Luar de Janeiro

Great food and the staff was very nice

Very good codfish!

Can't rate this 5 stars. that would mean a fabulous view, and food, and service, at somewhat reasonable prices. Might give it a 4 star, but the waiter was quite rude, tho he seemed to understand and speak English. We were the first people in there, and a group of 8 Chinese people were next. We didn't decide what to order right away, so he walked off, later returned to take all but one of our menus to give to them. He refused to give one of us a sample of the house wine (tho I realize that might be asking a bit much) tho they did have an open bottle. He refused to give us separate checks for each of our two couples. He didn't check or bring some more bread for a good 30 minutes. (It was not busy yet) When the food came, it was plentiful and good, but hardly fabulous. The room was nice, but noisy. The bill was handwritten, hardly itemized (lots of appetizers, none gratis) He let us put half the final bill on each of 2 credit cards. Maybe he was having a bad day for some reason, but he dropped our rating of the restaurant by a star.

The cabrito assado is insanely delicious. Rabbit plate among the entradas is also stellar. Very reasonably priced and excellent staff.

Simply exceptional food (and wine too).