Drink

The full verified list for this section. The shortlist on the category page is the curated starting set.

Rio Scenarium

Rio Scenarium is a music house at 20 Rua do Lavradio, in the antique-street wing of Lapa.

Carioca da Gema is a music house at 79 Avenida Mem de Sá, a short walk from the studio.

Casa da Cachaça is a Mem de Sá institution — Rio’s first cachaçaria, open since 1960 and listed as Carioca cultural heritage.

Labuta Bar is contemporary Rio boteco cooking between Lapa, Senado, and Tiradentes — a useful lunch and early-evening bridge.

La Esquina is a bar at Avenida Mem de Sá, 61, on the Lapa night strip beside the aqueduct.

Bafo da Prainha is square-side drinks, charcoal cooking, and samba in the heart of Pequena África — a guest-friendly port evening.

Bar Urca is the historic bayfront bar — cold beer, seafood, and sunset on the Mureta, a landmark Urca evening.

Adega Pérola is a 1957 seafood-and-acepipes counter, Carioca heritage, and a 2026 pick for traditional Copacabana bar.

Arco Íris da Lapa is a pub at 72B Avenida Mem de Sá, in the dense block of Lapa night doors.

Armazém Senado is a pub on Avenida Gomes Freire with daytime hours — Monday–Friday 08:00–20:00, Saturday 08:00–16:00.

Bar da Lapa is a pub at 69 Avenida Mem de Sá, in the middle of the neighborhood’s night strip.

Bar do Augusto is a pub at 72A Avenida Mem de Sá, sharing the numbering with Arco Íris da Lapa.

Belmonte is a pub at 82 Avenida Mem de Sá, on the same walking line as Bar da Lapa and Nova Capela.

Café Cultural Sacrilégio is a pub on Avenida Mem de Sá, in the Lapa night cluster.

Leviano Bar is a music room at 49 Rua Mem de Sá, with a published site and Instagram.

Paiol 08 is a mapped pub at 24 Rua dos Arcos, beside Fundição Progresso — treat it as a daytime door under the aqueduct, not a late club.

Sarau Rio is a pub at 64 Avenida Mem de Sá, in the Lapa night cluster.