Restaurant Banzeiro

Manaus, Brazil

Given that it’s located in a city known as ‘the gateway to the Amazon’, Restaurant Banzeiro is perfectly placed to put this wild region’s flavours on the map – and boy does it deliver. Manaus’ food scene is a gourmet journey incorporating the wisdom of Indigenous tribes, Portuguese settlers and remarkable ingredients that can’t be found anywhere else in the world, but even here Banzeiro remains a culinary event. Founder Felipe Schaedler has been credited with bringing the world’s attention to the deliciousness of the Amazon’s freshwater fish so anything that once swam is a great order here. Signatures include marinated peacock bass with broccoli rice and butter-cooked vegetables, and pirarucu (one of the world’s largest freshwater fish with a flavour akin to cod) rustically smoked over a wood-burning fire. Even more unusual is a memorable dish of leaf-cutter ants, their citrusy flavour balancing well with a milk-smooth foam made of a root vegetable called mandioquinha. Ready to take your understanding of regi

Key Information

• Average price per person $67
• Lunch: Mon – Sun, Dinner: Mon – Sun
• +55 92 98437 0274
• Visit Restaurant Banzeiro's Website

Location

R. Libertador, 102 - Nossa Sra. das Gracas, Praça 14 De Janeiro, Manaus, Amazonas, AM 69057-070