Bars in Rio de Janeiro

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Bars in Rio de Janeiro; all the best information

When it comes to bars in Rio de Janeiro you have almost a limitless number of options all over the city. The cheapest options being beer sold from the trunk of a car or the local cornerbar, to the exclusive lounge bars in Leblon that are a lot more expensive. The traditional bar (or boteco in Portuguese) in Rio is crowded, has no music and conversations are loud; A big variety of snack food is available, people drink ice cold draught beer (chope) or caipirinhas. In the simpler establishments you share big bottles of beer with your friends. I have listed a selection of bars in Rio below, for your convenience they are sorted by neighbourhoods.

List of Bars in Rio de Janeiro
(With GLS i mean Gay & Lesbian Scene)

Ipanema Leblon/Gávea Jardim Botánico/Lagoa Copacabana/Leme Botafogo/Humaitá/Urca Laranjeiras/Flamengo Catete/Gloria Santa Teresa Centro/Lapa

Ipanema To top of this page

Botequim Informal
Open: Everyday from 12h
Comments: Popular boteco just by the Park N.S de Paz, the crowd mingles with the line to the posh nightclub Baronetti. Street vendors make sure that cheap beer and lethally unhealthy hotdogs is available.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Barão da Torre 348 map
Phone: 2247-6712/2247-8854
Site: Botequim Informal

Bar Devassa
Open: Everyday from 17h
Comments: Modern style boteco with chique crowd that sell beer of their own make, located on the corner of Farme de Amoedo. This type of bars in Rio is becoming increasingly more popular.
Food: Contemporary
Dresscode: Casual/Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: R. Prudente de Moraes 416 map
Phone: 2522-0627
Site: Devassa

Conversa Fiada
Open: Everyday from 12h
Comments: A two storey place with a busy pool table upstairs. Just in front of Empório. Belongs to the new style of bars in rio, posher, a bit more western.
Food: Contemporary
Dresscode: Casual/Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: R. Maria Quitéria 46 map
Phone: 2247-8609
Site: Conversa Fiada

Lord Jim´s Pub
Open: Mon-Thu 18h/2:30h Fr 18h/4:30h Sat, Sun 13h/4h30
Comments: The oldest pub in Rio in its newest guise. Live music, quiz nights on Tuesdays, happy hour Mon-Fri 18h/20h. Shows international sport on big screen.
Food: Pub food
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: R. Paul Redfern 44 map
Phone: 2249-4881
Site: Lord Jim´s

A Casa da Lua
Open: Tue-Sun 11h/2h
Comments: GLS bar, sometimes live music, small with tables on the sidewalk. One of the few bars in Rio de Janeiro with a lesbian profile.
Food: Contemporary
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: R. Barão da Torre 240 map
Phone: 3813-3972

Bofetada
Open: Everyday from 8h
Comments: A classic bar/restaurant, GLS mingles with families. One of the oldest bars in Rio de Janeiro inaugurated in the 1930´s.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Farme de Amoedo 87 map
Phone: 2227-1675

Belmonte
Open: Everyday 10h/3h
Comments: Located at the square General Osório, a typical boteco, not so much atmosphere.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Teixeira de Melo 53 map
Phone: 2267-9909
Site: Belmonte

Fasano Hotel/Londra
Open: Everyday
Comments: This is the lobby lounge of the luxury hotel Fasano. It´s located on the beach avenue in Ipanema. DJ and live jazz. Perfect if you want to have a bit of the good life.
Food: International
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: Depends, but it´s not cheap
Address: Av. Vieira Souto 80 map
Phone: 3202-4000
Site: Fasano Hotels

The Irish Pub
Open: Mon 2h/2h Tue-Thu 11:30/2h Fri, Sat 11:30h/3h Sun 12h/2h
Comments: Beer food and sports on TV. The owner is actually Irish and is a more relaxed option than Shenanigan´s. There are a few bars in Rio that gives you a feeling you could be anywhere in the world, this is one of them.
Food: Pub food
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: R. Jangadeiros 14a map
Phone: 2513-3044
Site: The Irish Pub

Empório
Open: Everyday from 20h
Comments: Rockbar with DJ and small dancefloor, big crowd on weekends. This place have been popular a long time and probably will continue to be, open until late on weekends when you also have some working girls there (because of the high gringo rate?). One of the more famous bars in Rio de Janeiro.
Food: Snack food
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 30R$-100R$
Address: R. Maria Quitéria 37 map
Phone: 3813-2526

Expand Wine Bar
Open: Mon-Sat 9h/00h
Comments: If you want to drink some really good (and expensive) wine, this is the place.Food: Wine food
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 70R$-1000R$
Address: R. Barão da Torre 358 map
Phone: 2523-2747

Bar Lagoa
Open: Mon 18h/2h Tue-Sun 12h/2h
Comments: Art Deco designed bar who opened it´s doors in the 1930´s, heavy German food is the speciality. Located on the lake, perfect for some sausage and potato salad in the early evening.
Food: German
Dresscode: Pants and Shoes
How much money to bring?: 30R$-60R$
Address: Av. Epitácio Pessoa 1674 map
Phone: 2287-1112/2523-1468
Site: Bar Lagoa

Shenanigan´s
Open: Mon-Fri 16h/2h Sat, Sun 14h/3h
Comments: Irish pub, pooltable, darts, quiz night on Mondays with half price on steak, football games. One of the oldest meeting spots for gringos in town.
Food: Pub food
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 40R$-100R$
Address: R. Visconde de Pirajá 112 map
Phone: 2267-5860
Site: Shenanigan´s

Leblon/Gávea To top of this page

Devassa
Open: Everyday from 16h
Comments: Really nice modern style boteco with home brewed beer, two floors. Located on a really lush and green street.
Food: Contemporary
Dresscode: Casual/Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: Av. General San Martin 1241, Leblon map
Phone: 2540-6087
Site: Devassa

Botequim Informal
Open: Tue-Sun 18h/2h
Comments: The first of the Informals.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Humberto de Campos 646, Leblon map
Phone: 2259-6967
Site: Botequim Informal

Bar d´Hotel
Open: Mon-Wed, Sun 18h/1h, Thu-Sat 18h/2h
Comments: A typical hotel bar located in Hotel Marina All Suítes. Posh. Of all the bars in Rio de Janeiro this one probably has the highest celebrity rate.
Food: Contemporary snack food
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 40R$-100R$
Address: Av. Delfim Moreira 696, Leblon map
Phone: 2540-4990

Bar da Praia
Open: Mon-Thu, Sun 20h/00:30h Fri, Sat 18h/3h
Comments: A beach styled bar where the rich young bohemia wannabes hang out. A DJ plays House (actually one of a few bars in Rio de Janeiro that play Dance music).
Food: Contemporary snack food
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-80R$
Address: R. João Lira 5, Leblon map
Phone: 2540-5212

Bracarense
Open: Mon-Sat 7h/00h Sun 9h/22h
Comments: Famous small boteco with reputedly good shrimp pastries, good for the afternoon after a sunny day. Good bars in Rio are like this, cold beer, loud conversations and good snack food.
Food: Brazilian snack food
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. José Linhares 85, Leblon map
Phone: 2294-3549
Site: Bracarense

Bar Bracarense

Academia da Cachaça
Open: Everyday 12h/2h
Comments: Bar specialized in the local booze cachaça and the different fruit drinks caipifrutas and caipirinhas.
Food:
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-60R$
Address: R. Conde Bernadotte 26, Leblon map
Phone: 2239-1542
Site: Academia da Cachaça

Academia de Cachaça

Pizzaria Guanabara
Open: Everyday 24 hours
Comments: A meeting spot for the wealthier young cariocas after clubbing.
Food: Pizza
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: Av. Ataulfo de Paiva 1228, Leblon map
Phone: 2294-0797
Site: Pizzaria Guanabara

Cobal de Leblon
Open:
Comments: A number of bars and restaurant where you in an open atmosphere can mingle around. Many of the bars in Rio de Janeiro are clustered together like this.
Food:
Dresscode: Casual/Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Gilberto Cardoso, Leblon map
Phone:

Hipódromo
Open: Mon, Thu, Sun 9h/1h Fri, Sat 9h/3h
Comments: The street party Baixo da Gávea circles around this place. Frequented mostly by university students.
Food: Snackfood
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 10R$-30R$
Address: Praça Santos Dumont 108, Gávea map
Phone: 2274-9720

Jardim Botánico/Lagoa To top of Bars in Rio de Janeiro

Devassa
Open: Everyday from 17h
Comments:
Food: Contemporary
Dresscode: Casual/Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: Av. Lineu de Paula Machado 696, Jardim Botánico map
Phone: 2274-1513
Site: Devassa

Caroline Café
Open: Everyday from 11h
Comments: The most famous boteco in this neighbourhood.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. J.J. Seabra 10, Jardim Botânico map
Phone: 2540-0705

Quiosques
Open: Everyday from Midday
Comments: Around the lake there are various so called quiosques where you can eat and drink. Some of them have live music everyday, most are located in front of the jockey club and they all close around midnight. It´s a perfect choice for a slow evening. Bars in Rio de Janeiro have many profiles and these are the most laidback.
Food: Yes
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-60R$

Copacabana/Leme To top of this page

Cervantes
Open: Tue-Thu, Sun 12h/4h Fri, Sat 12h/5h30
Comments: The last stop on the way home from Lapa where you can quench your hunger with a heavy duty sandwich. Classic. The waiters look time warped from the thirties. My friend swears we saw Pete Townsend in there, I´m pretty sure it wasn´t him.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: Av. Prado Júnior 335, Copacabana map
Phone: 2275-6147

Lobby Bar
Open: Everyday 8h/1h
Comments: This lobby bar has a jazz quartet playing Tue-Sat 20h/23h but confirm since it´s not always on.
Food:
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: Hotel Pestana Rio Atlântica, Av. Atlântica 2964, Copacabana map
Phone: 2548-6332

Quiosque Rainbow
Open: Everyday 24 hours
Comments: A meetingplace for GLS, on Sundays a transvestite show starting 21:30 and finishing 23:30.
Food: No
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 10R$-30R$
Address: Av. Atlantica in front of Copacabana Palace map

Belmonte
Open: Everyday 9h/3h
Comments: One of the better, if not the best, boteco in Copacabana. Nice atmosphere, located on the corner of Rua Bolivar. Of all the bars in Rio few are in Copacabana so this is a hot tip if you live there.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Domingos Ferreira 242, Copacabana map
Phone: 2255-9696/2255-0785
Site: Belmonte

Bossanova
Open: Mon-Sat 18h/2h
Comments: Nice little bar right next to Informal on the corner of Barão da Ipanema.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Domingos Ferreira 215, Copacabana map
Phone: 2549-7597

Botequim Informal
Open: Everyday from 12h
Comments: A good boteco on the corner of Barão da Ipanema.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Domingos Ferreira 215A, Copacabana map
Phone: 3816-0909
Site: Botequim Informal

Bar Eclipse

Bar Eclipse
Open: Everyday 24 hours
Comments: Not one of the cheaper snack and juice bars in Rio, but the quality is always high and it is the last stop for many in the small hours. After the last reformation it unfortunately lost the original feel and turned into a restaurant.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: Av. N S de Copacabana 1309, Copacabana map
Phone: 2523-7895

Atlântico
Open: Everyday 19h/4h
Comments: A bar club with DJ playing music. Trendy with international feeling. Not touristy. You pay entrance.
Food: Modern menu, cross over
Dresscode: Smart casual
How much money to bring?: 50R$-100R$
Address: Av. Atlântica 3880, Copacabana map
Phone: 2513-2485

Copa Café
Open: Mon-Thu, Sun 19h/1h Fri, Sat 19h/2h
Comments: This is a more exclusive cocktail bar with for the category reasonable prices. Definitely separates itself from most other places in Copacabana, this type of place you are more likely to find over in Leblon.
Food:
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: Av. Atlântica 3056, Copacabana map
Phone: 2235-2947/2255-5343

Roof Bar
Open: Tue-Sat 10h/00h Sun, Mon 11h/23h
Comments: The rooftop bar of Hotel Miramar, spectacular view.
Food:
Dresscode: Smart Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-70R$
Address: Av. Atlântica 3668, Copacabana map
Phone: 2525-0303

Mud Bug
Open: Everyday 17h/2h
Comments: Kind of an American sports bar.
Food: American
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Paula Freitas 55, Copacabana map
Phone: 2235-6847
Site: Mud Bug

Xodó da Moça
Open: Everyday 7h/00h
Comments: A small simple but recommendable boteco.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Gustavo Sampaio 410, Leme map
Phone: 2295-0674

Leme Light
Open: Everyday from 6h
Comments:
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Gustavo Sampaio 795, Leme map
Phone: 2275-5498

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O Plebeu
Open: Mon-Sat 8:30h/5h Sun 8:30/20h
Comments: Nice old boteco in a old two storey house.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Capitão Salomão 50, Botafogo map
Phone: 2286-0699

Bukowski
Open: Thu-Sat 22h/5h
Comments: Rock bar with dance floor and surrealistic theme. This is one of the bars in Rio where you have an alternative crowd.
Food:
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Álvaro Ramos 270, Botafogo map
Phone: 3239-1663/2244-7303

Chega de Saudade Botequim
Open: Mon-Sat 12h/1h Sun 12h/17h
Comments: Some nights live music.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Dona Mariana 81, Botafogo map
Phone: 2535-4572

Botecotaco
Open: Everyday 24 hours
Comments: 6 pool tables, jukebox.
Food:
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 10R$-30R$
Address: R. Humaitá 122, Botafogo map
Phone: 2539-5109

Puebla Café
Open: Tue-Sat 11:30h/3h Sun 19:30h/00h
Comments: A bar/restaurant with a Mexican theme.
Food: Mexican
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 30R$-50R$
Address: R. Voluntários da Pátria 448, Humaitá map
Phone: 2286-5623

Bar e Restaurante Urca
Open: Mon-Sat 6h/23h Sun 6h/19
Comments: A nice bar/restaurant with a good view of Baía de Guanabara (Guanabara Bay). Too few bars in Rio take advantage of the beauty of this city like here.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Cândido Gaffrée 205, Urca map
Phone: 2295-8744
Site: Bar Urca

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Mercado São José
Open: Tue-Thu 17h/1h Fri, Sat 17h/2:30h Sun 17h/00h
Comments: In an old market building there are several small bars, GLS crowd.
Food: Snack food
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. das Laranjeiras 154, Laranjeiras map

Severyna
Open: Everyday 11:30h/2h
Comments: A restaurant with a meny from the Northeast and likewise decorated, some nights live music.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Ipiranga 54, Laranjeiras map
Phone: 2556-9398
Site: Severyna

Casa Rosa
Open: Varies
Comments: Sundays live samba starting at 17h. Has various shows, call to confirm.
Food: Sometimes
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Alice 550, Laranjeiras map
Phone: 8877-8804/9364-8011
Site: Casa Rosa

Belmonte
Open: Everyday 6h/3h
Comments: This classic small boteco is the first of the Belmontes, more crowded than nice. This place became kind of a role model and copied by many other bars in Rio.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. do Flamengo 300, Flamengo map
Phone: 2552-3349
Site: Belmonte

Picote
Open: Mon-Sat 7h/1h Sun 10h/23h
Comments: Chairs and tables on the sidewalk makes it a good place for a beer in the afternoon.
Food: Snack food
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. Marquês de Abrantes 128, Flamengo map
Phone: 2552-1799

Manoel & Juaquim
Open: Tue-Sat 17h/3h Sun 12h/3h
Comments: Nicely located at Largo Machado in a nice airy building.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Almirante Tamandaré 77, Flamengo map
Phone: 2556-7488
Site: Manoel e Juaquim

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Bar do Getúlio
Open: Everyday 9h/2h
Comments: Traditional bar located in an area with nice old houses, close to the subway.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-40R$
Address: R. do Catete 146, Catete map
Phone: 2285-2444

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Bar do Mineiro
Open: Tue-Sat from 11h Sun 11h/20h
Comments: The classic hangout for the bohemians of Santa Teresa. Located close to Praça de Guimares. There are bars in Rio de Janeiro where you can feel the atmosphere, this is one of them.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Paschoal Carlos Magno 99 map
Phone: 2221-9227

Bar do Arnaudo
Open: Mon 12h/18h Tue-Fri 12h/23h Sat, Sun, Holidays 12h/20:30h
Comments: More a restaurant than a bar, really good food from the Northeast, try the Carne de Sol com Aipim, large selection of Cachaça. In one of the many older houses in this neighbourhood.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 20R$-50R$
Address: R. Almirante Alexandrino 316 map
Phone: 2210-0817

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Bar Luiz
Open: Mon-Sat 11h/23h
Comments: Perfect for a lunch in the city center, boosts with being one of the the oldest bars in Rio de Janeiro and where the tradition of drinking draft beer started in Rio.
Food: German
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 25R$-50R$
Address: R. da Carioca 39, Centro map
Phone: 2262-6900
Site: Bar Luiz

Bar Luiz is one of the classic bars in Rio,
photo copyright Andreas Lönngren.

Bar do Ernesto
Open: Mon-Sat 11h/00h
Comments: One of the older restaurant/bars in Rio, has live samba on Wed from 20h and on Fri from 22h.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 35R$-65R$
Address: Largo da Lapa 41, Lapa map
Phone: 2509-6455

Bar Luiz is one of the classic bars in Rio,
photo copyright Douglas Engle.

Cachaçaria do Mangue Seco
Open:Mon-Sat 11h/2h
Comments: On the second floor is a live music club open Thu-Sat 22h/2h.
Food: Brazilian
Dresscode: Casual
How much money to bring?: 35R$-65R$
Address: R. do Lavradio 23, Lapa map
Phone: 3852-1947

Arco Iris
Open: Everyday from 9h
Comments: As the name suggests (Rainbow) this a place where people from all ages and tribes go. It´s not the cleanest of the bars in Rio de Janeiro but it´s always people there.
Food: Snack food
Dresscode: No
How much money to bring?: 10R$-30R$
Address: Av. Mem de Sá 72, Lapa map
Phone: 2253-8908

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