Bosque Bar — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

We heard a lot of great things about this place but we really didn’t know what to expect. We were looking for a “club- like” environment that played Brazilian funk but when we arrived on a Sunday evening (which is apparently the best night) there was a live performance with a different genre, hence our slight disappointment. Later on into the night around 12:30 or 1am though, they switched up the vibes and had a live DJ, which we liked and preferred a lot more. We purchased a bottle of Jägermeister along with 4 redbulls and 2 bottles of water, and spent around $600 BR which was close to $100USD, which was very affordable for that kind of environment to us. The only other downside to our experience was the fact that once we ordered the bottle, we were not given any space to sit and enjoy it. Our server brought us a foldable, wooden table which did not stand properly on the cobblestone so we were subconsciously worried about the table tipping over or having someone run into it...

FOREIGNERS PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE. We went here because casa black Rio was unfortunately closed. I don’t know what was wrong with people but no one was dancing just standing there recording. The music was decent if you like electronic but it was odd to hear the music and see no one dancing. The staff and people around my group kept bumping into us. EVERYWHERE WE MOVED ON THE DANCE FLOOR WAS TREATED LIKE A PATHWAY WHICH WAS VERY WEIRD. And yes they saw me because I was taller than 95% of the people there. We literally left because these people kept interrupting our dancing every 10 seconds. It was like they were doing it on purpose to try and intimidate us? Or because they were mad that we were enjoying ourselves, I literally cannot tell you the reason but something was off. This has never happened to me at a club ever. This was an unfortunate way to end my trip to Rio, but I’m not surprised something like this would happen...

An unenjoyable venue. The only time the crowd was lively was when the DJ was playing horrendous music. The rapturous reception for the second Wonderwall remix of the night being a particular low point. There's so much amazing Brazilian music, Funk, MPB, Samba, Pagode and Bossa Nova but the DJ played precisely none of it, opting for a never ending stream of crap high energy remixes of 2010s pop tunes instead.

The Baile Funk live set was great and really high energy, but the crowd was nowhere to be seen apart from the guy who bumped into my girlfriend and then attempted to fight both of us. If you like watching desperate gringos trying to hit on 16 year old Brazilian girls who are in it for the free drinks then go ahead, otherwise avoid at all costs (and believe me, with these ticket prices there...