Yayá Comidaria Pop Brasileira

It is a hidden gem, amazing Brazilian food, they really combine many tastes from different regions. They have the best farofa I ever had in my life.

Amazing food and the service was excellent! They have a few vegan options which was why we went there. The Tangerine ginger caipirinha was very tasty. My friends loved the coconut batida! The food was so good. Would definitely go again!

LOVED this little local restaurant, a block off the beach, serving up amazing drinks and Brazilian/ African themed dishes. In fact, our group decided at the end of our week in Brazil, that THIS place had our favorite meal and favorite drinks of the trip. It is small so only room for 5-10 tables, but when we arrived around 5PM there was plenty of room and multiple smiling faces came forward to welcome us and offer English menus and spoke a little bit of English. You can see the kitchen from most the tables, which is nice, and they are fast with service but do not rush you through your meals or drinks. The prices were very reasonable, and we all enjoyed all our dishes immensely. No views from the restaurant as on a busy street, but they have nice relaxed vibe on the inside, which is open to the street so you get fresh air. Highly recommended!!

5 Stars all around. Great service, excellent food. The layout is nice as well. Open kitchen. The chefs are great.

The best food I've had in Brazil! It's so nice to see how they understand the traditional regional dishes, with the ingredients and history and make an own twist of it. Good products and very well executed. With Brazilian standards, it's packed with a lot more flavour. Inspirational cooking!

Try the moqueca de caju e castanha, it is the best thing I’ve eaten in Rio and one of the best moquecas I’ve eaten in my life! (and I’ve eaten a lot of moquecas). Everything was perfect, the dishes were tasty, the drinks were amazing, and the staff were super attentive and kind. This place is a must go when in Rio!

Typical Copacabana restaurant that caters to tourists. Below average food at cheap prices, and of course it was packed. Every table had English speakers, locals wouldn't come here. Service and cocktails were very good. But the food and atmosphere were below average. The the jilo bolhinos and povo pastel appetizers were nothing special. The pichana pernil was dry, the side beans had an off taste, and I still can't figure out the other side. Serviced on a bed of cold collard greens. Sorry, I wanted to like this place; but we would never go back. Cheap though, so that made it easier.

Amazing Brazilian food, we ordered as starter the combo de petiscos (croquete de moqueca, Pastel de carne com pequi and bolinho de banana com carne seca). All of them were amazing but our favorite was the moqueca one. As main dishes we ordered Arrumadão de picanha de sol com pirão de queijo (it was beef with some onions + white beans + mandioca powder and a cheese puree) and the Moqueca de frutos do mar (seafood moqueca). Both were amazing, our favorite was the beef, but the moqueca was absolutely spectacular though. The cocktails are also good, we had caipirinhas, and then we changed to a cocoa Negroni and other cocktail of maracuyá. Now talking about the service, there was a waitress that made our night with her kindness, patience and amazing service attitude. So I wanna thank her for explaining us everything in a way we could understand each other (Portuguese- Spanish), for gibbing us recommendations about the food and for giving us a smile every time we needed something.