Days Open: Everyday
Hours: 12pm-4pm/7:30pm-12:30am
Type: Contemporary
Price Range: from R$88 to R$260
For three decades, Olympe Restaurant Rio has occupied a small house on the thin strip between Jardim Botânico and Lagoa, from where it has quietly gone about the important business of conjuring up some of the city’s most cherished and adventurous (not to mention exclusively priced) dishes.
To mark the anniversary, the interior has been transformed with a dash of contemporary sophistication where the focus is very much on the food, with the exposed brick walls left shorn of artwork (only one painting of the city’s landscape remains from the renovations). Other eye-catching changes are a large wine rack through which a window onto the kitchen offers a glimpse of father-and-son team Claude and Thomas Troisgros (more often the latter) and their team composing plates of food like artists at work.
Eschewing tricks and gimmicks, the duo rely on unlikely taste combinations, invariably deployed with a masterful touch, with their French influences decorating a truly Brazilian heart. Scallops, lightly grilled and served with apupunha (palm heart) doce de leite and farofa are a case in point. Purple potato gnocchi with bacalhau, Canastra cheese crisps and an array of brightly coloured herbs, create a visual impact second only to the textures of the individual elements on show.
The five-dish tasting menu (R$260 or R$390 harmonized with wine) can be created from a list of options (A Criação), or left in the hands of the experts (A Confiança). Clever touches abound, such as the raw salmon served with cubes of watermelon soaked in soy sauce to resemble tuna sashimi, giving an idea of the detail in the craft, but there is room for more classic refined touches too: the lamb shoulder canneloni with black truffle consommé is exquisitely rich.
Once you make your restaurant reservation booking, we will contact the restaurant and make the reservation for you. We will email you on the same business day with a confirmation. If we are unable to confirm your reservation, we will provide you with an alternative date/time. Please keep in mind that the earlier you book the better especially during extremely high season like Carnival, New Years & Easter week.
Description:
For three decades, Olympe has occupied a small house on the thin strip between Jardim Botânico and the Lagoa, from where it has quietly gone about the important business of conjuring up some of the city’s most cherished and adventurous (not to mention exclusively priced) dishes.
