Buffet restaurants in Brazil
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Parraxaxá
Festive decor and staff in police and cangaceiro (outlaw) outfits spice up your meal at this fun Northeast-themed restaurant. The self-serve food is a cornucopia of tasty Northeastern dishes – carne de sol (salted beef), macaxeira (a type of cassava), baião de dois (a spicy rice, beans and cheese dish) and grilled meats – with good salads, too.
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Do Campo
This new restaurant's R$10 all-you-can-eat lunch buffet – not per kilo – is one of the best deals in town, especially considering the quality of the spread, including grilled meats, stewed veggies and pasta. Knock on wood it's a permanent feature, but even if the prices go up, the classy setting and lively nighttime bar would still make this a worthy stop.
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Casa D’Italia
The rodízio (smorgasbord) concept works perfectly well for Italian food: instead of skewers of meat, waiters rotate by with dishes of lasagna, pastas with red or cream sauces, and of course pizza of all sorts, including chocolate and banana pizzas for dessert. It’s all-you-can-eat, but don’t get greedy: you pay extra if you leave anything on your plate.
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AFA Bistrô D’amazônia
The name has changed but this unassuming bistro remains one of the best per-kilo lunch spots you’ll find in the Amazonia. The city’s professional classes pack in for fresh and original salad combinations, tender meat and fish dishes, and irresistible desserts. Sundays feature frutas do mar (seafood) and the price jumps to a hefty R$40 per kilo.
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Mister Quilo
The tinted doors conceal a huge and perpetually busy dining area, with three levels, air-con machines blasting and a bevy of blue-shirted waitresses hustling to keep up with drink orders. Diners queue up for a large self-serve spread, including fresh grilled meats, pastas, and desserts.
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Petisco
A popular hang-out spot at night, when they set up tables on the sidewalk facing the plaza. The per-kilo lunch spread is simple and reliable, and includes an ice cream bar. You can also order grilled beef kebabs with rice, or big cheap prato feito (plate of the day).
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Caffé Restaurante
Come here for the excellent lunch buffet. A wide selection of mains – from shepherds pie to fried fish – and a slew of sides and a refrigerated case full of succulent desserts are served in a nice and cool dining area. Popular with professionals, but perfectly affordable.
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Restaurant Nova Opção
A budget self-service Brazilian restaurant with buffet food by weight. Most of the entrees are heavy meat and potato dishes, but it sometimes has a few tasty vegetarian options. When the heat drives you to drink, revitalize with an enormous fresh juice.
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Viena
In a bright, ground-floor of the enormous Conjunto Nacional building, this winningly straightforward café offers a fine lunchtime buffet with the freshest ingredients, plus an evening all-you-can-eat pizza special with excellent salad bar.
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La Gondola
Facing the plaza across a busy intersection, this smaller per-kilo place offers outdoor, fan-cooled or air-con dining areas, in addition to the typical per-kilo options: pasta, potatoes, roast chicken, grilled beef, rice, beans etc.
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Restaurante Oásis
This longtime favorite in Guajará-Mirim can be counted on for a tasty, well-prepared lunch buffet, including fresh grilled meats. The airy dining area gets some street noise, but is still a pleasant place for a midday break.
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Dona Lucinha II
The sumptuous buffet here features 50 traditional Mineiro dishes daily. It’s fairly touristy, and prices have climbed thanks to the owner’s publication of a best-selling cookbook, but the food is still outstanding.
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Restaurant Lili
Lunch is by weight (per kilo R$19), while dinner is R$7 per plate at the same self-serve buffet – a chance to hone your stacking skills. Pickings are reliable, if uninspired. Located near the tourist office.
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Nutris
A good self-service eatery with a decent assortment of vegetarian dishes, Nutris also serves a few chicken and fish dishes.
Restaurants and bars and accommodations also line the waterfront area.
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Refúgio da Louca
This relaxed, airy and attractive spot offers up a health-conscious buffet including grilled fish and savory salads, as well as versions of the classic Brazilian meat-rice-and-bean meal.
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Restaurante Finezza
Directly across from the Miniterio Público building, this popular low-key lunch spot has good self-service with covered outdoor seating. At night, come here for beer and bar food.
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Restaurant Açaí
Though lacking in character – and with prices that are high even for a hotel restaurant – this is a decent option late or on weekends, when many other places are closed.
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A Portinha
This excellent self-service restaurant serves a rotating menu of veggie quiches, salads, seafood stews and meats of all kinds - all kept hot over a wood fire. Save room for dessert.
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O Bode
On an open-sided terrace over the river, this pleasant, well-liked por-kilo restaurant spreads a small but enticing buffet that includes meats, pasta and salads.
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Maria de São Jorge
In a colonial building in the old quarter, this charming spot has a small but top-quality lunch buffet. Bahian artwork and colorful décor adds to the allure.
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Restaurante O Mascote
The lunch buffet is tasty and good value. Fish plates are the specialty at night – try the tucunaré ao molho de camarão (peacock bass in shrimp sauce).
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A Portinha
A Trancoso favorite (with bigger branches in Arraial and Porto Seguro), A Portinha serves gourmet por-kilo food: quiches, seafood, salads and more.
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Mega Chic
Across the bridge from the town center, Mega Chic spreads a decent self-service buffet and offers an à la carte menu of pastas, sandwiches and cocktails.
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Atobá
In a colonial building on the town’s main square, Atobá offers a high-quality buffet (R$32 per kg) at lunch and an à la carte menu of pizzas at dinner.
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Restaurante Cerrados
Opposite the Hotel Serra Azul, serving reliable and reasonably priced per-kilo fare, including freshly grilled meats sliced right onto your plate.
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