Restaurante Hoo-Lala — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

If you have the whole day to waste with nowhere to go, I would come here. When we arrived, the restaurant was packed, and chaotic, with dumplings coming out every 5 minutes. I got up to give my order because no one came to us with a menu or to take our order. You literally have to flag someone down. We waited an hour and ordered 3 dishes, none of which came within that time. The couple across from us sat down, and within the 15 minutes they were seated, their order was taken, and their food arrived. The boba we ordered came in about 5 minutes, and it was nothing impressive, definitely not worth making a trip solely for. We ended up leaving with just boba because we had somewhere to be and it didn't seem like our order was even entered...

Restaurant is on 2nd floor inside a shop. Easy to miss! Food is expensive but it's real Chinese food except for the spicy soup I had which had tomatoes inside. Not in the original dish. Meat with curry sauce is recommended, came with a huge amount of onions though. Vegetables natural is also recommended but need to add salt. No soya sauce at table. Dishes are larger enough to be shared by two persons. Food comes relatively fast but otherwise service is slow. Couldn't find anyone when I wanted to...

Surprisingly good and authentic Chinese food. There are a variety of typical dishes that are authentic. I wish they have a combo of sweet and sour soup with the various rice plates they have. It would be a great combo. The sweet and sour soup portion is for two people so ordering it alone is going to be a waste.

There also have espresso coffee machine and a bakery. Both are excellent.

They are in an old building but the restaurant itself is clean. I wish I found this...