The best meat restaurants Brazil

, buffet of hors d'oeuvres to follow after the traditional caipirinha and its appetizers at the bar. The rodizio consists of meat of the highest quality: picanha, mignon, alcatra, mamiya, cupim… family, friends or businessmen. The restaurant is full every evening.

A high-quality and well reputed churrascaria. The servers dressed in trajes from Rio Grande do Sul, gaucho country, offer you 17 types of barbecue cooked meats only with large salt. In the central buffet there are many salad options and hot dishes. To accompany the meal you can take a chimarrão (maté), served at the table (included in the price). 

Here, it is absolutely the "class". A left-bank atmosphere for this good restaurant with three nets to three sauces, orange duck and French or Chilean wines. Cheese lovers will not be disappointed!

Churrascaria Carretao is an institution for meat lovers. The best quality/price ratio of all the churrascarias in the Zona Sul. We serve you at the table until you are hungry. The meats are varied and excellent, the buffet includes a wide selection of salads, sushi, smoked salmon and trout. It's very good, not too expensive and popular. Children under 5 years old pay nothing and those under 10 years old pay half price. The desserts (which look good) are on the other hand paying and less cheap.

In a place where Argentinians are omnipresent, the presence of an Argentinian churrascaria seems to flow naturally. The 2-storey restaurant offers a genuine Argentine parrilla in a friendly setting. as the restaurant's slogan puts it, "Here, it's the meat that does the show". This restaurant has been an institution since the late 1980s, when a gaucho restaurateur, Juan Levin, had the idea of importing the traditional parrillada. Churrascos are served here, as well as excellent fish dishes. It's a shame the service isn't as good.

The name of Mangai restaurant will not be unknown to travellers who have been to the Nordeste. And for good reason! This small chain of restaurants was born in João Pessoa and has built up a solid reputation. It has managed to conquer Brasilia. Its "by the kilo" buffet offers good, rich and varied Nordeste cuisine. The great classics of Sertaneja cuisine are presented here in versions that are both tasty and original. The setting is spacious and the terrace with a view of the lake and the JK bridge is equipped with several hammocks.

For many Soteropolitanos and tourists used to the "Black Rome", this grill is the best churrascaria in Salvador. As in many churrascarias, you'll enjoy the rodízio, a round of 24 different kinds of meat served as much as you like by twirling waiters in a well-regulated ballet, but also the rich buffet of salads, seafood and hot dishes, which offers around 80 options as well as quality sushi. The waiters pass through the dining room, serving quality meat at every turn if you wish.

This is one of the most traditional and renowned houses, the dishes are prepared for two and several people can order two or three kinds of meat. The local differs from the traditional churrascarias. At Barranco, you can choose your table among the different rooms, the atmosphere is that of a house with a covered terrace. The place is always full, you have to get there early on the weekend. On the menu, meat of course: picanha, lombo, costela... We choose the side dishes separately and the waiter goes around with a cart offering the salads.

Café Gourmet is one of those little neighborhood restaurants that we love, still untouched by mass tourism. A small, attractively priced restaurant in the heart of Pelourinho, still authentic, which has unfortunately become quite rare! The menu is simple, but the dishes are good. The moqueca, typical of Salvador, is appetizing. Meat dishes (filet mignon, "carne do sol") are also well served and renowned for their value for money. During the day, you can come in for a coffee and relax in this typically Bahian atmosphere.

Mentioning Argentina inevitably brings to mind the idea of meat, churrasco and the sacrosanct parrilada. The restaurant "El Argentino" is no exception to the rule. We are certainly in the center of Canoa Quebrada, at the seaside, but the Argentino proposes on its menu to eat several kinds of meat. The parriladas "argentinas", of the "chef" and of the sea are very generously served and can satisfy 3 to 4 people. The 1/2 portions will be enough for two. Good atmosphere and some wines to accompany your dish, long live the porteño style at the beach!

The Vermelho Grill is an establishment with a very rustic decoration all in wood, which maintains the "fazenda" atmosphere. The motto of the house is "Passion for meat"... and nothing could be more true! Opposite the park of the indigenous nations, this meat restaurant proposes in a seductive decoration all in wood, T.bones, filets mignons of 500 g, salads. Meat lovers will appreciate it. A little expensive, but the customers come back, which is a good sign. The atmosphere is always pleasant. Impressive wine cellar.

This "churrascaria" offers the classic formula of restaurants of this kind: the buffet of starters (plentiful and all you can eat) is followed by a rodízio (merry-go-round) of grilled meats served on their spits by twirling waiters. All you can eat... We recommend not overdoing the starters and reserving the meats, the most noble pieces being served last... Recommended for carnivores with a big appetite. You can enjoy the breeze on the terrace to appreciate the quietness of Salvador de Bahia.

The Majorica is a very 1960s address, with a decoration so kitsch that it almost becomes chic! Once you set the tone, it's easy to see why the restaurant has been around for decades. The menu is classic and of high quality. The Majorica offers excellent meats on the menu ( picanha lovers will appreciate the local picanha, which is excellent!) and a grilled sausage to ask for as an aperitif. The fish and seafood with notably several cod recipes (bacalhau). Well stocked wine list. A classic.

Picanha do Gugu is a rather tasty churrascaria located in the centre of Saquarema. Well, we know that meat restaurants are less and less popular among Europeans and Brazilians who are more sensitive to the ecological cause, but for those who love meat... and who can nevertheless be sensitized to the Amazonian cause, the restaurant Picanha do Gugu, one of the subsidiaries of the eponymous group, offers good meat. Over several years, however, the price of the picanha has risen. Few non-meat offers.

A restaurant that will soon celebrate its hundred years of existence! Famous for his steaks. Try the net chateaubriand with garlic.

It was also opened in 2007 and honours the gaucho country and its churrasco. Superb wooden décor, magnificent buffet, meat of great nobility, all served by boys by tenue gaucha. Count $ 96.

Rodizio and impressive meat variety.

Situated in the heart of the public market since 1889, the Gambrinus with its old-fashioned charm is a mecca for Portuguese gastronomy. The decor is indeed that of a tavern in old Lisbon, even if the patronymic Gambrinus honours the mythical king of Flanders, symbol of beer lovers. The cuisine is varied and of high quality. You can taste the famous bacalhau, Portuguese style, with a choice of several recipes. Excellent fish dishes in general. The menus offered vary according to the day of the week.

A place not to be missed on Lapa nights. The Nova Capela is an institution of the district and a symbol of its rebirth. This tavern, more than a hundred years old, is a popular meeting place for musicians, artists and journalists. Its style is so old school that, for many, it becomes deliciously trendy. It offers iced beers, snacks and a very relaxed atmosphere. You can also taste meats that are rarely found in Rio, such as goat or wild boar! A classic of the neighborhood's gastronomic scene.

Definitely one of the best churrascarias in Foz. If the establishment does not offer a spectacular setting, question table is luxury: hearts of palm, asparagus heads, broccoli, tabbouleh, and all the hot sauces in the world. Then the boys offer you their skewers, sausages and hot pineapples for a rodizio show, where the bovines take the lead. You can try Rhenish wines or a Brazilian Cabernet Sauvignon. Among the desserts, you can melt for a maracuja mousse or creams studded with gelatin cubes.