El Born - Rio de Janeiro

The first thing that comes into my mind in this place is the great service we had. The staff was super attentive, quick and always had a smile on their faces. The food was good, they serve kind of tapas and a regular menu. The meat options we had were delicious and their seafood ceviche as well octopus tapas amazing. They have a decent bar and good choices of national as well German beer. Their caipirinha was great, I would always go with Salinas as cachaca. Good job guys, keep it going!

Absolutely amazing food and cocktails. And stays open until 2am! The water staff were very attentive, but it's a real shame that the thing that let it down, was the table service Tapas. It's such a fun idea to have tapas dishes brought round, however, we had 2-3 trays (i.e. 2-3 single portions of food brought) and then the tapas disappeared. We were told that more was coming out, but it never arrived. As it was getting towards closing time (by the time we had waited quite a while) we ordered off the menu (which was delicious). I would advise to just order small dishes off the menu rather than wait for the tapas. Very reasonable prices. Would highly recommend.

Lively tapas style brazilian bar restaurant. Couple of streets back off the beach. Options of menu orders , or can sit back and drink while staff make the rounds with little delicious bits of goodness , from tempura and croquettes to fried meats and sausages, a small tick list on the table. Recommend to go ad a small group and enjoy the atmosphere and great hospitality

Lovely tapas bar, with a very friendly host. The waitresses are a little bit lost tho, but the waiters are on point. The food was good. We enjoyed a few tapas: octopus vinagrette, jamon, grilled cheese and grilled shrimp. For mains we went for another jamon on toast, steak tartar and the grilled octopus. Only remark is that the octopus is a little bit burnt and the portion is smaller than what I am used to (see my other posts). The cocktails are good too. We've had the Cosmo, Aperol Spritz, Rusty Nail and the Impossible. As for desserts, huge portion of Tiramisu and Creme Catalana. The tiramisu was still a little bit frozen, which was a shame. Overall 4*.

This place was fun. Different tapas and great drinks. I enjoyed it.