Time Out Rio de Janeiro

Bars

The best of Rio's bars, pubs & botecos

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    Rio's best bars

    From post-beach to ultra-chic, where to go and what to drink

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    Barzinho

    Botafogo's bar masters open up a lively new Lapa hot-spot

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  • Around Town

    Comuna

    Boutique style, exhibitions and a great happy hour in Botafogo

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    Mais Que Nada

    A more authentic taste of tapas finally hits Copacabana

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    Bip Bip

    The cult samba and chorinho bar is a stone cold Copacabana classic

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Classic botecos

Bar do Mineiro

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Bar do Mineiro

Unmissable homemade cachaças and ice-cold beer

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Boteco Salvação

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Boteco Salvação

Laidback pub in the heart of Humaitá

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Bar Urca

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Bar Urca

Take advantage of the bay's cooling breeze

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More botecos

Gastrobars

Stuzzi

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Stuzzi

Cocktails and Italian snackery, Leblon style

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Meza

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Meza

Dragging Botafogo's bar scene into the 21st Century

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Astor

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Astor

São Paulo favourite hits Ipanema beach

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Q Bar

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Q Bar

Serious establishment for cocktail lovers

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Best for caipirinhas

Academia da Cachaça

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Academia da Cachaça

Caipirinha kings with a cachaça shot for all tastes

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Ambre

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Ambre

Wine, cocktails and deejays set the tone

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Bar dos Descasados

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Bar dos Descasados

Cocktail heaven on an elegant outdoor terrace

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Round ups

Rio's top sports bars

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Rio's top sports bars

Football may take top billing as most bars' on-screen entertainment of choice, but there are plenty of places to catch everything from the NFL to Formula One if you know where to look

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Late night drinking

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Late night drinking

The concept of staying open 'until the last customer' might sound like a challenge being thrown down, but the scattering of genuine early-morning bars make for a great end to a night out

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The Barhoppers' Guide: Lapa

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The Barhoppers' Guide: Lapa

From the classics to the newcomers, Time Out brings you the barhoppers' guide to that essential weekend roadblock, Lapa

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The Rio food and drink 50 - cocktails

Cafés

The Rio food and drink 50 - cocktails

As part of the Rio food and drink 50, Time Out heads to the bar to pick the best cocktails on offer across the city

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