Botekim do Japa — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

The sushi wasn’t bad but the service was really slow. It took 30 minutes for my first order, then I ordered an additional salmon roll that never came so I waited 30 more minutes for nothing and no waiter ever even mentioned it. Also once I asked to pay nobody actually brought the check for 10 minutes. It’s a small place so it shouldn’t be this slow. Also the chef rubs his nose with his hands a lot while making the sushi right in front of you. Why would you offer a sushi bar you Watch them make it if the chef is going to be touching his nose so often? Disgusting. I’m not worried about covid, and im sure that stuff goes on in kitchens behind closed doors, but if you’re going to offer a sushi bar where you can see them make the sushi, nobody wants to see that kind of...

Ebi Maki pieces were small, maybe the size of a quarter

Gyoza - It looked like it was microwaved. When I bit into it, the filling was still half-frozen inside. Sent it back and they made a new one ... the dough looked more fresh and was more steamy but the filling was STILL half frozen. HOW DO YOU SERVE THIS TWICE?!!!!

Yakisoba was actually ramen, and it was doused in soya sauce.

Gave a 2-star because the customer service was good, as always in Rio. They were attentive and gracious and it’s not their fault that the food I had ordered wasn’t satisfactory.

Others in the restaurant looked like they were enjoying the Rodízio (set...

Attention tourists!!!! You can choose an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT option! But I'm not quite sure if there's it on the English menu, so don't miss that out.

Botekim is far from traditional Japanese food, it definitely has some very Brazilian "improvements", but you know what? It's really honest and tasty food. It's not cheap, but neither it's expensive, for the amount of food you can eat and the quality of it, it worth the money.

I wouldn't say it's like going to McDonald's, but somehow it's like a Japanese junkie food, in a good way, that you feel satisfied after eating it, but with some kind of guilt on feeling...