Balaio IMS

Restaurant · Consolação

Balaio IMS

Restaurant · Consolação

Av. Paulista, 2424 - Bela Vista, São Paulo - SP, 01310-300, Brazil

Highlights

Nestled in the IMS foyer, this chic eatery delights with modern Brazilian bites, creative cocktails, and attentive service—perfect for a weekend reservation.

Av. Paulista, 2424 - Bela Vista, São Paulo - SP, 01310-300, Brazil Get directions

balaioims.com.br

@balaioims

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"Chef Rodrigo Oliveira's restaurant located at Instituto Moreira Salles, exploring Brazil's diverse culinary traditions with dishes like pirão and quindim." - The MICHELIN Guide

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"Occupying the same modern building as the Instituto Moreira Salles, this restaurant is an excellent place in which to discover and enjoy chef Rodrigo Oliveira’s simple, fresh and attractive cuisine in the centre of São Paulo. In this modest setting, enjoy a combination of the successful dishes first created in the Mocotó restaurant, the latter, in particular, bringing a more traditional family-style influence to the dishes served here. Some tables are shared." - Michelin Inspector

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@michelinguide

"Thirty-two restaurants received Bib Gourmand designations in the 2019 red guide, seven of which are new. In São Paulo, A Baianeira, Colombian chef Dagoberto Torres’s Barú Marisquería, modern-Korean restaurant Komah, Cesar Costa's Corrutela and Balaio IMS are new entrants." - Abbe Baker

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"Chef Rodrigo Oliveira of the gastronomic institution Mocotó has finally landed downtown — more specifically, Paulista Avenue, one of the noblest and most central avenues of the city. At Balaio he serves a more diverse range of modern Brazilian cuisine — from pasteis and other appetizers to moqueca, a traditional fish stew that Oliveira makes with cashew fruit — all with his signature touch. You’ll also find Mocotó’s iconic dadinhos de tapioca — crunchy, chewy cubes of tapioca and cheese curds — and just like at Mocotó, they shouldn’t be missed. Situated inside the Instituto Moreira Salles cultural center, it’s become a true destination for modern Brazilian cuisine." - Rafael Tonon

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Joy H.

Google

“Vegetarian Options”, “Delicious”, “Attentive Service” I’ve been to IMS many times but never saw this gem of a restaurant so well hidden. The vegetarian dishes were all very well made, with unique combinations of ingredients and delicious flavors. The “moqueca de caju” is now my top one vegetarian moqueca in São Paulo. The “cogumelos” was a great surprise. Although the eggplants were a bit too salty, the mushrooms flavors were divine. Even the drinks were well made and had a satisfying full body. The restaurant quickly filled up the minute it opened, but when my husband accidentally dropped his fork, a waitress immediately came holding a new one. It’s amazing how the staff here are so attentive. Would definitely recommend and revisit in the future.

Papipupenta

Google

They are located in IMS grand floor. They are not so huge availability, so it’s better to make reservation if you go here on weekends. It was very sophisticated and evolved Brazilian cuisine. Their main dishes are individual dishes, so you can enjoy their several delicious foods.

Juan Martin Maglione

Google

Visited Balaio IMS during a business trip on a Sunday afternoon after walking through Av. Paulista… I ordered some typical Brazilian food! Amazing! Very fresh and although the meet was like a stew, it was super tender. Coconut ice cream is also a bomb! Highly recommended!

Carine Paiva Rezende

Google

Very nice food, bit crowded room. The waiters are friendly but one of them misguided us through the menu... said they hadn’t something they in fact had, another waiter later explained to us. Really tasty “bobó de mandioquinha” and “baby colada” drink. Didn’t like the “torta de banana” dessert. Bad taste and really disappointing at all.

Rachel B

Google

I am mixed on giving somewhere between 3.5-4 stars for this restaurant. There are many positives, but a couple negatives as well. Food is creative in flavors and presentation and generally good. I do wish that in some of the dishes there was a bit more “wow.” And by that I mean a bit more complexity of flavors, leaving me wowed. I think part of this was the high expectations I had, having heard about Rodrigo and his restaurants prior to traveling to SP. However, many of the concepts behind the dishes and their flavors are very nice. Also, drinks were VERY good. I really enjoyed my first, which was the caju drink pictured below. Highly recommend. Biggest downside for me, which takes away a star, was the service. Easiest way to make for an enjoyable experience of food is the service. The staff was not attentive and generally complacent. We had to wait a long time to get attention to place additional orders, our main meals, and to get additional drinks. Would still recommend this place and think if the service were improved a bit, it could really be a phenomenal experience. Right above Balaio is the IMS - instituto Moreira Salles, which is very nice to peruse through and learn more about the history of Brazil through the eyes of Moreira. I thoroughly enjoyed it. #balaio #balaioims #sãopaulo #sp #sampa #caju

Andrés Suárez

Google

(3.7) nicely set in the foyer of IMS. Drinks are excellent and interesting. dadinhos de tapioca are always amazing coming form this chef. Ceviche is outstanding. food was good duck was good bit small portion The only problem is that mains came out before we had finished eating the starter. that is quite poor. Brioche is well made but a bit strange with icecream

Jim Ar

Google

I really enjoyed my time at this restaurant, the food was delicious and different from what I’m used to. The restaurant is located on the famous Avenida Paulista so getting there is really easy, everything we tried at this restaurant from the entrees to the dessert everything was delicious, servings were good. You better make a reservation because this place normally gets crowded.

Chris C

Google

We had lunch there today and it was very disappointing, the duck rice was very dry and salty, they changed it but the new plate was similar to the first one, also the waiting time was away to long, it’s a shame as we were very excited to try this place. Service was friendly though but the food wasn’t good at all.

Dan T.

Yelp

Let me start by saying I'm an American coming from the San Francisco Bay Area visiting Sao Paulo for business. Balaio translates into "straw basket" and they are known for these straw basket lamps which decorate this semi-indoor restaurant. It's a casual restaurant that serves no-nonsense Brazilian-inspired food with locally sourced ingredients. It's located on the ground floor of a private library located on Avenue Paulista (touristy) but is a bit hidden away. We had a local with us who knows this restaurant well. Note on exchange rates, because of the current strength of the US dollar, restaurant food prices will seem like a 65-70% discount from an equivalent in the States. Balaio IMS has a sister restaurant in the Los Angeles California area called Coboco, so their staff runs like a typical US wait staff that is attentive to requests, moves quickly, and most speak English. Balaio Site: https://balaioims.com.br/ Coboco Site: https://www.cabocola.com/ Food: all fantastic, I don't think we had anything we didn't like, all plates were clean when we finished. Dadinhos De Tapioca (I was told they invented this) Fish of the day (wonderful) Duck Confit (what can you say, it's duck?) Sun Dried Pork (tender, lean and juicy....how do you do that?) Quindim dessert (creamy and delicious) Fig Panna Cotta (nicely done) Yellow Fruits of SP (this was a winner, sorbet was also nicely prepped) Cajuina cashew apple drink, refreshing I'm back in California, can't wait to try Coboco;) Let's Go!

@michelinguide

"Chef Rodrigo Oliveira's restaurant located at Instituto Moreira Salles, exploring Brazil's diverse culinary traditions with dishes like pirão and quindim." - The MICHELIN Guide

São Paulo: 7 Restaurants Where Brazil’s Flavors Really Come Alive

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Balaio IMS

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MICHELIN Guide Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo 2019 Selection

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MICHELIN Guide Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo 2019 Selection

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