Must-see restaurants in Porto Alegre

  • Agridoce Café

    Porto Alegre

    Don't judge a cafe by its facade! Enter the fascinating Victorian-vintage world of Agridoce and you'll quickly learn which Southern Brazilian cafe is…

  • Atelier das Massas

    Porto Alegre

    Crammed with as much character as artisanal pasta, this dive-like pasta bar should go on your immediate to-do list – never mind the curmudgeonly old…

  • Boteco Natalicio

    Porto Alegre

    The walls of this lively, bilevel boteco (neighborhood bar) straddling Centro and Cidade Baixa are covered in some 200-odd musings of comedians and locals…

  • Le Grand Burger

    Porto Alegre

    It pains us to think a gourmet burger hot spot in the middle of Brazilian beef country needs to import its main ingredient from the UK, but such is life…

  • Mercado Público

    Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre's bustling public market has a wealth of eats. Recommended options include Banca 40, home of the incomparable super bomba royal (a showy ice…

  • Churrascaria Barranco

    Porto Alegre

    Established in 1969, this always-crowded temple of beef has no cowboy shows or endless skewers of speared meat, but it is where locals go for their carne…

  • House Café & Bistro

    Porto Alegre

    Housed in an eclectic 1917 Rio Branco mansion amid grand pianos and wine art, this funky bistro serves an extraordinarily good-value executive lunch for R…

  • Bar Gambrinus

    Porto Alegre

    This restaurant in the Mercado Público is popular for its old-world aura and extremely fresh seafood.

  • Chale da Praça XV

    Porto Alegre

    Housed in a pleasant, Victorian-style garden house and surrounded by a sprawling terrace, this Porto Alegre institution buzzes with activity. Great Sunday…

  • Galpão Crioulo

    Porto Alegre

    Serious gaúcho country means serious meat. Indulge yourself at one of Porto Alegre's best – and most touristy – churrascarias. The live entertainment is…

  • Banca 40

    Porto Alegre

    Home of the incomparable super bomba royal (a showy ice cream and fruit salad concoction; R$15).