Guia Rio Show, the guide to Rio published by the city’s main daily newspaper, O Globo, has sent a team of reviewers out to visit over 200 of the city’s bars and restaurants to review them and to pick the and list the very best.

For the 15th edition of Guia Rio Show, eight of the 200 establishments were considered worthy of the judges’ maximum score. They are:

Fasano Al Mare (Seafood – Ipanema)

Gero (Italian – Ipanema)

Lasai (Contemporary Brazilian – Botafogo)

Mee (Pan-Asian – Copacabana – PHOTO)

Naga (Japanese – Barra)

Nosso Bar (Bistro – Ipanema)

Oro (Contemporary – Leblon)

Shiso (Japanese – Barra)