAURANTE
Read moreA gallery of Art and Restaurant, the Relicario has been held for 38 years by the Carioca Firmina, who speaks French. A few jazz notes gironde in this intimate senzala. Pizza from 24 R $, typical dishes from 50 R $ for 2. Taste the milk pig.
ADEGA OURO PRETO
Read moreTraditional Italian and Italian regional cuisine. This seventeenth century house with fine columns of stone, decorated with posters of French wines, houses an interesting restaurant. Dishes, tasty, have a simple simplicity: trigo, taboo or banana bananas, excellent chicken with onions and fungi, light fish in tomato shirt and sausage sausages. Buffet lunch, flat à la carte dinner. We can take some food. Students appreciate the latter option, good value for money.
BAR E RESTAURANTE CASA DE TAIPA
Read moreNice restaurant in the centre of Catas Altas, with an excellent regional cuisine. Here again, rusticity as we like it. Raw tiles resting on beams built by master carpenters, walls covered in soot, earthenware dishes simmering in a local sauce on a wood stove. "What else? "one might say. The owner, Dona Terezinha, adds that little extra soul to this sincere cuisine.
TAVERNA CHAFARIZ
Read moreIn a colonial setting, a "buffet" restaurant with a neat and very colourful decoration. Everywhere on the walls are old photos, a wooden telephone booth is enthroned at the entrance. A fountain (chafariz) is indeed enthroned against the wall of the dining room. In a magnificent room with apothecary furniture, a copious buffet of mineira cuisine, simmering on the wooden stove under the watchful eye of the cook, offers excellent regional specialities. A small dose of cachaça is offered as an appetizer.
ESTALAGEM DO SABOR
Read moreOne of the oldest restaurants in the city and one of the starred restaurants in Tiradentes. One can talk about fusion cuisine, but this venerable house continues to offer classic mineira cuisine. One comes here for traditional Minas dishes but also for more original creations, executed with mastery by the chef Vicente Teixeira, such as the "religious pig" or the "mané sem jaleco". Try the speciality, the pumpkin with dried meat. Some very pleasant tables outside. Good wine list. A very good address.
XAPURI
Read moreSince 2009, Xapuri is an open-air restaurant where one comes on Sunday lunchtime, before riding around the property or after going to Pampulha. Some of the ingredients come from the vegetable garden. You can try the good lombos de panela, or the frango ao passarinho. The buffet offers eighteen desserts, among which snow eggs, doce de leite, candied pears, casca de mamaye, mango, figs... One of the best regional cuisine restaurants in the city. Of course, traditional music groups complete the pleasure of the table.
RESTAURANTE PICO DO SOL
Read moreA small, relatively lively bar-restaurant located in the main square of Catas Altas, opposite the beautiful Matriz church. The simplicity here is combined with the quality of the food. One of those small restaurants typical of the Minas countryside that exude authenticity, simplicity and sincerity. A very family atmosphere, a very "caseira" cuisine. The environment, if you think in black and white, makes you think of one of those "Cinema Novo" films, where the hero is the everyday man from the interior.
CHOPP REAL
Read moreThe Chopp Real is an ideal address to have a drink or to linger over a dish, in a friendly setting in the heart of the historic center of Ouro Preto. As for the dishes, the establishment offers regional specialties such as Tutu a Mineira or Feijao Tropeiro, but also delicious grilled meat and fish as well as international cuisine (risottos, pasta, pizza...). Let yourself be tempted by the picanha, you won't be disappointed! The service at Chopp Real is efficient and the welcome is warm. Music every night.