Best Restaurants in São Paulo 2025

São Paulo is South America's undisputed culinary capital — a city of 22 million people whose extraordinary diversity has created a restaurant scene unlike anywhere else on the continent. With the world's largest Japanese diaspora outside Japan, a massive Lebanese and Syrian community, Italian heritage that runs deep, and the full spectrum of Brazil's own regional cuisines, São Paulo eats extraordinarily well.

The high end is world-class: D.O.M., Alex Atala's landmark restaurant in Jardins, has held two Michelin stars for years and pioneered Amazonian ingredients in fine dining. A.A. is equally celebrated. But SP's dining soul lives in its neighbourhood restaurants — the Japanese nikkei joints of Liberdade, the Lebanese rotisseries of Higienópolis, the Italian trattorias of Bixiga, and the Brazilian churrascarias scattered across the city.

Our guide covers the best restaurants across price points and cuisines, from the finest Michelin-starred tables to the city's legendary street food, the top spots for feijoada on Saturdays, and where to find the most authentic Japanese food outside Tokyo.