Toca da Traíra - Barra da Tijuca — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

This place was near our hotel and our uber driver highly suggested this place for great seafood.

So we decided to try this place and I am glad that we did. This place is very authentic Brazilian seafood restaurant. The crowd in this place was a mix, both locals and tourists. The service was great and they provided us with an English menu which made our life so much easier.

For apps we got the toca mix, it was very good the bacon was nice and crisp just the way I like it. Calamari was fresh and you can tell was real high quality, and to top it off the tatar was really different in a good way and was delicious.

For the main we got the parmigiana fish (badejo) one of the best seafood dishes I have had.

This restaurant also had a very nice patio where you can enjoy the great weather with some nice views of the rio...

This is an outstanding restaurant with a great view of the ocean. The sea food here is a class apart. They have set very high standards in food and service. We ordered their large servings of grilled fish ( each dish for 2 persons) it was really high with a lot of accompaniments like veggies, rice, prawn curry etc. the chilli ( small but whole chilli ) sauce they serve with food was too good and not hot at all. Beer was ok. They can improve the range. In summer we prefer beer to wine. Server Paulo was quite precise and efficient in work. He was able to explain all the dishes to us even with his limited English vocabulary. Prices are a tad on the higher side plus there is service charge but given the portion size we...

Food is ok, but service, like everywhere else in this city, is weird to say the least. I had to ask for the happy hour menu, even though it was in full effect. The waiters are not so friendly, and they don't confirm what you say to them, kinda don't care about you. Although later they very annoyingly keep coming back asking if you want something else, disrupting conversation. I don't know how to explain, but weird or different from other places in the world. The price was surprisingly fine compared to other places in the same street. Although they either scam people or is simply a typo on the menu, but they list beer as a 350 ml glass but serve you in a 225 ml one,...