Time Out Rio de Janeiro

Bars

The best of Rio's bars, pubs & botecos

  • Rio's best bars

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

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  • Bip Bip

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

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  • Barzinho

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

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  • Mais Que Nada

    A more authentic taste of tapas finally hits Copacabana

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  • Teto Solar

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

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Classic botecos

Bar do Gomez

Bar do Gomez

Serving Santa Teresa for almost a century

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Bar do Mineiro

Bar do Mineiro

Unmissable homemade cachaças and ice-cold beer

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Bar Urca

Bar Urca

Take advantage of the bay's cooling breeze

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More botecos

Gastrobars

Astor

Astor

São Paulo favourite hits Ipanema beach

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Estrelas Da Babilônia

Estrelas Da Babilônia

Hidden bar with splendid views

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Q Bar

Q Bar

Serious establishment for cocktail lovers

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Meza

Meza

Dragging Botafogo's bar scene into the 21st Century

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Best for caipirinhas

Academia da Cachaça

Academia da Cachaça

Caipirinha kings with a cachaça shot for all tastes

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Ambre

Ambre

Wine, cocktails and deejays set the tone

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Bar dos Descasados

Bar dos Descasados

Cocktail heaven on an elegant outdoor terrace

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Round ups

Cocktail hour

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

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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Copacabana kiosk culture

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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Late night drinking

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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