Rio de Janeiro Reports

[QUOTE=Ee2002]No kidding. Other than buying the girls expensive drinks I don't see nothing wrong with the other things that us gringos do at termas. Isn't that what we are supposed to do. We don't travel thousands of miles to drink cheap Skol beer, grope girls we could be fucking and occasionally bang one every other visit or so. You can do most of what they do at termas at strip clubs here in the states.[/QUOTE]AMEN!

Most of the Skol-sipping gropers do not session at all. And if a girl wants Red Bull and vodka, so what? No big deal. I like to treat the girls. And I have scored many a freebie as a result of it.

Euro

Hi,

I will be checking out of my apartment at 11am but my plane doesn't take off until 10pm. Can anyone recommend a safe place to put my luggage while I go to 4x4 or do other activities throughout the day? I'm sure most of you from the US run into this problem.

Please help,

Thanks

[QUOTE=JohnnyBraz]Where is the location off this restaurant?[/QUOTE]
I probably should have been more specific. Viena (a Brazilian restaurant chain) has one of the newer style Kiosks right on the beach near Siqueira Campos.

[url]http://www.viena.com.br/enderecos.php[/url]

After our experience at the Viena Kiosk on the beach, my girl deserved a good meal so I took her to Porcão in Flamengo. The food there is awesome and the restaurant is highly recommended. However at R$75 per person, it is not cheap, so be prepared.

[url]http://www.porcao.com.br/porcaoSite/home/home.php[/url]

We took a taxi there and then back to Copacabana. I didn't notice until we were underway that the taxi did not reset the meter before we left Porcão.

What I always have disliked about Rio is the pervasive mentality of "the gringo has a lot of money so let's get some." You constantly have to be on your guard and it gets tiresome.

[QUOTE=Exec Talent]After our experience at the Viena Kiosk on the beach, my girl deserved a good meal so I took her to Porcão in Flamengo. The food there is awesome and the restaurant is highly recommended. However at R$75 per person, it is not cheap, so be prepared.

[url]http://www.porcao.com.br/porcaoSite/home/home.php[/url]

We took a taxi there and then back to Copacabana. I didn't notice until we were underway that the taxi did not reset the meter before we left Porcão.

What I always have disliked about Rio is the pervasive mentality of "the gringo has a lot of money so let's get some." You constantly have to be on your guard and it gets tiresome.[/QUOTE]Oh I love Porcão they do have great food but I will only take a girl there if she is smoking hot and really deserves it; that place is upper scale living for a GDP. You would also want to make sure your GDP does not look like a GDP because you will find pretty much only regular folk here and it is also a great place to meet very hot non pro girls!

I went there last year with my boys and the food and view of non pro's was great. I did however spot 3 gringos with 3 GDP's and they stuck out like a soar thumb in this place; I could feel the vibe from the locals and they did not like to see that, the girls could have been dressed more appropriate for the environment! A bit more classy than Copa!

Need some opinions please. I sessioned at Termas Cancun during my visit last December. What I didn't like was the garota took me to a cabin and left me there for sometime before she was ready for me to do her. As I laid in the cabin waiting for her, I kept wondering how much of my hour was wasting.

I hate to sound cheap, but when I return to Rio this month, I am definitely going to wear a watch to make sure I get my full time. I've thought about this at other termas, too. When that phone call comes in to call it quits, are we sure we are not being cut short?

Like Exec said, they're always looking to rip off the gringo tourist. Perfect example. I met 4 guys at Terraco Atlantico tonight before Help. It was there first time there and at about 11 pm they ask the cabbie in front of Help to bring them to an ATM machine. He told them every ATM in that area was closed and it would cost them $40 US round trip to get money. I had left them to go back to my hotel and happened to pull up in my cab while this was going on. I took them in my cab to Citibank which roundtrip was 9.40 Reals. VS the 90 or so the Help Cabbies were trying to get. Let that be a lesson to newbies on the board. Never ever take a cab in front of Help without knowing what the real price should be.
Help is still Help. I thought the talent level was a little below par, but there were still plenty of great looking girls in there. I didn't partake tonight, but only cause I was spent from my late afternoon session. I'll be back tommorrow, guns a blazing....LOL

[QUOTE=Exec Talent]
What I always have disliked about Rio is the pervasive mentality of "the gringo has a lot of money so let's get some." You constantly have to be on your guard and it gets tiresome.[/QUOTE]

ROFL well this is one of the minor point where we differ, ET. Personally I just adopt a different mentality when in Brasil, particularly Rio. The UK/US to me, by comparison, is a nanny state. We forget to use the basic skills we are born with. Similarly, I look at the kids hanging off the bonde as it climbs next to a cliff and think, ¨If they were from outside S.A., any parent would rightly panic.¨ Of course, both are nice and have their good points and bad points.

My problem with Porcau is that you [i]have[/i] to go by taxi. And although it is top of the heap as far as that type of restaurant is concerned, there is still no telling how long the salads have been sitting or whether they were washed hygeinically. I got an upset stomach yesterday after dining in an upmarket restaurant in Rosario. And this after eating for a week or more on Mimosa food.* When I´m in a posh place my guard goes down (as yours did coming out of Porcau). They remind us of nanny state and we go into ´trust´mode.

btw I think that although there are one or two tolerable (if not exactly good) restaurants on Atlantica, the Rodizio on the side-street from Balcony is not bad at all and competitively priced. I don´t ´have´ a lot of money so I don´t go there often ;). There´s plenty of Cariocas with money - but the gringo is more likely to part with it. ;)


[color=gray][i]*reminds me a bit of the main street on Auckland saturday night - one of the few other countries that does the equivalent of an X-Tudo - burger, cheese, egg, ham, onions, salad, crispies etc for 2R. Except I think the Auckland version has two burgers on the bun and costs a little more. And you have to watch out for stray bottles over the head.[/i][/color]

[QUOTE=Exec Talent]

[url]http://www.porcao.com.br/porcaoSite/home/home.php[/url]

We took a taxi there and then back to Copacabana. I didn't notice until we were underway that the taxi did not reset the meter before we left Porcão.[/QUOTE]
In the past, Porcão used do have a free shuttle service to and from Copacabana. Not any more?

EA

I prefer Churrascaria Palace:

[url]http://www.churrascariapalace.com.br/[/url]

Good location, great food.

I've been regular there for years now and I've always got an excellent service.

Joining their club, you'll get a discount.

Cheaper than Porcao and much better.

[QUOTE=Exec Talent]After our experience at the Viena Kiosk on the beach, my girl deserved a good meal so I took her to Porcão in Flamengo.[/QUOTE]

Is this Porcão any better or worse than the one in Ipanema? I would think that it wouldn't be that touristy, i.e. a place where you could do a lot of business ripping off gringos, given the Flamengo location. The one in Ipanema did seem to have a lot of foreign tourists but also a lot of well dressed, attractive upper-class Brazilian women. I would be more on a lookout for a rip-off from a taxi there.

[QUOTE=One Eyed Man]Is this Porcão any better or worse than the one in Ipanema? I would think that it wouldn't be that touristy, i.e. a place where you could do a lot of business ripping off gringos, given the Flamengo location. The one in Ipanema did seem to have a lot of foreign tourists but also a lot of well dressed, attractive upper-class Brazilian women. I would be more on a lookout for a rip-off from a taxi there.[/QUOTE]

The Porcao Rio is more expensive than the Ipanema branch. Less touristy and far better is Barra Brasa (I particularly like the Leblon branch opposite the new mall) In Centro Pampa Grill is top quality (Almirante Barroso I think) My favourite is the restaurant right by the entrance to the cable car to Pao de Açucar. Beautiful restaurant. Fixed price. Buffet starters, sushi, desserts and order your meat and side dishes a la carte.

[QUOTE=Musze3000]Oh I love Porcão they do have great food but I will only take a girl there if she is smoking hot and really deserves it; that place is upper scale living for a GDP. You would also want to make sure your GDP does not look like a GDP because you will find pretty much only regular folk here and it is also a great place to meet very hot non pro girls!

I went there last year with my boys and the food and view of non pro's was great. I did however spot 3 gringos with 3 GDP's and they stuck out like a soar thumb in this place; I could feel the vibe from the locals and they did not like to see that, the girls could have been dressed more appropriate for the environment! A bit more classy than Copa![/QUOTE]

Which is why people take their GDPs to Atlantica restaurants lol;)

Most GDPs I know only pretend to relish getting taken to non-gdp restaurants. For a nice day out, take them somewhere like (according to their tastes) Parque Lage (picnics, lazing about with hardly anyone around, fabulous surroundings, ancient villa and small forest with pathways. Jardin Botanico - awesome pathways, walk had in hand for ages blah blah. Pao d´Acucar is either great (if they´ve not been) or so-so if they´ve done it so many times. Their favourite bit of beach is often their idea of a good day out with a client. But to get romantic, Terasopolis is great. Fabulous bus-ride, nice and cool, eat strawberries dipped in chocolate etc.

[QUOTE=Lancer520]Never ever take a cab in front of Help without knowing what the real price should be.
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Even if you know what the real price should be, NEVER take a cab in front of Help.

ALWAYS catch a rolling cab away from Help!

I have heard several horror stories about people who have taken such cabs (e.g. being stopped by the police and having them find drugs planted in the cab by the female). True or not, the risk is not worth taking.

There are signs posted in Help that state never take a cab in front of Help. This is advice that I highly recommend.

[QUOTE=El Austriaco]In the past, Porcão used do have a free shuttle service to and from Copacabana. Not any more?

EA[/QUOTE]
Now you tell me. Actually, I do not know if they do or not. However, I will give them a call tomorrow and find out. The taxi to was R$13 and the taxi back was $18. Back was at band 2, but that did not account for the full difference.