You can find Italian, Arabic and Japanese restaurants in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (although the vast majority of restaurants in Copacabana serve traditional local Brazilian cuisine).
Read about these type of restaurants below as well as other options next door such as pasta and pizza place, Irish pub, and gastronomic bar. You can locate these restaurants in the map of Copacabana in My Rio Travel Guide e-book.
Don Camillo (Italian)
Great value. Strolling musicians play Italian songs (9 p.m. – midnight) tableside as you dine. Avenida Atlântica, 3056 – Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro. (Next door is The Clover Irish Pub [live music Fri.-Sat. nights]. Next to it is Devassa, for Brazilian draft premium beers.)
Lapamaki (Japanese)
Small, very good, often crowded. Menu, all-you-can-eat and per kilo options. Closed Mondays. Rua Bolívar, 7 – Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro. (For great wine and fine finderfood, Zot Gastrobar is next door. Live jazz on Tues. 7 – 10 p.m., cover charge R$15; US$7.50; €6.50. Open Tues. – Sat. 6 p.m. – midnight, Sun. noon – midnight.)
Stambul (Arabic)
Very good quality and an excellent value. Rua Domingos Ferreira, 221 – Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro. (The traditional Pizzaria Caravelle is next door. Alternatively, the up-scale Capricciosa, for fine pizza and pasta, is at # 187 [closed for lunch].)
For other international cuisines as well as for traditonal Brazilian food in Copacabana and in other neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, get a copy of My Rio Travel Guide – The Essential How-To Visitor’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro.