Time Out Rio de Janeiro

Bars

The best of Rio's bars, pubs & botecos

  • Bars

    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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  • Bars

    Bip Bip

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

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  • Bars

    Teto Solar

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

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  • Around Town

    Comuna

    Boutique style, exhibitions and a great happy hour in Botafogo

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Classic botecos

Bar Urca

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Bar Urca

Take advantage of the bay's cooling breeze

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Bar do Gomez

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Bar do Gomez

Serving Santa Teresa for almost a century

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Boteco Salvação

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Boteco Salvação

Laidback pub in the heart of Humaitá

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More botecos

Gastrobars

Stuzzi

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Stuzzi

Cocktails and Italian snackery, Leblon style

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Estrelas Da Babilônia

Around Town

Estrelas Da Babilônia

Hidden bar with splendid views

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Q Bar

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Q Bar

Serious establishment for cocktail lovers

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Astor

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Astor

São Paulo favourite hits Ipanema beach

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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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The Barhoppers' Guide: Lapa

Bars

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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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 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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