The best restaurants Brésil Nordeste

Behind a wooden door, in the bohemian district of Rio Vermelho, stands a magical garden, hidden at the end of an alley. Surrounded by a beautiful yellow house, Manjericao is a vegetarian, vegan and organic restaurant. The name "Manjericao" (basil) reflects the owners' love of nature in all its forms, both around us and on our plates. You can eat by the kilo, everything is fresh, light and tasty. The desserts are delicious, as are the fruit juices. The little "micos" monkeys seem to enjoy the place. Another Bahian cuisine.

Boipeba's O Ceu restaurant is a superb place to have breakfast or lunch. Café da manha is often the perfect way to start the day in Brazil, and the Ceu's experience doesn't belie this assertion. Juices, fruit, granola, eggs... Chef Juliane Martinez also offers a "por do sol" menu (small sweet and savoury dishes) and a "Diner" menu (salad, risotto, pasta... A culinary adventure at affordable prices.

An emblematic establishment in the Barra district, with its sailboat look, the Barravento has reopened its doors after being closed for several years. It has been redecorated and refurbished. People come here to eat seafood, with friends or family of course, but also to enjoy the view of the sea, at the foot of the "Mirante", and perhaps to be seen. You can enjoy an aperitif with a welcome happy hour ("filé aperitivo" at R$59) or try more complete dishes (picanha, moqueca...) in a wide range of prices.

The Zulu bar-restaurant is ideally located on Laranjeiras street, in the heart of Pelourinho. Its reputation is well established. Salads, regional dishes, everything is good value for money. The moqueca (camarao or fish) is top-notch, and one dish is more than enough for two. For lighter snacks, the chicken and mango salad is a real treat for the taste buds. The menu is varied and vegans are not forgotten. Last but not least, on certain evenings you can watch the Olodum youth butacada.

The Ulisses bar and restaurant, in the lively Santo Antonio alem do Carmo district, has established itself as one of Salvador de Bahia's places to be. From its beautiful terrace overlooking the Bay of All Saints, you can sip a fruit juice or a caipirinha while watching the Por Do Sol. The regional cuisine on offer is top-notch. Live music on certain evenings. A real traditional boteco atmosphere. A simple, authentic Bahian place.

Restaurant Poro has moved across the street to its new quarters, but the quality of the food hasn't changed. The view from the terrace is enchanting at night, embracing the Bay of Tous les Saints. In addition to excellent cocktails (such as the "oeil du tigre", invented by the chef), the cuisine at the bar is innovative, varied and tasty. Special, creative menus are regularly offered (such as for Valentine's Day). The chef systematically offers vegan dishes to open up his establishment to all gourmets.

In the heart of Pelourinho, on Maciel de Baixo Street, Uaua has been serving North-Eastern specialties for decades... and that in itself is a guarantee of quality. The décor is reminiscent of the austere lands of the North East. Yet it's a pleasure to come here, because the dishes perfectly convey the sincerity of Nordeste cuisine and its inhabitants. You can of course try the typical Bahian dishes, but specialties like carne do sol or carne verde are excellent, and the manioc fries are like no other.

As its name suggests, Artes e Sabores is a place where gastronomy and the arts meet. In fact, art is present on the premises, as Artes e Sabores is housed in the former Lençois cinema. The various indoor and outdoor spaces are all cosy and pleasant. The cuisine is inspired by Japanese cuisine of the highest quality (the yakissoba is exquisite), but international dishes are also on offer. The strawberry coulis filon mignon is a must-try. A wonderful discovery!

Quarar restô & café is a small, unpretentious restaurant serving quality dishes. Cream of vegetable soup, quiche, salad, palmito sandwiches... Small dishes typical of the region (carne do sol, shrimps with aïpim purée...). Here again, vegetarians and vegans are not forgotten (aïpim purée with mushrooms and salad). The desserts are tempting: sorbet or dulce de leche and walnut tarts). In short, this is the place to be if you're feeling peckish or peckish in the afternoon!

You can't come to Salvador de Bahia without tasting the traditional acarajés, derived from African culinary traditions. Of course, not everyone likes this red bean fritter fried in palm oil or dendê. If you're curious, don't miss the Dinha stand on largo do Santana. You can usually spot the long queue in front of this stall, where ladies dressed in the traditional white Bahian costume are bustling about, derived from the traditional garb of the lands of the Gulf of Guinea from which their ancestors were uprooted.

Panela de Barro has earned itself a reputation as one of Boipeba's finest restaurants, and it has to be said that this reputation is well-founded. The restaurant itself is rather simple, giving the impression of entering a family kitchen, but it's the cooking and service that win the accolades. The seafood is very well served and the spaghetti is excellent, but it's perhaps the mixed moqueca with shrimp, fish and banana that has made this Bahian island restaurant famous. Excellent "comida caseira". A must-try!

Casa da Nati is a good option in Praia do Forte. One of the best proofs of this is that since our first visits in the first decade of the 2000s, there are still just as many diners who come in search of simple, quality food. You can find good quality local food. You can eat by the kilo or à la carte. The atmosphere is relaxed, and you're served with a smile. Soft music lulls diners to sleep. A very good vegan moqueca will delight those looking for appetizing non-meat dishes.

The Malibu Cabana is a beachbarraca with a nice infrastructure and a good restaurant, located on the very festive page ofTaperapuan. It is very popular with locals and tourists. The atmosphere is both professional and family. The dishes are very well prepared, honoring local products and/or seafood. The cockails, which should be consumed in moderation, are famous in the whole region. You can enjoy them on the deckchairs or on the yellow tables lined up on the beach, surrounded by their parasols.

Good Italian restaurant, card without surprises.

For almost a quarter of a century, the Pousada Tubarão restaurant has been located right on the beach. It's a large wooden shack with tables scattered on the sand, in the shade of the trees. The menu features grilled fish and meat, seafood and cocktails made from fruit grown in the garden. The caipiroska and the magical sea view are almost worth the detour alone. Good food and a pleasant atmosphere.

Some specialties, such as empadas, are part of the country's culinary heritage. The empadas (Brazilian specialty) of the Cabana da Empada are famous. They are tasty and inventive. If you have never tasted an empada, then you will not regret this little break on the road. These small cakes, which are basically salty, are a delight. Crab, shrimps, cheese, carne seca are on the menu. On the sweet side (much less usual): doce de leite, cupuaçu, chocolate, guava... The place also has a restaurant side (Bahian dishes).

Founded in 1910, this café-restaurant has kept its Belle Epoque style. Rich fazendeiros and intellectuals of Ilhéus used to gather at its patina tables. Jorge Amado made it the haunt of Gabriela and Nacib, the characters of his novel Gabriela. Its shaded terrace, open to the square (and facing the cathedral), makes it a strategic place to enjoy a beer during a walking tour of the city. Simple and plentiful food at all hours. Impossible to leave without taking a picture of yourself sitting on the terrace with the statue of Jorge Amado!

Mistura is one of the best fish and Mediterranean restaurants in Salvador. Chef Andrea Ribeiro's main source of inspiration is simply the sea. The suggested starter is the seafood salad with octopus, shrimp, lobster, fresh mussels and raw oysters. Try the linguine with lobster. The menu also offers classic pasta and meat dishes. The decoration, in wood and bricks, designed by the architect Sydney Quintela, is refined and brings an extra soul to this beautiful address. A beautiful address.

Sorriso da Dada is a Salvador tradition. Now it's Dada's daughters who take charge of the restaurant in Pelourinho. The famous chef, a true legend in Salvador (she's on TV and billboards, a bit like choumicha in Morocco, for those in the know), runs her other restaurant, located in her former home (Sabores da Dada). Both are great places to discover Bahian cuisine. The food is deservedly renowned and the atmosphere assured, but get your wallets ready.

Amado is a contemporary Brazilian Michelin-starred restaurant run by Paulist chef Edinho Engel. Amado's cuisine has a French culinary touch, but the influences are international and varied. For starters, why not try the salmon tartar with wasabi and caviar cream, followed by a variation of moqueca with caju and shrimp, or shrimp-stuffed squid with mandioquinha mousseline. Enjoy the superb view of the bay as you savor these dishes.

Bahian and Brazilian cuisine is strongly focused on meat and fish products. However, fans of vegetarian, vegan and organic cuisine will find restaurants and establishments in Bahia that will meet their expectations. Since 1994, the Ramma Cozinha Natural restaurant in the Barra district has been welcoming lovers of fresh, healthy cuisine. No eggs, no fried food in hot or cold dishes. You'll find fish and chicken, but the heart of the menu is based on quality products. A must-try!

In the bohemian district of Rio Vermelho, the Casa de Tereza restaurant has been an institution for many years. Chef Tereza Paim has successfully met the challenge of offering an innovative cuisine that combines art, culture and gastronomy. Local artists are called upon to decorate the restaurant's various lounges, and Bahian culture and its African origins are duly honored. Whether it's a menu from the sea or from the land, everything is created with high-quality ingredients. A successful challenge to "sustainable" cuisine. Worth knowing.

A restaurant as we like them, where time seems to have stopped. A small wooden restaurant, friendly and simple. Tables placed directly on the beach of Cueira, almost feet in the water. A huge beach and palm trees. What else? Simply happiness. Guido's restaurant, located on the seafront of the Praia de Cueira, is known for its grilled lobsters, prepared in front of you on a wood fire. Sometimes the simplest pleasures are the best. The seafood dishes are not to be outdone. To know!

If Pousada Santa Clara is one of the best addresses on the island of Boipeba, some gourmets refer to the pousada 's restaurant as one of the best, if not the best, on the island. The Santa Clara restaurant offers contemporary cuisine made with carefully selected local ingredients. The menus, concocted by American chef Mark, change daily and offer three options for starter, main course and dessert. Reservations highly recommended during the summer.

In 1985, Sandra Marques and Fernando Leite opened "Capim Santo" in Trancoso, in partnership with a couple of friends, in a small house on the Quadrado. The food was prepared on a wood stove with ingredients from the garden and fresh fish delivered by local fishermen." This is the same concept that still characterizes the house today, keeping it casual and sophisticated, in a rustic and colorful atmosphere. Fish and dishes à la carte. The pleasure is in the plate and also in the decorum. A little expensive but worth it.

The "barracas de praia" are inseparable from the days and nights of Porto Seguro. Jamaica Beach is one of the most famous. It is a beach barraca unlike any other, the result of the work of cocktail specialist Smokey Joe Lowe and Portuguese chef Maria Henriques. Cocktails, Portuguese and Jamaican dishes are on the menu. They have also taken great care in the decoration: art objects are displayed everywhere. As for the music, there is no axé music, but lots of reggae, salsa and merengue.

Leila drew on the origins of Bahian food to create her restaurant. The result: African-influenced food and Baiano recôncavo. The air-conditioned main room is reminiscent of a candomblé terreiro. As for the food, lots of shrimp, seafood, peanuts and cashews form the basis of this gourmet cuisine, also inspired by dishes prepared in public markets. For the main course, the choice is between the seafood feijoada, a house specialty, theEfo (of African origin prepared with taioba, a green leaf full of vitamins), the coconut Mariene (Leila's creation), a real favorite of this place.

In one of Lençois' liveliest streets, the Quilombola restaurant is a fitting tribute to regional cuisine. In reference to the origins of many of the Chapadas' inhabitants (quilombolas are communities of former maroon slaves), all Bahian and regional cuisine is offered in quality in a simple, welcoming setting. Shrimp moqueca with banana da terra, fried apnhari with manioc purée, with good music in the background. What else?

The restaurant at the Pousada Passargada lives up to its reputation. It serves excellent Bahian cuisine, as well as a variety of dishes, salads and burgers. The view from the terrace is magical. You can enjoy an afternoon tea(chà da tarde) or sip an aperitif while admiring the play of colors on the Por do Sol, before sitting down to dinner. Land (grilled meat), sea (seafood and fish, ceviche), salad, pasta, snacks, veggie, there's something for everyone. A good address.

The Quatro Amici pizzeria is a cosy place in this lively and quiet area of Barra, a few meters from the Farol beach. It is a pizzeria with a chic restaurant service (valet parking at the entrance). The façade and the interior show a real aesthetic research. The alternation of bricks, which gives a vintage aspect, with the wood of the ceiling and the bright white walls, gives a cosy and pleasant aspect. The pizzas and Italian dishes are of good quality. The food and wine lists are rich and of high quality.

Located in one of Lençois' liveliest streets, the Don Oba restaurant has earned a reputation as a fine dining and convivial venue. All the regional classics are served here with excellence. Carne do sol is a favorite, as are picanha (grilled noble meat) and the more basic "aipim" (cassava French fries). The "poço encantado" cocktail, to be enjoyed with or without moderation, is excellent. The decor is both sober and tasteful. The welcome from Leivi, her family and her team is absolutely friendly and professional. A must visit!

On the praia do centro, the Pipa Beach Club has established itself as an essential beach bar and restaurant. This vast space is almost right in the water, and the view of the beach is superb. The cocktails are renowned, and watching the sunset while sipping a drink is truly magical. The dishes served in the restaurant are generous and the menu is a little more sophisticated than in other Pipa bars. Prices are quite reasonable. The quality of service is also a hallmark of the place.

Self-service restaurant for vegetarians. The framework is New Roman: veranda, small columns. You can type in cabbage, drink, and in complete rice. No sauce, you're punished. Beans, soy, ginger chunks, full pie, sort of tasteless pâte dough. The bosses are vegetarians but they are heads of lard! After that, you can go to a real restaurant eating something tasty.

Good Italian restaurant.

Fish and seafood specialities in a friendly setting offering sea view.

. kitchen. In a beautiful environment with a nice view. You can also rent a chalet for 250 R $ and make horse. Access by precarious land road.

Good food does not only mean great restaurants. The Mangai offers a superb self-service buffet of regional cuisine. The original and tasty recipes delight the guests in a wonderful, streamlined setting. It's so good that there are even hammocks to digest after the meal.

The breads served in the restaurant have been so successful that the owners have opened a bakery, Fabricca Mangai, with more than 50 types of bread. The cassava and coconut bread is the house specialty.

A good fish restaurant with a nice view.

Cruzeiro do Pescador (Fisherman's Cruise) is a Portuguese restaurant entirely dedicated to seafood... Of course. Lobsters, shrimps and fish make up a large part of the menu. However, meat is not absent from the menus. One of the specificities of the house is the use of a fireplace and a charcoal oven. The current restaurant owners have taken over the refined traditions of the former French owner. A rather refined seafood restaurant with impeccable service. We will honor the cod in the style of the house.

A dream situation, facing the sea. The staff were friendly and helpful. Seafood specialities and typical regional cuisine (octopus, crab, shrimp, moqueca, dried meat…). Try, for example, pirão, like vegetable purée and seafood.

Still in the series "a transalpine culinary presence is a guarantee of quality", Piazzale Italia will not belie this maxim. The former "Mama Italia", under the direction of the renowned chef Thiago Gomes, is a very nice and good Italian house that offers a large number of Italian dishes. On the menu are pizzas, pastas (including vongole), risottos, fish dishes and more. Veja magazine has awarded the restaurant several times as the best Italian restaurant in the city and chef Gomes as chef of the year. A pleasant address

Lampião is an iconic character from the Nordeste, but the word also simply means lampion. The eponymous Luso-Brazilian restaurant is a space illuminated every night by handmade lights from the "Gatos e Ruas" shop. The show is guaranteed for the eyes and for the pupils. On the large wooden tables, there is a large buffet with a wide choice of salads, pasta, rice, meat and some typical dishes from the Nordeste and also from Portugal. The setting is spacious and airy. You must try the fish stuffed with shrimps.

You have understood, the camarão (shrimp) is the king of the place which counts among the best tables of Natal. In fact, there are now several "Camaroes" restaurants that honor the seafood. The dishes are varied, original and make much success among the natalenses and tourists of passage. The restaurant of Ponta Negra is a modern and warm establishment with its structure of wood and earth. A pleasant covered terrace is a great place to eat in the evening. Meat and seafood complete the menu.

Like the hotel of the same name, the Manary Gastronomia & Arte restaurant is a fine dining experience. It offers refined cuisine in a superb setting overlooking the sea. The chef offers dishes based on carefully selected local ingredients: shrimp, lobster, fish, pumpkin, quiabo and even da terra (earth) butter. Desserts are just as good. One of our favorite addresses in Ponta Negra.

A subdued and romantic atmosphere for the Oca Toca, the gourmet restaurant of the Toca da Coruja hotel, where you can eat seafood specialities to the sound of the waves in a vast green space. Exceptional setting, professional service, wide choice of wines, very good cuisine and skilfully presented dishes. Regional Brazilian cuisine and contemporary gastronomy, prepared by the chef Wagner Aguiar. A quality wine cellar. Music, lighting, aromas and flavours merge with the nature of a huge tropical garden.

It is customary to say, in the Petit Futé as elsewhere, that the presence of an Italian restaurant is often the certainty of a moment of culinary pleasure. We could add that if this one is held by Argentinians, the satisfaction will be as great. In Pipa, it's a good thing, they are indeed Gauchos who officiate. Held by Argentines, this pizzeria is perhaps the best in town: you can eat for a very good price beautiful portions filled with fresh products, but also rather nourishing empanadas, in a very surf atmosphere.

As its name suggests, l'Atelier de Massas offers a menu that focuses mainly on pasta. Cosy atmosphere for this unpretentious Italian restaurant, with a pretty flowery porch. The dishes speak for themselves, the aesthetics don't lie and the flavours are as good as the beautiful plates presented. The fruit pasta, gratins and gnocchi are generously served and have nothing to envy the plates served in the boot. For a modest price, you can try a whole range of homemade pastas... even for dessert, with the chocolate ravioli.

We'll make a momentary infidelity to the North-Eastern cuisine by going to Mina d'Agua. It is a restaurant of specialities from Minas Gerais (the chef is from there), everything is presented in the form of a self-service buffet. It is a return to a very Brazilian tradition. Here, the food is weighed and paid for by the kilo. Everything is very good, main dishes as well as side dishes, and the proposals change every day. Excellent desserts. A good address.

The Nau restaurants (two in João Pessoa, one in Natal and one in Brasilia) have earned a solid reputation as restaurants specializing in fish and seafood. Veja magazine has already named them the "best fish restaurant in Brazil" several times. Restaurant Nau de Cidade Jardim, on Manarai beach, is housed in a modern design building, the large service room is rather elegant and the service is professional. The dishes are made with fresh fish and seafood. Prices are a bit high, but justified.

On the beach of Pirangi do Norte, the paçoca de pilao is a good restaurant of regional cuisine, which is worth the trip. The dishes are prepared with care and the menu is diverse. Try the dish that gave the restaurant its name: pacoça, a delicious mixture of carne-do-sol and cassava flour accompanied by green beans, cassava, banana and rice. For those who don't like the traditional carne do sol, you can try the very good shrimps in the Paçoca de pilao, the vatapà, traditional Bahian dish. A good address.