Brasilia

Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Brasilia from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Accolades in Brasilia

Lago Sul has Italian trattorias with wine lists and extensive wine lists: Gastronomia Gatto Nero and Trattoria da Rosário. Taypá, also in Lago Sul, serves Peruvian ceviches and has a wine list and an extensive pisco cocktail list. Brasilia has 16 restaurants in our guide, with two venues holding Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence citywide. Gastronomia Gatto Nero makes artisanal pasta by hand, while Trattoria da Rosário serves chef Rosario Tessier’s handmade pastas and risottos. In St. Hoteleiro Sul, Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina serves bife de chorizo and ojo de bife alongside an extensive wine list. Asa Norte has Baco Pizzaria, a wood-fired pizzeria with a wine list and beer. In Asa Sul, Vinny’s serves Neapolitan pizza and craft cocktails, and Nazo Japanese Food serves sushi and Hokkaido tonkotsu ramen.

Wine-led restaurants in Brasília

Gastronomia Gatto Nero in Lago Sul and Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina in St. Hoteleiro Sul have wine lists and extensive wine lists. Taypá in Lago Sul has a wine list and an extensive pisco cocktail list.

Gastronomia Gatto Nero
In Lago Sul, Gastronomia Gatto Nero has operated as an Italian trattoria since 1996. The restaurant makes artisanal pasta by hand, pays attention to ingredient quality and has an extensive wine list.
Taypá
In Lago Sul, Taypá is a pioneer Peruvian restaurant in Brasilia, with ceviches that use oyster sauce and coconut leche de tigre. It has a wine list and an extensive pisco cocktail list.
Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina
In St. Hoteleiro Sul, Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina serves Argentine parrilla cooking in a ground-floor space inside the Bonaparte Hotel. Meat cuts include bife de chorizo and ojo de bife. The restaurant has an extensive wine list.

Japanese rooms and pizza stops

In Asa Sul, Nazo Japanese Food serves sushi and Hokkaido tonkotsu ramen, and Vinny’s serves Neapolitan pizza. Baco Pizzaria in Asa Norte makes wood-fired pizzas with Italian ingredients.

Nazo Japanese Food
In Asa Sul, Nazo Japanese Food serves wine and beer alongside sushi, small plates and Hokkaido tonkotsu ramen. The broth is a 24-hour tonkotsu made with Hokkaido spring water and family recipes, and the menu includes contemporary Japanese dishes.
Baco Pizzaria
In Asa Norte, Baco Pizzaria is an artisanal wood-fired pizzeria with Italian ingredients. It holds 50 Top Pizza Latin America #22 (2026). Alongside its pizzas, the restaurant offers a wine selection and beer.
Vinny’s
In Asa Sul, Vinny’s serves Neapolitan pizza with Italian and Brazilian ingredients in a bright, modern room. Its Caprese pizza has buffalo mozzarella and olive tapenade. It serves craft cocktails and holds 50 Top Pizza Latin America #34 (2026).

Planning FAQ

Which neighbourhoods hold the strongest wine scene in Brasilia?

Lago Sul has Gastronomia Gatto Nero and Trattoria da Rosário, both with wine lists and extensive wine lists. Taypá, also in Lago Sul, has a wine list and an extensive pisco cocktail list.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in your Brasilia guide?

Brasilia has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, which covers 16 restaurants citywide. Two venues in our Brasilia guide hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.

Which places in Brasilia hold Wine Spectator awards?

Two restaurants across the city of Brasilia, among the dining venues included in our guide to the Brazilian capital, hold the Wine Spectator award called Best of Award of Excellence.

Where should I look for Japanese food in Brasilia?

Asa Sul and Asa Norte are the clearest Japanese neighbourhoods in this guide. Nazo Japanese Food appears in both districts, with sushi, small plates and ramen giving each area a defined Japanese option.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Where to eat in Brasilia

Selected entries from the current guide for Brasilia.

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Baco Pizzaria

Punta dritto ai vent’anni di attività questa pizzeria nata nel 1999 che si è imposta sul mercato come interprete più autentica del gusto italiano e dello stile classico della pizza napoletana. Un forno a legna, sedie e tavolini che ricordano la classica osteria italiana. Si parte dalle classiche, margherita in primo luogo per aprirsi ad una proposta ampia e ricca di suggestioni con pizze ben lievitate e ben cotte. Non mancano altri piatti come la lasagna e piccoli bocconi come antipasti. Ottima la materia prima, si beve bene e il servizio è molto veloce e attento, sempre con il sorriso che ben si abbina all’atmosfera gioiosa e gustosa tipica italiana di cui questo locale è grande interprete. This pizzeria, founded in 1999, has been a key player in the market as the authentic interpreter of Italian taste and the classic style of Neapolitan pizza for the past twenty years. With a wood-fired oven and chairs and tables reminiscent of a traditional Italian osteria, the restaurant offers a wide variety of well-risen and well-cooked pizzas, starting with the classic margherita. Other dishes such as lasagna and small appetizers are also available. The quality of the ingredients is excellent, the drinks are good, and the service is fast and attentive, always accompanied by a smile that complements the joyful and tasty Italian atmosphere that this establishment embodies.

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Vinny’s

A Brasilia Vinny’s si ritaglia uno spazio riconoscibile tra le insegne dedicate alla pizza, intercettando un pubblico eterogeneo tra residenti e professionisti. Locale moderno e luminoso con linee estetiche nette. Qui la pizza è di ispirazione napoletana con cornicione non troppo grande e ben brunito. Tante le pizze in carta che danno vita ad una proposta molto assortita in cui trovano spazio ingredienti italiani e brasiliani. Tra le pizze anche una alla Banana che ci riserviamo di assaggiare in futuro mente tra le pizze classiche la Margherita e la Portuguesa danno sempre una bella soddisfazione. Molto gustosa la Caprese, con mozzarella di bufala e tapenade di olive. Tra i dolci molto particolare il Pavemisù con dulce de leche. Grande offerta per gli amanti dei drink. In Brasilia, Vinny's carves out a recognizable space among the pizza signs, attracting a diverse audience of residents and professionals. The modern and bright locale features clean aesthetic lines. Here, the pizza is inspired by Neapolitan tradition with a not too large and well-browned crust. The menu offers a wide variety of pizzas, incorporating both Italian and Brazilian ingredients. Among the pizzas is one with banana that we look forward to trying in the future, while the classic Margherita and Portuguesa pizzas never fail to satisfy. The Caprese pizza, with buffalo mozzarella and olive tapenade, is tasty. For dessert, the Pavemisù with dulce de leche is a distinctive option. There is also a great selection of drinks for enthusiasts.

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Caminito Parrilla Asa Norte

Caminito Parrilla Asa Norte brings Argentine-style live-fire grilling to Brasília's Asa Norte commercial sector, positioning itself within a city that has steadily built a serious dining identity beyond its administrative reputation. The parrilla format, built around wood and charcoal, unhurried cuts, and smoke as a cooking medium, finds a receptive audience in a capital where long lunches and table-side ritual still hold weight.

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Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina

Dom Tango Parrilla Argentina occupies a ground-floor space inside Brasília's Bonaparte Hotel in Asa Sul, bringing Argentine parrilla tradition to Brazil's planned capital. The restaurant positions itself within a small cohort of Brasília dining rooms that draw on South American culinary heritage beyond the local canon. For visitors based along the southern hotel strip, it represents a practical and culturally grounded option.

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Downtown Restaurante Escola SENAC

Downtown Restaurante Escola SENAC serves Brazilian cooking at St. Bancário Norte 1 in Asa Norte, with feijoada and lunch or dinner service.

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Gastronomia Gatto Nero

Gastronomia Gatto Nero occupies a residential address in Lago Sul, one of Brasília's most architecturally distinct lakeside neighbourhoods, positioning it apart from the capital's central dining corridors. Compared to the city's more formal institutional venues, it operates on a smaller, neighbourhood-rooted scale that reflects how premium dining in Brasília has quietly spread beyond the Plano Piloto.

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LAGO Restaurante

Positioned along the Lago Sul waterfront, LAGO Restaurante occupies a residential quarter that operates at a different tempo than Brasília's administrative core. The address alone signals a deliberate separation from the city's political machinery, placing the dining experience within one of the capital's most considered residential enclaves. For visitors already working through Brasília's tighter dining scene, it represents a distinct geographic and atmospheric counterpoint.

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Minas Bistro

Minas Bistro operates in Brasília's Sudoeste neighbourhood, a residential district that has quietly developed one of the capital's more considered dining scenes. The bistro format positions it within a mid-tier bracket that sits between the city's formal special-occasion restaurants and its casual neighbourhood options, a range where Brazilian comfort cooking and regional ingredient traditions tend to do their most honest work.

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MODESTO Hamburgueria

In a city where fine dining dominates the editorial conversation, MODESTO represents the other current in Brasília's food scene: the casual, locally rooted spot that draws a consistent crowd on the strength of its product rather than its prestige address.

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Nazo Japanese Food

Nazo Japanese Food occupies a modest shopfront in Brasília's Asa Sul district, at CLS 403 Bloco A Loja 08, bringing Japanese culinary tradition to the capital's increasingly considered dining scene. The address places it inside one of the city's most walkable commercial strips, where the concentration of independent restaurants has grown steadily over the past decade. For a city where international cuisine has historically skewed toward steakhouses and Italian, a dedicated Japanese kitchen represents a specific kind of commitment.

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Nazo Japanese Food - Asa Norte

Brasília's Asa Norte district has a small but committed cluster of Japanese restaurants, and Nazo sits within that tier, a neighbourhood address serving Japanese food in a city where the cuisine occupies a distinct niche. For residents of the northern residential and commercial zone, it represents a local option for Japanese in a dining scene that skews heavily toward Brazilian churrasco and Italian-Brazilian formats.

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Taypá

Taypá occupies a residential pocket of Lago Sul, one of Brasília's most affluent lakeside districts, placing it at some remove from the capital's central dining corridor. The address alone signals a destination-dining sensibility rather than casual footfall. For visitors mapping the city's more considered restaurant options, it belongs in the same planning conversation as the better-known tables along the lake.

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Trattoria da Rosário

Trattoria da Rosário operates out of Lago Sul, one of Brasília's more residential and quietly affluent lakeside quarters, where Italian trattoria cooking has carved a distinct niche separate from the capital's formal dining circuit. The address places it away from the Asa Norte restaurant corridor, drawing a neighbourhood crowd that returns for consistency rather than novelty. For Italian-leaning dining in Brasília, it sits in a different register than the city's Argentine parrillas or contemporary Brazilian kitchens.

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