📍 Av. Afrânio de Melo Franco, 290 - 4º Piso - Leblon, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22430-060, Brazil
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Google: 4.5 • TripAdvisor: 4
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Ráscal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a delightful Mediterranean and Italian buffet restaurant that offers a charming dining experience infused with a local flair. The restaurant is particularly known for its extensive salad bar, featuring both cold and warm dishes, along with freshly made pasta and an enticing pizza selection. Families, couples, and solo diners alike appreciate the welcoming atmosphere, making it a perfect spot for casual gatherings or special occasions. With a solid rating of 4.5 on Google and 4.0 on TripAdvisor from a large number of reviews, Ráscal stands out for its quality of food, friendly staff, and overall value, particularly with its well-curated wine list. Visitors often highlight the attentive service and kid-friendly environment, although some have noted occasional language barriers due to the predominantly Portuguese-speaking staff.
Google: 4.5 (3391 reviews)
TripAdvisor: 4 (639 reviews)
There is a lot of variety of food. They have a wonderful salad bar that has also warm plates. You can actually have a full meal just on that salad bar. All of the pastas are made on location, And while we were there one night we saw the cleaning of the room where the pasta is made, they are absolutely meticulous! The pizza selection was nice. The Only issue I could find was the fact that like in most other restaurants in real. Nobody spoke any other language besides Brazilian Portuguese, which made it a little bit difficult to ask questions about the menu!
We were unlucky. Service was slow, the order was lost and then nearly an hour after we had arrived my food arriived and my partners did not. Then later the wrong food arrived. I ordered a cold plate and the impression I had was the food had been on that plate and in the fridge since the day before. ONE positive note - we were not charged for the food. But the appetite had gone.
O Ráscal do Shopping Leblon segue como alternativa para um almoço sem pressa. O farto e variado buffet (felizmente) não muda muito, apenas se adaptando à sazonalidade das safras. Saladas caprichadas em duas bancadas e pratos quentes numa ilha, são bem apresentados e sempre muito gostosos. Uma carta de vinhos bem montada ajuda a encontrar algo que caiba no bolso e no paladar, preços razoáveis, já o preço do buffet tem ótima relação custo benefício. No almoço do meio da semana o movimento é tranquilo... já nos finais de semana, prepare-se para encarar uma grande fila de espera. Para mim o polpetone e o ravioli verde são imperdíveis. Continuarei voltando sempre!
A comida era maravilhosa,eu pedi um polpetonne com fettucine Alfredo que estava muito bom e os preços eram bons, os garçons são muito receptivos,recomendo