A strong trio helms the Eça restaurant: sommeliere Deise Novakoski receives customers with knowledgeable tips on the tipples, Fréderic de Maeyer is one of Brazil's leading contemporary chefs producing the goods in the kitchen, and Nina Ramos is the very image of the modern maitre d'. The combination has turned Eça into one of Centro's best restaurants, frequented by Rio's top execs. The food is contemporary, but a classic French elegance is ever present, and all inspired by the writer to whom the restaurant owes its name: Eça de Queiros, a celebrated lover of good food and fine wines.