Bar do Che Ilha Grande — Restaurant in Rio de Janeiro

Bar do Che – A Kafkaesque pint

Thinking of grabbing a beer at Do Che? Pack a lunch and bring a map.

You approach the bar and naturally assume you can buy a frosty beverage. Silly you.

First, you’ll be directed to a different bar where you will spot a fridge—ice-cold beers just sitting there, taunting you. But wait! You can’t actually buy a beer there. No, no. That would be far too simple.

Instead, you’re sent on a magical adventure to the original bar upon entering, where you must obtain… a ticket. Only then may you return to the beer bar and, if the stars align, be granted access to the very beer you originally pointed at.

It’s less a night out, more a side quest.

So off I went. Heroically. Only to arrive at the ticket counter… with no one there. Not a soul in sight. I waited. And waited. Five minutes passed. Five more hopeful customers appeared, equally confused. We all stood there, staring into the void, wondering where the keeper of the sacred tickets had gone.

Eventually, I gave up. Shame, really. The staff I did encounter were friendly and smiling. But the genius who invented this bureaucratic obstacle course was nowhere to be found—probably off designing a three-step process to order water.

So I left. For literally anywhere else in Brazil. Where, you know, you can just buy a beer.

Ah, Bar do Che. Where buying a beer is less a transaction and more a Kafkaesque nightmare.

Cheers, and good luck,...

The team here is amazing. We were generously taken care of by Philip and Leon amongst the others and security. Philip always made us feel like we were right back home, spoke perfect English and provided amazing service. The food was amazing, we went back a few times during our time on the island. The diavola pizza was amazing, the bacon burger was amazing, the fries were crispy. The cheese fries weren’t our favourite but everything else made up for it. Price was roughly $30-$50 CAD and that is with drinks and water. 10/10 would...

Nice live music till about 10-11 Pm (in Portuguese) and then there is DJ playing till about 1 Pm (you can ask him for a song and also plays a lot of english songs). Reasonably priced drinks. A lot of younger people.

Nice seating outside with a view of the island and sea, lot of seating and mood lighting. Pretty nice food too.

Personally liked this place better than Aquario Club that is nextdoor (there were strange and...