Nectar

Gosto do tempero do Néctar, em especial as saladas que você pode montar na hora. Boa pedida depois da praia!

AVOID. Horrible service even by Brazilian standards. We came in with 8 people. Everyone did not enjoy their dish. The strogonoff had tough tasteless beef. The picanha with rice dish had a small overcooked piece of steak laid on a huge plate of rice. The chicken salad had more cheese than meat or veggies. We did enjoy the acai, it gets one star for that.

We only had juices here. They were fresh squeezed, good and cheap. They have a great passion fruits juice (suco de maracujá). I don’t know for the food, but I definitly recommend this place for juices.

Yikes! I didn’t have a high expectation for this place. It takes a while to get noticed by the waitresses once you sit down. They act like they are busy, and a few of them are, but they are well staffed and most of them are standing around and talking to each other.
I just got a couple of juices, a grape and a berry blend. It’s a typical lanches type restaurant and it looks like they have quite a variety to chose from.
The couple at the table on the patio jumped up because a cockroach crawled on one of them which an employee promptly exterminated. Granted, I’ve seen plenty cockroaches wandering the streets outside but it was a bit unappetizing so close to where we were eating.
Seeing the employees walking in and out of the bathroom didn’t make me feel like the standards of sanitation were very high. I’m sure most lanche places are like this, and it’s better when it’s out of sight.
The juices tasted fine and the food that came out looked ok and overall the waiters weren’t as rude as another lanche place we’ve been, but still not sure I’d come back.

Preços ótimos para quem procura um almocinho rápido num dia de praia, num padrão custo-​benefício bastante razoável. Mas não indico para quem procura uma comidinha leve e saudável. Em média o prato executivo custa 22 reais e dá até pra dividir. Não curti o meu almoço, mas pode ter sido apenas uma experiência bem particular.

Delicious chopped salads and amazing ACAI. The service is kinda spotty, but if you go to the counter they’ll help you. Great location on the main street in Ipa.

These Nectar bars are everywhere. Food was actually good… HOWEVER…my credit card was compromised at one in Ipanema so be careful and use cash preferably unless you have a chip/​pin card.

O custo-​beneficio é ótimo, as porçoes são generosas e ainda fica aberto 24h! Vale a pena.

Disgusting… this is such a tourist trap
With so many juice bars/​cafes in Rio, this has got to be the worst. We only went because it looked nice and reminded us somewhat of a more ‘modern’ establishment with tourists of all sorts. (Note to self: stay away from ‘modern’ in tourist areas). The service was super slow even AFTER we had called them over several times. This is slower than Brazilian slow… We get our sandwiches and they were literally microwaved. You could taste the hardness and dryness of the nuked chicken. Just unedible…

O Nectar foi um dos únicos lugares que conseguimos encontrar aberto em uma madrugada daquelas em que tudo que se precisa é comida. Trata-​se de uma movimentadíssima casa de sanduíches e sucos localizada na esquina da Visconde de Pirajá com a Farme de Amoedo, coração GLS do Rio.
Pedi um lanche de frango com pesto, batata palha, alface e tomate, acompanhado de fritas, e achei uma delícia (o pesto fez toda a diferença!), assim como minha amiga que optou pelo mesmo (mas é preciso fazer a ressalva de que os dois sanduíches chegaram à mesa com aparência e ingredientes diferentes…)
Para beber, fui de suco de pera, feito na hora. O atendimento foi bem confuso e tivemos que fazer o pedido direto no balcão, apesar de haver garçons trabalhando. Mas como já era super tarde e o local estava cheio de turistas, por conta da proximidade do Réveillon na cidade, achei compreensível.
É uma boa para quem está com muita pressa ou procurando um lugar com opções de comida natural.