Rio de Janeiro Reports

[Xpartan]

Senor Xpartan,

I respect your views, and I hope you get to Rio sooner than later. As the economist notes, there is a pre and post pandemic world and they are not the same.

I ate at Marius less than 2 months ago with an ISGer from Italy, and it was $250 r. It's a once a month or quarter spectacular meal for those who love seafood, like me.

I will add, Cafe Marambaia in Guaratiba has the best paella I have ever had.

Cais do Oriente has become kind of a go to for centro mongering, as I was yesterday with two ISGers.

The bigger point, and the point of this thread is that Senor Anaggie and Senor Mr E were saying that all the Brazilian chow is similar. I'm just saying that there is some really good eating choices near the thing that makes Rio and Brazil unique -- the sex, which is the point of this board, after all.

Here are a few more excellent choices.

Nova Capella, Mem de Sa 96.

https://www.instagram.com/nova_capel...dium=copy_link

Contemporaneo, nearby on Gomes Freire.

https://g.page/contemporaneolapa?share

Senor Bonhead had some recommendations in Humaita, as did Senor Bach123 in Leblon.

I take Senor Anaggie's point that there are perhaps even better restaurants, and women, in SP, but at a higher cost, and without the beach / waterfall hiking combinations which make Rio geographically unique. Its a matter of personal taste, like the Copa / Barra debate being whether you prefer Times Square (copa) or Miami and safety (Barra); SP, I know well too, but its just that I prefer actually swimming in the ocean, while also having a sex menu which is completely full from top to bottom tier, all colors, and for that Rio and Barra is optimal, perhaps a little like the Cartagena of the Marquez novels.

And without meaning any disrespect or harm whatsoever, I will suggest that some of those novellas, like Memories of my melancholy working girls by Marquez, might be a good antidote to Brazil Withdrawal Syndrome; I realize that much of what this particular board is is actually just reminiscences by men who are not in Rio, and who can only spend a small percentage of their time in Rio due to their circumstances.

Thanks for the tips, Sr Vagabundo. I happily second Contemporanio. It's a great place, just like the nearby hotel Granada where I stayed for one night some time ago. A clerk from that hotel recommended the place, and he was spot on. And maybe it's time for me to revisit Marius.

Haha, I like it too. It also has sushi, raw oyster. It is way too much food.

But this is my kind of food. Breakfast for 4 at station Uruguaiana, yakisoba with at RB156, great view! LOL, and night snack with farofa for 10 at Centro station.

Yep, I'm a sucker for street food too.

Having said that, does anyone know of an excellent food spot with a fantastic sea view in Rio for a special occasion?

[WyattEarp]

In the beginning Help was a very popular disco attracting regular people. The disco turned into a puteiro when gringos started going there and they started to let darker girls enter.

That's interesting. I certainly took some beautiful dark-skinned girls out of Help. I remember it being more lighter girls, but the variety was what made Help so great.

[Rio Bob]

Interesting article about the history of the monger scene in Copacabana. Between Princesa Isabel and Duvivier there used to be 50 clubs. It seems the opening of Help made many clubs had to close.

https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/bairros...creta-19610612

The Help history is also interesting. There used to be a great mansion Casa do Vaticano. A building that was a real beauty. After the mansion was demolished Help was constructed and opened in 1984. In the beginning Help was a very popular disco attracting regular people. The disco turned into a puteiro when gringos started going there and they started to let darker girls enter. The rest we all know. Help closed in January 2010. They started to construct Museu the Imagem e do Som which would be finished in 2014.

Thank you for the article, I remember that mansion Casa Do Vaticano and I remember when Help first opened in 1984 as I had already been going to Rio for 4 years it was a new place to hit. I remember Marius too at the time, dinner was 4 dollars to add to the current debate LOL but it was just meat then. I also remember next to HELP Sobre das Ondas and I went there a few times with girls, in it's later days it was the opposite of Help, older women with younger men, it looked very interesting. Life goes on and you move with the changes, I still enjoy Rio and will until the day I can't anymore.

[Nounce]

... Churrascaria Palace right across from Copacabana Palace. Small, intimate, classy, with quiet piano music and excellent meats. ...

Haha, I like it too. It also has sushi, raw oyster. It is way too much food.

But this is my kind of food. Breakfast for 4 at station Uruguaiana, yakisoba with at RB156, great view! LOL, and night snack with farofa for 10 at Centro station.

[Vagabundo1]

Senor Xpartan,

I respect your views, and I hope you get to Rio sooner than later. As the economist notes, there is a pre and post pandemic world and they are not the same.

I ate at Marius less than 2 months ago with an ISGer from Italy, and it was $250 r. It's a once a month or quarter spectacular meal for those who love seafood, like me.

I will add, Cafe Marambaia in Guaratiba has the best paella I have ever had.

Cais do Oriente has become kind of a go to for centro mongering, as I was yesterday with two ISGers.

The bigger point, and the point of this thread is that Senor Anaggie and Senor Mr E were saying that all the Brazilian chow is similar. I'm just saying that there is some really good eating choices near the thing that makes Rio and Brazil unique -- the sex, which is the point of this board, after all.

Here are a few more excellent choices.

Nova Capella, Mem de Sa 96.

https://www.instagram.com/nova_capel...dium=copy_link

Contemporaneo, nearby on Gomes Freire.

https://g.page/contemporaneolapa?share

Senor Bonhead had some recommendations in Humaita, as did Senor Bach123 in Leblon.

I take Senor Anaggie's point that there are perhaps even better restaurants, and women, in SP, but at a higher cost, and without the beach / waterfall hiking combinations which make Rio geographically unique. Its a matter of personal taste, like the Copa / Barra debate being whether you prefer Times Square (copa) or Miami and safety (Barra); SP, I know well too, but its just that I prefer actually swimming in the ocean, while also having a sex menu which is completely full from top to bottom tier, all colors, and for that Rio and Barra is optimal, perhaps a little like the Cartagena of the Marquez novels.

And without meaning any disrespect or harm whatsoever, I will suggest that some of those novellas, like Memories of my melancholy working girls by Marquez, might be a good antidote to Brazil Withdrawal Syndrome; I realize that much of what this particular board is is actually just reminiscences by men who are not in Rio, and who can only spend a small percentage of their time in Rio due to their circumstances.

The thing though, Marius' 250 buffet in Leme is not for the seafood. 5-6 years ago the seafood buffet ran me around $100 plus tips (that's American 100, BTW). It was great, but not $100 great.

Cais do Oriente and Na Brasa Colombia both sound fantastic, thanks. Hope to try them soon.

[Sperto]

Interesting article about the history of the monger scene in Copacabana. Between Princesa Isabel and Duvivier there used to be 50 clubs. It seems the opening of Help made many clubs had to close.

https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/bairros...creta-19610612

The Help history is also interesting. There used to be a great mansion Casa do Vaticano. A building that was a real beauty. After the mansion was demolished Help was constructed and opened in 1984. In the beginning Help was a very popular disco attracting regular people. The disco turned into a puteiro when gringos started going there and they started to let darker girls enter. The rest we all know. Help closed in January 2010. They started to construct Museu the Imagem e do Som which would be finished in 2014.

[Xpartan]

I know how termas work. It sounded like there are now strip clubs there which I don't remember seeing.

That I don't know. I must've misunderstood the question, sorry.

The prices for the meals -- compared to NYC or LA -- is still cheap.

Let's see.

Aconchega Carioca, top dish there is a pumpkin stuffed with shrimp, $200 reais.

https://www.facebook.com/aconchego.carioca/

Cais do Oriente (where I ate today with two ISGers), the excellent prixe fixe menu is $70 reais plus beverage (I recommend the lemonade suisse). That's $14 US Dollars. For a 3 course meal. 100 meters from 4 x4 and 65.

https://caisdooriente-rj.com.br/

Marius in Leme.

http://marius.com.br/

The all you can eat is $250 reais. Expect $300 with drinks and other charges. But all you can eat oysters, etc. Badass.

Na Brasa Colombia, Barra, Olegario Maciel 7 (closest terma, and best IMHO for all Rio, is Perola Negra, Ave de Pepe 400).

https://nabrasacolumbia.com.br/barra/

You can expect to pay $250 all in. $160 for salmao na brasa, or my favorite, filet de peixe bel munier, for enough to serve 2. Again, I recommend the limonade suisse. The salada caprese is excellent. Everything is good. Locations all over Rio, including Botafogo, Copa, Recreio. Botafogo is the original, and it is located at the top of the social economic food chain (Exec Talent will hate me for saying that). Again, that's $50 US Dollars, which is not all that much in the rich world, $250 reais is a few fucks in Rio, so it is valuable consideration.

OK, all that said, what it is harder to get in those rich world venues you mention like LA or NYC is cheap, good, super hot Carioca pussy. That's the point. The top tier food and top tier hoar combination goes a long, long way towards being about all that a man wants in life -- the 6 s's -- shit, shower, shave, supper, sex, sleep.

Who's arguing? Me? Nah, LOL.

The thing though, Marius' 250 buffet in Leme is not for the seafood. 5-6 years ago the seafood buffet ran me around $100 plus tips (that's American 100, BTW). It was great, but not $100 great.

Now there are 2 churrascarias in NYC. One is Plataforma, the other one I don't remember; both are (were) within $30-50 range for lunch / dinner if they haven't hiked up the prices since the pandemics.

Sushi Leblon was good, but not great, and the dinner for 3 cost us over $200 although we did have a few drinks.

I'm not saying it's out of whack, but there are amazing sushi spots in Manhattan, some in the same price range or a little cheaper, some maybe slightly more.

Cais do Oriente and Na Brasa Colombia both sound fantastic, thanks. Hope to try them soon.

I'm not bashing Rio fine foods, just saying I wouldn't necessarily be looking toward spending big bucks in Rio's upscale restaurants since less pricey eateries make me happy as well.

Having said that, there is one churrascaria I love more than all others, including Marius and whatnot. Churrascaria Palace right across from Copacabana Palace. Small, intimate, classy, with quiet piano music and excellent meats. The location should make it a tourist trap, but it isn't. That and Confeitaria Colombo are two places I always visit in Rio. But I don't mind discovering more.

[Sperto]

You misunderstood something with Boates. They are not stripclubs, they are pick-up clubs with working girls in it.

Nope, the word "boates" can be used for nightclubs, pick-up clubs and strip clubs.

I do my best to avoid all the sex-clubs in Copacabana as they are rip-off joints. If I'm not mistaken same of those clubs still have strip tease, Casablanca, Kalabria. Those clubs calls themselves boates. Another example, Barbarella that closed 2020 used to call itself boate or boite.

[Sperto]

Lap dances? I've never seen any paid lap dances in Brazil.

It does exist in Brazil. In Remulos in Manaus they used to have non-stop striptease on a stage. However you could also pay for a table dance. The girls strip on your table and then makes a lapdance on all the guys sitting at the table. Often very extreme with all the guys at the table sticking up their fingers and licking both holes.

Personally I prefer to go upstairs and session with the girl. However me and a friend payed for a table / lapdance once at Remulos. I lost my voice for two days after licking the strippers cúzinho.

[Vagabundo1]

The prices for the meals -- compared to NYC or LA -- is still cheap.

Let's see.

Aconchega Carioca, top dish there is a pumpkin stuffed with shrimp, $200 reais.

https://www.facebook.com/aconchego.carioca/

Cais do Oriente (where I ate today with two ISGers), the excellent prixe fixe menu is $70 reais plus beverage (I recommend the lemonade suisse). That's $14 US Dollars. For a 3 course meal. 100 meters from 4 x4 and 65.

https://caisdooriente-rj.com.br/

Marius in Leme.

http://marius.com.br/

The all you can eat is $250 reais. Expect $300 with drinks and other charges. But all you can eat oysters, etc. Badass.

Na Brasa Colombia, Barra, Olegario Maciel 7 (closest terma, and best IMHO for all Rio, is Perola Negra, Ave de Pepe 400).

https://nabrasacolumbia.com.br/barra/

You can expect to pay $250 all in. $160 for salmao na brasa, or my favorite, filet de peixe bel munier, for enough to serve 2. Again, I recommend the limonade suisse. The salada caprese is excellent. Everything is good. Locations all over Rio, including Botafogo, Copa, Recreio. Botafogo is the original, and it is located at the top of the social economic food chain (Exec Talent will hate me for saying that). Again, that's $50 US Dollars, which is not all that much in the rich world, $250 reais is a few fucks in Rio, so it is valuable consideration.

OK, all that said, what it is harder to get in those rich world venues you mention like LA or NYC is cheap, good, super hot Carioca pussy. That's the point. The top tier food and top tier hoar combination goes a long, long way towards being about all that a man wants in life -- the 6 s's -- shit, shower, shave, supper, sex, sleep.

The thing about classy joints in Rio like Marius or some super-duper sushi places (Sushi Leblon or something) is they're costly as fuck, just like upscale restaurants in NY or LA. I mean there is nothing wrong about it, but living in NYC I don't find gorging on finer food in Rio all that alluring. I highly recommend Lima for an incredible culinary journey on the cheap, but that's a totally different story, LOL.

[TjBrazil]

You can buy her a drink if you feel generous, but like others have said, there is no need to tip them in Rio. Wave her over and she'll be all over (and in) your crotch for as long as you want, and they would normally welcome you to reciprocate, LOL. That's one reason I love termas. Wearing a robe makes is great for easy opening, LOL.

I know how termas work. It sounded like there are now strip clubs there which I don't remember seeing.

[Xpartan]

Charge, great trip report. What is the biggest strip club in Rio or boate as it's called. How much are lap dances. One thing I missed about Tijuana were the seedy not as crowded strip clubs like peanuts and beer and Madonnas where you could get lab dances for 5 dollars and sample the inventory before picking one for later.

You can buy her a drink if you feel generous, but like others have said, there is no need to tip them in Rio. Wave her over and she'll be all over (and in) your crotch for as long as you want, and they would normally welcome you to reciprocate, LOL. That's one reason I love termas. Wearing a robe makes is great for easy opening, LOL.

[Vagabundo1]

That's straight up Male Loneliness in America / Brazil. Withdrawal syndrome.

Tell him to leave those bad habits where he got them from.

[Tottem]

A lot of time on your hands?

Software collects the numbers almost instantly and then I bulk send on WhatsApp.

[Chege]

Charge, great trip report. What is the biggest strip club in Rio or boate as it's called. How much are lap dances. One thing I missed about Tijuana were the seedy not as crowded strip clubs like peanuts and beer and Madonnas where you could get lab dances for 5 dollars and sample the inventory before picking one for later.

Hey,

You misunderstood something with Boates. They are not stripclubs, they are pick-up clubs with working girls in it. Sometimes they work in the club like in Scandallo in SP (which is the biggest and most fancy boate I know of) or they are freelancers line in Casarao also in SP or Dolce Vita in Rio. I newer tip the girls, they get what we agreed upon before we session. I only tip underpaid waitresses or housekeeping staff. I expect the girls who I am with to dance for me and entertain me because I also threat them right, with respect, make them feel conftable with me. I pay them drinks or whatever but cash they only get what we agreed upon.

Never put yourself in a spot were you are a money pig. If they have this impression of you, your night will turn mostly to the bad side or will get even dangerous. That's doesn't mean you can't spend big money but always make sure that this girls know you are no idiot with to much money. Never drink more than you can handle and always keep your guard up.