9 best Brazilian restaurants

Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants released a preview of the 2023 ranking. Among them, 9 Brazilian restaurants are among the best in Latin America.

Released on Thursday (16/11), Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants presented the list of restaurants ranked from 51st to 100th position. The awards ceremony will take place on November 28th with a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. Among the 20 countries in Latin America, Brazil stands out with nine restaurants. Find out what they are below::

56- Charco, em São Paulo 57

Located at Rua Peixoto Gomide, 1,492, Jardim Paulista, São Paulo, Charco has capacity for 40 people in an intimate environment, low lighting and peeling walls. Led by chef Tuca Mezzomo, the menu uses fire in its most diverse ways. Highlights include rice with morcilla, garlic and demi glace and grilled squid. 

57 - Fame Osteria, em São Paulo

Fame Osteria is located at Rua Oscar Freire, 216, Cerqueira César, São Paulo. In the best speakeasy style, chef Marco Renzetti serves few customers, only by reservation and only works with a tasting menu. 


63 - Mocotó, em São Paulo

Since 1973, the traditional Mocotó of the new MasterChef Brasil judge Rodrigo Oliveira has attracted a loyal audience to the Vila Medeiros neighborhood. With its famous pirão de leche with coalho cheese popcorn and sun-dried meat confit. The baião-de-dois and the dried meat with red onion are a great choice. 


64 - Kotori, em São Paulo

With a menu largely dedicated to chicken, Kotori follows the Izakaya concept. Chef Thiago Bañares' venture is a success with the grilled drumstick skewer with umê shisso. Located at Rua Cônego Eugênio Leite, 639, Pinheiros, São Paulo. 


65 - D.O.M., em São Paulo

In operation since 1999, Alex Atala's restaurant has two Michelins and the title of 53rd best in the world awarded by The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Among the delicacies on the menu are Amazon saúva ant, mango salad with papaya, lemon and herb gelatin, pirarucu with açaí tapenade, sautéed and grilled cabbage and olive oil emulsion with collagen from the same fish. D.O.M is located at Rua Barão de Capanema, 549, Jardins, São Paulo.


76 - Origem, em Salvador

Chef Fabrício Lemos and his wife, pâtissière chef Lisiane Arouca, deconstruct the typical dishes of Bahian cuisine. Instead of acarajé, the couple opted for abarajé, an abará that, after being breaded, is fried. The tasting menu includes cured fish with guacamole sorbet, peanuts, sesame seeds and ginger aïoli sauce. And as a main dish, cured like sun-dried meat, milk mush, puree, cassava and onion.


95 - Ristorante Hotel Cipriani, no Rio de Janeiro

Led by chef Nello Cassese, Ristorante Hotel Ciprian is located at the Copacabana Palace pool. The classic menu includes wagyu carpaccio with red onion and pine nuts and organic egg enhanced with artichokes, truffle and parmesan cheese. Also noteworthy is the risotto with oyster, vitello tonnato, fish roe and anise. 


96 - Ocyá, no Rio de Janeiro

Ocyá was opened in 2022 by Gerônimo Athuel, whose unique feature is the dry maturation technique of the fish, proving that it does not necessarily need to be fresh to be served. Sororoca, carapeba and cutlery join the toasted broccoli, fries, farofa and grilled fillet. 


97 - Kan Suke, em São Paulo

The small Japanese restaurant Kan Suke has a Michelin star, proving that the best perfumes are in the smallest bottles. Led by chef Keisuke Egashira, the menu stands out with just two types of tasting menu. 

Below is the complete list from 51st to 100th place in Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants;

This year, the list includes 27 restaurants, Barranquilla (Colombia), Córdoba (Argentina) and Mérida (Mexico) appear for the first time. São Paulo and Santiago lead with 6 each, while Bogotá and Buenos Aires have 4 restaurants. Among the establishments they also appear, with the debut of Lunario in Ensenada, in position 54. 

This will be the first time that one of the biggest gastronomy awards in the world takes place in Brazil.