This compact space is the best samba venue in town if you love to dance, drink and sing along from Monday through until Saturday. The venue packs in a lively mix of regulars, students and tourists with its busy programme of samba and chorinho. In this no-frills space, with exposed brick walls and a small scattering of tables, the caipirinha-toting crowd don’t seem to mind bumping up against each other as they dance to the band’s samba sessions.

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