Noi Moreira Cesar — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

The one thing stopping this review from 5 stars is the extremely slow food service, they took almost 20 minutes to get the appetizer and a good 40 minutes for the entree.

I can say that food is absolutely delicious, just don't come here on a rush, because you could not have anything to eat, and it was not a rush hour or anything.

Cheese and dried beef pasteis were delightful although a bit oily.

Beer was extremely cold, absolute perfection. Passion fruit juice was tasty.

The coconut cooked shrimps is a behemoth of a dish, but totally worth it. Tha dish can be shared by a party of three if you are not starving.

Staff is really friendly and quick, then again, can't say the same for the dishes coming out....

My wife and I usually order pastels, always making sure that they're made fresh. We had been at Noi previously, and the pasteis were good. Yesterday we ordered our usual, two portions with 'carne moida'.

They changed their method and product. They served 6 small pastels, instead of two medium sized. They were NOT fresh. They were previously made, and it was obvious. ( It was also their second attempt, because they brought 'carne seca' instead of 'carne moida'. No biggy, mistakes happen.)

Don't change things when they're good.

Waste of time and money, if you love pastéis.

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