Recife Taste
In front of Old Recife's leafy square, the Bar Teatro de Mamulengo is a truly quirky spot decorated with carnaval puppets called mamulengos. Indoors, guests enjoy live music, while out front they sit at tables on the cobblestone street and enjoy...
In Boa Viagem, Recife's seaside district of high-rise condos, Guaiamum Gigante Praia is one of several popular seafood venues that are bright and bustling well into the night. Guaiamum refers to a blue land crab served in its shell,...
If you dine on the deck out front, don't be intimidated by all the beautiful people entering Cervejaria Alphaiate in Boa Viagem, Recife's upscale seafront district. The huge indoor space is devoted to a lively bar scene, while the enormous...
On one of Olinda's many quiet cobblestoned streets is the restaurant Oficina do Sabor, the brainchild of chef and cookbook author César Santos. The vast menu of traditional and modern dishes includes an addictive lobster and fish...
Seen from the outside, on a colonial Olinda street, Restaurant Patuá looks to be a modest establishment. The restaurant may be simple in décor too, but it has spectacular balcony views toward Recife. Its northeast...
Olinda's hillside restaurant Beijupirá is reached by a glass funicular that descends through the garden from the road above. Night or day, the views are grand, whether indoors on the deck, or from the rooftop terrace. Shrimp dishes with...
