Our directory lists 15 Spanish restaurants in Brazil, and most of them are in São Paulo. This guide goes through them city by city, using what each restaurant's own listing says. Opening hours change, so check with the restaurant before you go.
São Paulo: Jardins and Rua Oscar Freire
Two of the listings share a street. Tanit at Rua Oscar Freire 145 is chef Óscar Bosch's restaurant. Its listing describes Spanish cooking with a personal, contemporary touch and Mediterranean dishes in a long tradition of Catalan chefs, and says it won a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2020. At number 153, Nit Bar de Tapas is his tapas bar, opened in 2019 to spread the habit of tapeo. Its listing says it was named best bar to eat in São Paulo by the Folha guide that year and also received a Bib Gourmand in 2020.
Also in Jardim Paulista, Consentido Culinária (Alameda Campinas 1061) was founded by Francisco Javier and Mirthes after several generations of family restaurant work. Its stated aim is Spanish food "without fusions."
São Paulo: Pinheiros, Vila Mariana and Itaim Bibi
Three of the São Paulo listings are in Pinheiros. Huevos de Oro (Rua Pedroso de Morais 267) opened in 2019 as a tapas house and now calls itself "a bit of a bar, a bit of a restaurant." Chefs Tatiane Bertone and Larissa Desiderio run the kitchen, and the menu lists tortilla de patatas, pan tumaca, huevos rotos, Asturian cachopo, rabo de toro and a bomba de la Barceloneta. The wine list is mostly Spanish, with particular attention to sherry and vermouth. We wrote a longer profile of Huevos de Oro.
Nearby, Pintxos Bar (Rua Inácio Pereira da Rocha 54) takes its cue from the Basque Country, with pintxos on bread, tapas, cured meats, cheeses and Basque cider. Bodega Pepito on Rua dos Pinheiros is a newer bodega-style bar from Óscar Bosch, listed as opening around the turn of 2026, with a menu that mixes Spanish tapas and Brazilian ingredients.
Further south, ¡Lola por Dios! (Rua Voltaire, Vila Mariana) lists seafood paella, tapas and jamón. In Itaim Bibi, Torero Valese (Avenida Horácio Lafer 638) opened in 2008 under chef Juliano Varese. Its listing cites a "best tapa in the city" award from Época São Paulo magazine and a Comer & Beber award in 2014.
São Paulo: Ipiranga and Bela Vista
Rua Bom Pastor in Ipiranga has two Spanish addresses. Paellas Pepe at number 1660 has been open since 1990 under chef Pepe López and is built around paella. At number 1644, Empório Pata Negra is a ham and tapas bar created by three partners, which describes itself as the first and only Spanish ham and tapas bar in Brazil.
Mercado Ibérico (Rua Pamplona 310) opened in 2021, founded by businessman Javier Amigo Martínez and actress Mara Carvalho. Its listing mentions a terrace, a room full of flowers and plants, and a wide range of Iberian wines. For a two-day plan that strings several of these together, see our São Paulo Spanish weekend.
Rio de Janeiro: Otaviano on the beachfront
Rio's Spanish listings are three branches of one restaurant, Otaviano, set up by the partners of the Arena Hotels group. The shared listing mentions paella made with bomba rice and homemade sweets such as tarta de Santiago. The branches are Otaviano Copacabana (Avenida Atlântica 2064), Otaviano Leme (Avenida Atlântica 324) and Otaviano Ipanema (Rua Francisco Otaviano 131). All three list the same hours, noon to 22:30 every day. See all Spanish restaurants in Rio de Janeiro.
Salvador: La Taperia in Rio Vermelho
In Bahia, La Taperia is at Rua da Paciência 251 in Rio Vermelho, Salvador, and its listing credits the cooking to chef José Andrés Morchón. It lists evening service Tuesday to Friday and opens from lunch on Saturdays, with a lunch service on Sundays.
Tips for ordering Spanish food in Brazil
- If you want paella, ask about waiting time and whether there is a minimum order when you book or sit down.
- Ask what the house has on its Spanish wine list. Huevos de Oro and Mercado Ibérico both say Spanish and Iberian wines are central to what they do.
- Check the day before you go. Several São Paulo listings show split lunch and dinner services, and some list no Monday hours.
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