Restaurante Origem

Restaurant · Salvador ·

Restaurante Origem

Restaurant · Salvador ·

14-course tasting menu exploring Bahian culinary heritage

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Alameda das Algarobas, 74 - Pituba, Salvador - BA, 41820-500, Brazil Get directions

R$200+

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The 24 Best Restaurants in Salvador, Brazil | Eater

"As its name suggests, this is the restaurant where chef Fabrício Lemos and his wife, pastry chef Lisiane Arouca, began researching the biomes of his native Bahia. They now control a small empire in the city, with a casual restaurant (Orí), speakeasy (Gem), and seafood-focused venue (Omí). At award-winning Origem, Lemos has championed culinary techniques that have fallen into disuse. For instance, from the Recôncavo region — home to some of the Bahian dishes with the clearest links to African heritage — Lemos serves efó, a stew made with a native herb called cow’s tongue, mixed with dried shrimp, peanuts, and chestnuts. The 14-course tasting menu (divided in three acts: African Roots, Native Dishes, and Modern Transformations) also includes breaded shrimp in cornmeal served with bisque and roasted corn, tuna belly with lucine clam foam, octopus with vatapá, and okra. Arouca’s desserts follow the same rules: local ingredients in vibrant, creative preparations." - Rafael Tonon

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Restaurante Origem

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In Salvador, Brazil, Afro Brazilian Religion Shapes Street Food and Fine Dining | Eater

"Launched in 2016 by chef Fabrício Lemos and pastry chef Lisiane Arouca, this award-winning tasting-menu venue mines the biomes and culinary traditions of Bahia to spotlight rarely seen terreiro dishes and reinterpret them with fine-dining techniques. Offerings range from traditional plates like efó (a herb-based stew with língua de vaca, dried shrimp, and peanuts, associated with Nanã) to inventive creations such as ravioli filled with vatapá and a monochromatic, Nanã-inspired composition using purple-yam purée, Brazilian zebu beef hump, and red-wine béarnaise. The restaurant deliberately uses Candomblé foodways as a creative springboard—sometimes courting controversy, as with an early fusion snack that combined acarajé and abará—while positioning these dishes as a means to celebrate Black culinary heritage and combat cultural erasure." - Rafael Tonon

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Restaurante Origem

Colin J.

Google

Fantastic Bahian fine-dining. Be sure you come hungry, it’s a long but rewarding multi-course meal. Unusually, each dish was better than the last, and the mains were better than the appetizers (normally appetizers are more interesting and creative). I absolutely loved the goat and the meat dishes. Great job guys.

Henry S.

Google

This is a very nice fine dining experience with like 13 dishes of food to try. I like the main dishes the most, particularly the scallops and the sea bass. The service was also attentive but not overwhelming. They have English speaking staff too. The price for the tasting menu is very reasonable given the food and the experience. We finished dinner in 4 hours of tasting!

Nurin

Google

This was the best meal we had in Brazil. Every dish was amazing.

Pablo R.

Google

Great experience. Good service with delicious food. We loved everything, including the care of waitress and the approach for each dish and how they were elaborated (both veggie and regular options). It is also kids friendly as our 7 years old kid had a great experience with her dish and could try ours. The only suggestion is try to make the circuits shorter and less waiting time between that “acts”. I think we stayed 3 hours, but 2 hours would have been better. Anyway, we had a great time and will definitely come back when we are in Salvador. - some photos of our favorites.

Fifo

Google

Wonderful experience with an amazing tasting menu. It definitely deserves its spot on the list of latin americas best restaurants. Great wines as well. We really enjoyed the little treats that came together with the espresso at the end of the journey.

Jay

Google

An absolutely amazing dining experience. The thirteen course tasting menu highlighted various regions of Brazil. Each course was well-explained by the server and tasted incredible. Fresh and high-quality ingredients were represented in each course. I don’t eat beef or pork and the beef dishes were substituted with octopus. The price of 320 reales was more than reasonable for an experience of this magnitude.

Lydia N.

Google

My friends and I were visiting Brazil for Carnival, we saw this restaurant on TikTok and decided to check it out. This was one of the best dining experiences we had in Bahia, the staff was superb and each taste was explained with the history and vision behind the dish. The combination of African roots and Bahia’s heritage was beautifully done. Our waitress who was helping to translate for us was the best!

Ilaria

Google

I loved it so much!!! It was my 30th birthday dinner and the food was so good, so aesthetically pleasing, so tasty and elaborated and there were a few unexpected delicious pairings I will never forget! And the staff speaks English too which is great to understand what you’re eating 💝