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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  • Around Town

    CADEG

    A slice of carioca drinking culture gets the weekend going early

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    Bip Bip

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

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    Teto Solar

    Botafogo's cool theatre-bar and weekend hot-spot

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    Barzinho

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

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Classic botecos

Bracarense

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Bracarense

The sandy-toed drinker is more than welcome

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Bar do Mineiro

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Bar do Mineiro

Unmissable homemade cachaças and ice-cold beer

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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

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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Stuzzi

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Stuzzi

Cocktails and Italian snackery, Leblon style

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Q Bar

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Q Bar

Serious establishment for cocktail lovers

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Best for caipirinhas

Bar dos Descasados

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Bar dos Descasados

Cocktail heaven on an elegant outdoor terrace

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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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Round ups

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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Copacabana kiosk culture

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Copacabana kiosk culture

The neighbourhood's beach kiosks offer a unique location to grab lunch, a post-beach beer, or warm up for the night with a barmy cocktail

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Cocktail hour

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Cocktail hour

Mixologists are springing up all over town, with new bars having to get creative to keep up with some snazzy signature drinks that are leaving the humble caipirinha trailing in their wake

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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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