As the younger brother of another famous restaurant (Spot), Ritz is the best place if you want somewhere that serves every kind of food.

It’s fun even if you arrive late (it opens at 1 p.m) and have to wait for a table. You can order for a helping of its famous fried “rice-cake” and sit in front of the bar, just looking at the modern people who enter the restaurant.

The best thing served in Ritz is the cheeseburger: the best in São Paulo. You can choose from the basic one, or the Jubileus Burger’, with melted cheese, american lettuce, slices of ripe tomatoes and delicious onion rings inside it. The three mini-hamburgers with three different types of sauces are really good too. And you can choose between a bowl of fresh salad, potato fries, onion rings and fried “rice-cakes” to come with your burger.

But you should definitely prove Ritz’s pastas. The best one is the penne served with all kinds of mushrooms and a salty sauce made of cheese, but the penne with aspargos is also really tasty.

And you must order the Chocolove as the dessert: a big bowl of exquisite chocolate ice cream topped with whipped cream and crunchy chocolate chip cookies dunked in it. Oh, and a really sweet cherry on the top! The marvelous sweet apfelstrudel (a kind of apple cake) with a homemade taste is a huge success too. Or, if you are on a diet, you might want to choose the “Frutas da Estação”, some fresh ripe fruits with vanilla ice cream, kind of tasty and light (honestly, not too much!).

Don`t forget the extraordinary good juices and drinks. And remember to go there by the launch time. At night, the Jardins’s restaurant (there are two Ritz) is very crowded and it becomes a GLS’s place. But it’s still fun!

That`s what I like about Ritz: the service is fast and efficient (the waiters are all young and really beautiful: one has appeared in G! Magazine!), the food is amazingly tasty, you can meet every kind of people and the British decoration, with a pub’s atmosphere, never loses its charm!

Ritz, Alameda Franca, 1088, Cerqueira César, tel: 3062-5830. 12h/15h (13h on weekends) e 20h/1h

Ritz, Rua Jerônimo da Veiga , 141, Itaim Bibi, tel: 3079-2725. 12h/15h e 20h/0h

Ask for delivery: 3088-6808/3079-3661

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