The 4 Best Food Experiences in Brazil

1.Eat, drink, and discover Rio like a local — with a local.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 179 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $94Our pick

Join Murillo Pijnappel for a three-hour evening walk through four family-owned Copacabana bars. At each stop, you’ll try local finger foods and a different drink, from caipirinhas to Brazilian beer, while hearing stories about Rio, its bar culture, and Carioca life. Groups are capped at eight.

“I had a great time with Murillo on the tour! It was a lot of fun with some amazing food and good drinks. You get a lot of food, so definitely show up hungry. I would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone considering it”

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2.Liberdade Street Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 73 reviews · 2 hours · from $60Best value

Meet Giuliano or another English-speaking guide at Liberdade Square for a two-hour walk through São Paulo’s Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Afro-Brazilian neighborhood. You’ll try Japanese pastel, onigiri, takoyaki or tempura, Korean choux au craquelin, sugarcane juice, and a final coffee or soft drink, with history woven into every stop.

“We had Giuliano as our guide and he was fantastic. Very knowledgeable about the historic areas of the city and the food was incredible. Would highly recommend.”

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3.Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 26 reviews · 3 hours · from $60

Spend three hours exploring Manaus’s Adolpho Lisboa Municipal Market with a bilingual guide, tasting tapioca, cupuaçu juice, Amazonian fruits, açaí, guaraná, and regional fish. Small groups are limited to 10, with hotel pickup and drop-off. Guides Felix and Josi have received especially warm praise, though English ability may vary.

“Guide had only a very basic knowledge of English. Difficult to comprehend him and difficult for him to understand us. He gave very little information to us about where we visited. The transportation was in his personal car that was way too small for a driver plus four adults passengers. He kept promising that a bigger car was coming but it never happened. He did not take us to see all the market. We missed the fish market almost totally. Saw only a bit of it as we later discovered on another market tour. This tour was not even worth half the value of what we paid. I will not…”

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4.The Best Food Tour: Taste the Most Authentic Flavours of Rio

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 18 reviews · 4 hours · from $75

Spend four hours tasting food from across Brazil in Rio’s Little Africa. Your guide introduces dishes such as tacacá, açaí, angu, coxinha and cachaça, then leads you toward Pedra do Sal for samba and four more samples. Tours run at 12:30 PM or 4:00 PM, with English, Portuguese and Spanish guides.

“We had a great experience with Jurema! She was incredibly friendly and welcoming, which made the tour really fun and easy to enjoy. She gave us loads of interesting information along the way and was always happy to help, not just during the tour but with tips for the rest of our trip too. The whole experience we really enjoyed trying the different types of food. Highly recommend her tour if you’re looking for something informative, relaxed, and full of good vibes!”

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