Venga! — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

This place was lively, exciting, fun, full of energy, locals, dancing and dining. Nothing too fancy but just right. You truly get a taste of real living here. The Brazilians are so festive, love to dance, sing out loud, and truly enjoy life. I had am amazing time eating at a corner restaurant, meeting some of the workers, and them taking my friend and I out. We went to a local Samba two story bar club,, drank the famous Brazilian drink- caipirinhas, sang and danced the night away. It was truly a...

Cool place, as always. Food was really good and sangrias even better. Amazing that Venga has been around for ages and the standard is still good. We were there on a surprisingly quiet Saturday for lunch so service was very fast. One tapa I missed on the menu is warm sauteed chorizo. The arroz was as I expected, was served on a plate and not pan and did not taste like arrozes in Spain. But plenty of other yummy choices. We would...

This place couldn’t be more charming. Cute terrace and attractive inside seating available too. I ordered the grilled baby octopus that came with a choice of side, i chose grilled veggies, a choice of entree, i went for the mixed greens salad, and a small chocolate ganache druzzled in olive oil and sprinckled with salt that was surprisingly good. Imposible to beat location. Excellent Service. Great value...