Ipanema Restaurant

Food is very tasty and uses a creative combination of seasonings. Ordered beef tartare, pork chop, and my friend ordered duck rice. I loved each entree and staff is friendly. They can be more attentive but it's good overall. Cocktail is interesting too. The dining room is cozy and beautifully designed. Reservation recommended.

The apps and mains were all fantastic, dessert was mediocre, but the service was quite poor. The waiter was never checking in, slow to take orders, didn't really know the food /drink/wine menus when asked. For this type of restaurant service needs to be better.

Where do I begin. Excellent unique flavors. Gazpacho was a light, sweet, fruity and refreshing take on the typical soup. Pate was incredible. My favorite was the clams with the pancetta, super flavorful with a sauce leaving us begging for more bread to mop it up with. Oysters were great, split it with friends, I had the one with a dollop of ice cream over it, rejuvenating. The restaurant environment was beautiful and exotic in an intimate space.

Had such an amazing dinner here! We tried all their vegetarian dishes, two delicious cocktails & their dessert tasting plate & the food was pure perfection (I mean just look at the presentation )!! My favorite dishes were the Angu (seasonal fried mushrooms, polenta, porcini vinaigrette & poached egg), the Abobrinha (house made burrata, fall squash, figs, brazil nut pesto & brioche), & the Salame de Chocolate dessert (w acerola sorbet, caramel cream & honeycomb)

Our daughter took us here. We had a drink each. My wife had alecrim, which I wasn't fond of. Daughter had palominha. I had the tea of Ipanema. This one is non-alcoholic, which tasted quite nice. For appetizers, we shared aborinha, PATÊ & ameijoas. The best is the little neck clams. It wasn't overcooked. It was cooked just enough the clams fall off the shells & not chewy. The fois Gras has a passion fruit jelly topping to complement the fat. The aborinha is like a mozzarella cheese (burrata) with squash sauce figs & zucchini on the plate. It's not too bad. The burrata is much softer than the Italian counterpart. For the principal, we had moqueca, arroz de pato & bacalhau. There's not enough cod in the bacalhau. It was done very nicely though. The moqueca we couldn't finish. It has halibut, shrimp, mussels, clams, squid with coconut milk. There's not enough rice to finish the dish. The halibut was surprisingly tougher than the cod. For the sobremesa, we had the tasting plate & sorvete sazonal. The cumaru was the best from the tasting plate. The sorbet came with 3 flavors. The 1 with the liquor is the least favor. The alcohol masks the fruitiness of the sorbet.

Every time I went to Ipanema, I had an incredible experience and could not give less than 5 stars. The food was always absolutely amazing, with each dish expertly prepared and beautifully presented. The flavors were bold and delicious, and the portion sizes were perfect. The atmosphere was elegant and upscale, with a warm and inviting ambiance. The service was top-notch, with attentive and knowledgeable staff who made sure our every need was met. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a truly memorable dining experience. Every plate has a special touch and don’t forget the deserts, that’s a piece from the heaven!

We left the place feeling disappointed. We came there to see a very good friend whom we hadn’t seen for more than a year. So we wanted to have relaxed Friday evening for this occasion. But we were seated at the very back of the room and the music and other patrons were quite loud. To make things worse, our waiter had almost zero patience. At one point he even said curtly, “I’ve explained it to you earlier but anyway, we recommend …” when our friend asked what he could recommend. Yes, he explained it before and I paid attention. But our friend was busy talking to my partner. The attitude was just out of this world. He didn’t even know how to take order, as one drink was served completely wrong. Of course he didn’t apologise and was even rude when addressing the matter. We ordered octopus, moqueca, sirloin, duck rice, and tasting dessert plate. The appetiser and main course were on the salty side. Octopus was nicely grilled, sirloin was too ordinary, moqueca was a bit pricey for the quality and quantity, duck rice was the weakest link. Dessert was nothing special and all four small pieces tasted almost the same. Decor was trying too hard and at times felt a bit tacky. The moisturiser in the restroom was too oily.

This is definitely an undiscovered gem. Food and service was top notch. Great cocktails and strong wine list. Don’t miss out on the octopus, one of the best I’ve had in recent memory. Mushroom appetizer is fantastic as well. For entrees, the Brazilian cut steak and the Mocqueca we’re phenomenal.