Café Lamas

What a wonderful place and food!! This is real daily Brazilian food. Nothing fancy but great taste and prices. The portions are enormous so you can easily share dishes and everything tastes like home made. They have a very big menu so you can definitely find whatever you're craving. The service is fast and very friendly. We couldn't finish all the food and they put it to go without any problem. The only minus is that the place is crowded no matter the day or time because of how popular it is. Delicious and a must go!! 🤩

Traditional 150 years old restaurant in the heart of Rio. The Fillet mignon steak with Greek rice and fries is must. Can easily serve two people.

This restaurant is from a bygone era – one where warm, attentive service and top-quality food, served in generous portions, were the standard. This isn’t a place chasing TikTok trends or Instagram fame. It’s the real deal. Café Lamas is not just a restaurant, it’s national heritage.

I puedes the breaded shrimp with rice (camaro milenesa com arroz a griega). Overall it was ok in terms of flavors, something like a homemade meal. The portion of rice was huge like for 3 persons. The value for money wasn't so good for this restaurant. There are other restaurants that offer a similar or the same plate but give better portions or flavor for the same or less price. I believe this spot is just a staple in the neighborhood having been around for about a century.

Oldest surviving restaurant in Brazil at 150 years old I got the steak done Milanese style with Fries that was enough to feed 3. Portions are massive!!!

Good steak, very large portions and friendly staff (plus can feel the history here). A bit pricey though

It is one of the most traditional restaurants in Rio de Janeiro serving great Brazilian food for over 120 years. Good selection of beers. Food portions are huge please share it. Staff sometimes is not friendly and coffee could be better.

Café Lamas is a very traditional restaurant in Largo do Machado, Rio. This place has been around for 150 years (as of 2024), serving excellent food. Don't come here expecting a flashy ambiance though. The place is old and the architecture and decor show it. It's not overbearing in any way, but may not please those looking for a snazzy atmosphere. Food is excellent. They have a great selection of dishes. I'd recommend their steaks. There's a lot of variety and the servers are always willing to explain what's in them. I'd recommend indoor seating. They have a few tables outdoors, but you'd be too exposed to noise, pollution, vagrants and other annoyances..

If you didn't know to look, you would walk right past this place! The place has been there for over 140 years, so they know what they're doing! The entrance is unassuming, but once you are in there, it's a big restaurant with tons of tables in the back. They have huge portions, great traditional dishes (think large steaks) and some fun twist (huge plate of spicy chicken wings). If you are in the area, come by this spot and you won't be disappointing!

Discover an incredible spot for genuine Brazilian cuisine that has been delighting taste buds since the late 1800s. I relished their chicken fillet with perfectly seasoned rice and beans, accompanied by freshly cut fries. Each dish was a testament to their commitment to using the freshest ingredients and crafting meals to perfection. You can find this spot in the flamingo neighborhood

Terrible ! I went there after midnight as it's one of the only places open as well as it's famous and old. The restaurant is old, so expect everything to be old. However, this is not what pissed me off. The quality of meat is very bad, I ordered the filé mignon and it tasted terrible and the meat was so hard. The terrible filé mignon and a juice was 130brl which is insane for the poor quality. So many better places in rio, however this is the only one open at 1:30am

Good traditional food. Order the milanesa beef. Best option. Also be patient with the waiters. Sometimes they seem not there to serve you. But you do not to have to worry about it.

There is something about this place that makes me think of Casablanca (the movie). Waiters with the bow ties and everything like from other era. Food is fine. Coffee also ok. Maybe they should put a piano inside? Yeah, with the piano inside it would be a 5 star place :)

We found this place from Tam Airline lounge, rated topped and was opened back in the 1800. When we arrived, the entrance looked like a very small informal coffee shop, but when we decided to walk in, the back was a humongous restaurant packed with locals, the portions were large and we had their prime filet Mignon, almost the size of your plate, everything was excellent. The server seemed like they've been working there all their lives, service was superb. You should try their delicia lamas desert, it's surprisingly good with their natural matte drinks. I highly recommend

Cafe Lamas is in the Flamengo neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro and is well worth a visit if you are in or near the area for any reason. Its slightly scruffy exterior belies the quality of the food and the service, as well as the size of the place. Upon entering and walking past the food counters at the front of the cafe for take-out stuff, you enter a fairly large eating area with enough seating for something around 70, although this is a very rough guess and I wouldn't be surprised if it is more. The decor is plain and simple, with some evidence (photographs, awards etc) of the age of the establishment. To the English eye, the waiters dress in a very old fashioned way...white jackets and bow ties, giving the place a 1950's feel. As my Portuguese skills are still in their infancy, I rely somewhat on my girlfriend to assist me with menu choices. We generally order some 'Bolinhos de bacalhau', or fried cod and potato balls to the uninitiated as a starter to nibble on while awaiting main courses. If you like your spicy stuff, be sure to ask the waiter for some 'pimenta malagueta', a spicy chilli-infused oil to drizzle onto food. It goes perfectly with the cod balls, and many other dishes. I like it to spice up my rice and beans. Main courses that I've had here are filet mignon, some kind of beef stew dish, and 'Filé de frango à milanesa', a breadcrumbed chicken dish. Dishes can be served with rice, feijao (the staple Brazilian beans), mashed potatoes, french fries, vegetables. Most dishes come with some of these as standard, but you can of course order extra or alternatives. The steak is some of the best I've had, which really surprised me on my first visit as the restaurant appearance really doesn't give an accurate impression of the quality of the food. Freshly made fruit juices are available, as are the standard beers. I have been told that this place isn't exactly cheap, but that people travel to the neighbourhood specifically to visit for a meal, which must be a good sign. The service is usually good with pleasant staff. One drawback for tourists might be the lack of English spoken here. I'm lucky in that I have my personal translator, but if you are visiting without a fluent person, it may be an idea to have your phrasebook with you, and open at the food section. Of course, you can always keep your eyes open and take a look at what other people are ordering and just point if you like the look of it! I have seen non-Portuguese speaking people in here managing to get by, the staff are patient and helpful despite their lack of knowledge of English. It's not exactly in the most touristy of areas, however Flamengo is a nice neighbourhood and eating in Cafe Lamas really makes you feel that you're chowing down in an authentic place.

Lamas is one the of oldest restaurants in Rio. The food is very good, try the milanesa that you won't regret!