Vegan
Buffet
Salad bar
Brazilian, Latin American

Restaurant in downtown distrcit. Fill a plate and pay by weight. Check website for weekly options. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-3:30pm.


27 Reviews

First Review by kennyp353

IsabellaBaglioniPas

Points +60

Vegan
06 Mar 2024

Buffet por kilo todo vegano!

Uma delícia de restaurante bem no centro da cidade. Todas as quartas feiras ele fazem um menu especial de alguma culinária diferente (japonesa, baiana…). Tudo vegano e o preço é ok para a cidade. Quando fui estava 69 reais o kilo. Tem sobremesas também bem gostosas! Vale a visita!

p_ppyk

Points +323

Vegan
09 Feb 2024

Best kilo restaurant

This is hands down my favourite kilo restaurant we’ve been too whilst in Brazil. An abundance of choice, both salads and hot food, some dishes were perhaps slightly over salted but all in all would rate. Great sweet options too.

The place was very clean including the bathrooms and there were no flies around the food which is always a bonus.

Bonus was that there was aircon too which is much needed when escaping the Rio heat.

Pros: Lots of choice, Taste good.

victorholiv

Points +68

Vegetarian
08 Jan 2024

Pessoas simpáticas e comida boa

Self service com uma variedade boa de opções. As pessoas que atendem são muito simpáticas.

Pros: Atendentes simpáticos, Variedade de comida

HiramMiranda

Points +154

Vegan
05 Jan 2024

Simple and tasty

Pay by weight, nothing fancy, but everything was tasty. And staff was friendly

Pros: Friendly staff, Good flavor, Good price

_rocha____

Points +2222

Vegan
26 Nov 2023

A vegan option in Downtown Rio

Good food. Self Service. The day they have Bahian food (if I'm not mistaken it's on the last Tuesday or Wednesday of the month, something like that) is spectacular. All the dishes at lunch are vegan. The service is good, especially after you go to the restaurant more often. The price is not that expensive.

Boa comida. Comida no quilo. O dia que tem comida baiana (se não me engano é na última terça ou quarta feita do mês, algo assim) é espetacular. Todos os pratos no almoço são veganos. O atendimento é bom, principalmente depois que você vai frequentando o restaurante com mais frequência. O preço não é tão caro.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-26

Pros: Good Food, Not so Expensive, Good Varieties

Cons: Owner/Employee working and drinking beer

kennyp353

04 Apr 2023

The guy drinks a lot of Brahma! Every day I went this year, he has three or four empty cans at his desk by 2pm. He seems rather sad. Maybe someone who speaks Portuguese could see if he's OK.

JahleelWasser

Points +1423

Vegan
09 Nov 2023

Okay

Comi aqui. O restaurante agora é vegana. Antes era vegetariana.

O sabor tá ok. Não ruim não muito bom. Poucas opções más bom preço. 48 reais por um prato cheio.

Voltaria algum dia

Pros: Vegana , Preço

Cons: Qualidade de sabor , Opções

m.wiemarcus

Points +124

Vegan
19 Jul 2023

Excelente buffet

El buffet es muy variable, no puedes probar todo. Todo es vegano!
Por casi 500 gr pagué 32 reais. Um buen precio. Me gustó todo. También tienen chutney y una salsa picante para completar. El café es gratis y puedes elegir entre varios postres.

Pros: La variedad , Salsa picante, Relación precio/ calidad

Cons: Postres están en empaques de plástico

BárbaraCristina

Points +27

Mostly Veg
20 Apr 2023

Vegano

Muito boa comida e atendimento

Thanos2.0

Points +812

Vegan
12 Apr 2023

Buffet a quilo vegano próximo ao Saara

Muito boa opção para um almoço totalmente vegano na região central do Rio, próximo ao Saara e à praça Tiradentes. O restaurante possui dois andares e são variadas as opções. Buffet a quilo.

Pros: Totalmente vegano, Ambiente agradável, Saboroso

kennyp353

Points +1618

Vegetarian
04 Apr 2023

Best buffet in Rio

STOP PRESS: it's now fully vegan! Well, it's not really stop press - it's been fully vegan since they replaced the honey in the dressings with molasses four years ago. Confirmed with the owner via the WhatsApp link on their website.

I've been coming here for 15 years whenever I visit Rio. Here's my first review from 2008:

"I visited five of Rio's Happycow-listed buffets during my recent stay in the city, and this was the best of the lot. Fully vegetarian, probably fully vegan, with a good variety of tasty items at a decent price."

Fifteen years later, I've been seven times in two weeks, and it's still very good. Unusual items like seitan and curried cauliflower, and with the usual staples and excellent salads too - everything always delicious. There's a day-by-day menu published on their website each week if there's something specific you wanted. Don't worry if the menu says fish - it's vegan tofu and seaweed not the real thing.

It's open weekday lunchtimes (except holidays) and at these times it's not dangerous at all - it's in the middle of a busy shopping area which is perfectly safe during shopping hours. It's a skip and a jump from Tiradentes tram stop and still an easy walk from Saara/Presidente Vargas metro.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-04

Pros: Decent value, Variety and taste, Now fully vegan

JuliaSantos7

Points +1180

Vegan
05 Oct 2022

Vegan buffet

The day we went everything there was vegan. The staff was very friendly and there were a lot of food choices. It tasted fresh and there were some really creative salads and sauces to choose from. You pay by weight of your plate.

karinefreire

Points +20

Vegan
04 Aug 2022

Honesto

Localizado no meio do Saara no centro do Rio de Janeiro, oferece uma boa opção de comida vegetariana por peso. Comida caseira, sem muita complexidade de sabor.

Cons: Não descreve pratos (sem glúten; vegano)

kennyp353

05 Apr 2023

Tudo é totalmente vegano desde 2019. O site especifica o que é sem glúten - mais de 95% é.

Everything has been fully vegan since 2019. The website specifies what's gluten free - 95%+ of it is.

guillaumejrm

Points +23

Vegetarian
25 Feb 2022

Repas très bon

Le repas était bon. Il y avait un plat avec de seitan que j'ai apprécié. Je vous conseille d'aller au 1er étage, la salle est plus sympa.

Pros: Pas trop cher, 1er étage très mignon

lokalvegan

Points +1643

Vegan
24 Jan 2022

Tasty buffet food

The food was good. The staff is friendly and helpful.

LuísaAbiRamia

Points +16

Vegan
04 Jan 2022

Muito bom

Comida gostosa, comida por quilo e variedade.

Updated from previous review on 2022-01-04

Prajna

Points +4369

Vegan
08 Jun 2021

Great food, great price

What a delightful place. The buffet was all vegan with the exception of honey in one of the dressings.
The food was delicious, the selection was plenty and the place was simple, quiet and quaint.
Pay per kilo. Very friendly staff.
A great find.
The upstairs seating area is open and cozy.
I definitely recommend it.

joaoricardooo

Points +15

Vegetarian
18 Jan 2020

Excelente!

Comida muito boa e ótimo atendimento. Além disso, preço super acessível.

Pros: Muita variedade e ótimas opções de salada

aboesje

Points +137

Vegan
30 Nov 2019

LOVE

By far the best restaurant I have been to in Rio.
Amazing, delicious, cheap, many choices, very friendly staff. It's the best.

Pros: So many choices: also for vegans

Helvio81

Points +25

Vegan
30 Jul 2019

Restaurante Vegano no centro do Rio

Excelente atendimento e uma comida deliciosa. Preço justo para o que se cobra pela cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Recomendo

LetíciaRodrigues

Points +17

Vegetarian
05 Sep 2017

Ótimo

A comida estava ótima e haviam muitas opções, o nhoque de batata e o croquete de tofu foram as melhores de todas.

Cons: Adicionaria mais opções que não fossem fritas e qu

judsonline

Points +18

Vegetarian
30 Mar 2017

Excelent

Great option of healthy vegetarian dishes in downtown Rio. Also on Fridays is the traditional Brazilian dish known as "feijoada" in the vegetarian version. Nice to visit and check out!

Pros: Downtown Rio, Not expansive, Variety

Cons: Hidden street, Does not open on Saturdays and Sundays

socalRob

Points +231

Vegan
19 Oct 2016

Many options, fairly priced

A good option if you're in Central. The place is spacious and I didn't feel out of place bringing a book.

Matham

Points +502

Vegan
26 May 2016

great option in Rio's downtown

If you're vegan, just be careful to make sure that what you're getting is what you want it to be. To double check is always good when it cones to vegan places in Brazil

Babette

Points +2101

Vegan
23 Jul 2014

Best vegan buffet in Rio

I was really pleased with all the things I tried on the buffet, and I tried many of them!

If there is passion fruit pie available (labeled vegan), I highly suggest you get one. It is perfect!

Pros: Lots of tables, Lots of options, Nice location

laranjatomate

Points +1139

Vegan
01 Apr 2014

Desserts lacto vegetarian and vegan-labeled

Due to difficulties do find the "condensed soy", vegan version of sondensed milk used in Brazilian dessert recipes, Margarida, the owner of the restaurant, decided to make them with the conventional ingredient when the vegan version os not available.
Margarida promised me the salt lunch is still vegan.
Before get any dessert, ask her (she stays at the weighing machine) about milk on the desserts, even the vegan ones are labeled now.

Pros: Low noise, educated people, Good price for that region, Pleasant and heavy food.

IsabelaTaranto

Points +25

Vegan
06 Jul 2011

Very good

A simple restaurant with a very tasty food for a reasonable price.

Pros: good value, excelent food, healthy cuisine

GraemeRK

Points +40

Vegetarian
11 Jul 2008

A Good Average Restaurante

I visted this restaurante in 2003 and 200, then on the first floor and reminiscent of vegetarian places and the young art and student patronage in Covent Garden, London. The food was excellent then but this time, June 2008, it is under new management and more typical of other Brazilian vegetarian restaurants. A good variety vegan and vegetarian and well patronized by the office and shop workers.

Pros: Near Centre, Good Variety




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