Guidebook for Salvador
Food Scene
Gourmet restaurant (modern Brazilian) and bar, with a terrace with a beautiful view over the Bay and a sophisticated dining-room
Pereira Bar e Restaurante
Gourmet restaurant (modern Brazilian) and bar, with a terrace with a beautiful view over the Bay and a sophisticated dining-room
Good seafood restaurant, all tables on covered terrace looking on to street, lively, informal. Has reduced prices for certain items at lunch-time and before 7 PM. Moderate.
25 preporuka/e lokalaca
Caranguejo de Sergipe
Avenida OceânicaGood seafood restaurant, all tables on covered terrace looking on to street, lively, informal. Has reduced prices for certain items at lunch-time and before 7 PM. Moderate.
Gourmet pizza in a spectacularly modernized old Barra house
22 preporuka/e lokalaca
Quattro Amici Pizzeria
35 R. Dom Marcos TeixeiraGourmet pizza in a spectacularly modernized old Barra house
Gourmet restaurant owned by famous Bahian chef, Beto Pimentel. Bahian cuisine using fresh ingredients from his on-site garden. 50 reais taxi-ride from Barra, but worth the journey. Open lunch, dinner.
29 preporuka/e lokalaca
Paraíso Tropical
98 - B Rua Edgard LoureiroGourmet restaurant owned by famous Bahian chef, Beto Pimentel. Bahian cuisine using fresh ingredients from his on-site garden. 50 reais taxi-ride from Barra, but worth the journey. Open lunch, dinner.
Cheap and cheerful, food is value not gourmet. All-you-can-eat for 25 reais, includes salad bar, cooked foods (including Bahian specialties), churrasco and fruit for desert. Lunch only, closes at 5PM.
Restaurante Brasil Legal
110 R. Dias d'ÁvilaCheap and cheerful, food is value not gourmet. All-you-can-eat for 25 reais, includes salad bar, cooked foods (including Bahian specialties), churrasco and fruit for desert. Lunch only, closes at 5PM.
Best restaurant on the Porto da Barra beach, Brazilian, moderate prices.
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Restaurante Portal do Mar
510 Av. Sete de SetembroBest restaurant on the Porto da Barra beach, Brazilian, moderate prices.
International and Brazilian cooking in a beautiful courtyard in the Pelô. Moderate to expensive. Nearby is L'Arcangelo, 17 Rua das Laranjeiras, highly-recommended Italian, try any seafood risotto!
17 preporuka/e lokalaca
Restaurante Maria Mata Mouro
08 Rua da Ordem TerceiraInternational and Brazilian cooking in a beautiful courtyard in the Pelô. Moderate to expensive. Nearby is L'Arcangelo, 17 Rua das Laranjeiras, highly-recommended Italian, try any seafood risotto!
Gourmet food, set price 2-3 course lunch for R$40-50, dinner more expensive, located opposite apartment, #1 or 2 in Salvador on TripAdvisor.
12 preporuka/e lokalaca
Du Chef Arte e Gastronomia By Lucius Gaudenzi
351 R. Dom Marcos TeixeiraGourmet food, set price 2-3 course lunch for R$40-50, dinner more expensive, located opposite apartment, #1 or 2 in Salvador on TripAdvisor.
Gourmet Galician food, open for dinner only, located 2 blocks from apartment, #1 or 2 in Salvador on TripAdvisor.
19 preporuka/e lokalaca
A Casa Vidal
417 Alameda das CajazeirasGourmet Galician food, open for dinner only, located 2 blocks from apartment, #1 or 2 in Salvador on TripAdvisor.
Interesting restaurant in restored historic house in Santo Antônio. Serves excellent authentic Bahian country cooking (try the galinha caipira!). Moderate prices. No sign with name so note number! Music some nights, call first.
28 preporuka/e lokalaca
Espaço Cultural D'Venetta
Interesting restaurant in restored historic house in Santo Antônio. Serves excellent authentic Bahian country cooking (try the galinha caipira!). Moderate prices. No sign with name so note number! Music some nights, call first.
Drinks & Nightlife
Popular bar, sometimes with samba band at week-ends. Bar food.
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Bar Habeas Copos
172 Av. Almirante Marques de LeãoPopular bar, sometimes with samba band at week-ends. Bar food.
Shopping
African inspired clothing combined with modern Brazilian design. For women and men. African and Bahian art. Location: corner of Praça da Sé, opposite Cruz Caída (Fallen Cross) monument.
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
Katuka Africanidades
01 Praça da SéAfrican inspired clothing combined with modern Brazilian design. For women and men. African and Bahian art. Location: corner of Praça da Sé, opposite Cruz Caída (Fallen Cross) monument.
Very good for artisan-produced artworks and souvenirs. Guarantees fair market prices to suppliers, however remains very good value and more individualistic than products in Mercado Modelo.
10 preporuka/e lokalaca
Instituto Mauá
Very good for artisan-produced artworks and souvenirs. Guarantees fair market prices to suppliers, however remains very good value and more individualistic than products in Mercado Modelo.