Restaurante Vinícius e Bossa Nova Bar

Great service and food. Attentive and fresh.

Great location. Beautiful live music. Horrible service. At every other restaurant in Rio people have been so kind in trying to communicate with me as I’m not fluent in Portuguese. Our server here could not have cared less, I could feel how annoyed he was of me, no smiles, no warmth. We ordered a few appetizers. The food was bland with no seasonings or flavor. We wanted to order entrees which looked really delicious but we felt so unwelcomed and left hardly touching our food. I would recommend any other restaurant in the surrounding area. They have all been fabulous and the staff is so friendly and helpful!

Location = great, near our hotel impanema Atmosphere = great, fantastic live music. However once it gets dark the homeless and darker crowds start showing up Service = Needs improvement. All older male staff with little to no manners. We don't speak fluent Portuguese and used Google translate for any tricky situations which at 100% of other restaurants worked out well. Here however the staff seems highly offended. We only ordered appetizers and couldn't even finish them because they did not come as ordered And after the effort it took to order, we just paid for our food and left.

Overpriced food which I didn't mind too much until I was violently sick later that night. Don't recommend ordering the fish. :( Live music was nice. Service was good. Being off my feet for the whole next day defiantly made sure I will NEVER go back there again.

Awesome place. Great food. Great service. Great music.