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
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 near the Porto da Barra beach, Brazilian, moderate.
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Restaurante Portal do Mar
510 Av. Sete de SetembroBest restaurant near the Porto da Barra beach, Brazilian, moderate.
Interesting restaurant in restored historic house in São Antônio. Serves excellent authentic Bahian country cooking (try the galinha caipira!). Moderate prices. No sign with name so note number!
28 preporuka/e lokalaca
Espaço Cultural D'Venetta
Interesting restaurant in restored historic house in São Antônio. Serves excellent authentic Bahian country cooking (try the galinha caipira!). Moderate prices. No sign with name so note number!
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!
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
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.
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.