Rio Michelin prices and Evvai’s wider rankings
The 2026 Michelin Guide lists eight restaurants in Rio de Janeiro with tasting menus priced between R$440 and R$1,380, excluding drinks (diariodorio.com). Evvai — one of the São Paulo three‑star winners — also showed strong cross‑list performance last year: 20th in Latin America’s 50 Best (2025), 95th globally on World’s 50 Best, and 6th on La Liste 2026 with a score of 97, illustrating how different rankings overlapped ahead of the Michelin upgrade ( ).
Rio’s 2026 Michelin-starred tasting menus now span a wide price band, from R$440 to R$1,380 before drinks, across eight restaurants in four neighborhoods. (diariodorio.com) Diário do Rio listed the Rio prices as R$440 at Oseille, R$690 at Casa 201 and Oteque, R$750 at Lasai, R$790 at Oro, R$850 at Cipriani, R$950 at Mee, and R$1,380 at San Omakase. (diariodorio.com) Those restaurants are spread across Jardim Botânico, Botafogo, Ipanema and Leblon, and the prices exclude beverages, which can add substantially to the final bill at tasting-menu restaurants. (diariodorio.com) The Michelin Guide’s 2026 Brazil selection was unveiled on April 13 at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, and Michelin said the Rio and São Paulo guide produced Latin America’s first two three-star restaurants. (michelin.com) (cnnbrasil.com.br) Those new three-star winners were both in São Paulo: Evvai and Tuju. Michelin said D.O.M., Lasai and Oro kept two stars, while Rio’s Madame Olympe won its first star in the 2026 edition. (michelin.com) (uol.com.br) Evvai’s promotion did not come out of nowhere. Before Michelin moved it to three stars, the restaurant had already placed 20th in Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, 95th on the global World’s 50 Best list, and 6th on La Liste 2026 with a score of 97. (exame.com) (theworlds50best.com) (veja.abril.com.br) That overlap shows how the big restaurant lists measure different things but often end up rewarding the same kitchens. Michelin awards stars through its own inspectors, while La Liste aggregates reviews and guides into a numerical score, and World’s 50 Best relies on votes from a large academy of industry participants. (michelin.com) (veja.abril.com.br) (theworlds50best.com) For diners, the result is a split picture: Rio’s Michelin list gives a clear snapshot of what a starred meal costs right now, while Evvai’s rise shows how international prestige can build across several rankings before Michelin makes its top upgrade. (diariodorio.com) (exame.com) (michelin.com) In other words, the 2026 guide delivered two stories at once: Rio’s starred tables now come with a documented price ladder, and São Paulo’s Evvai arrived at three stars with the rest of the ranking world already paying attention. (diariodorio.com) (exame.com) (michelin.com)
