Lasai

4 Reviews on “Lasai”

• Michael U.

  Located on the coast, and eschewing Amazonian ingredients in favor of local Produce and Fish, Lasai sees Chef Rafael Costa e Silva and his staff serving modern farm-to-table Cuisine in a beautiful space featuring organic flourishes and a Chef’s counter.Meaning “tranquility” in Basque, and taking inspiration from the region in terms of plates offered as part of a ten course tasting, it is after ascending stairs from street-level that guests find themselves in the center of dining room lined in mixed wood plus plants, glass vessels at the center of each table displaying everything from Beets to Onions fresh from the earth.Open since 2014, shortly after Chef ‘Rafa’ returned from several years working with Andoni Luis Aduriz at Mugaritz, it is after traversing the dining room that four lucky guests find themselves in the middle of the action, a decision of drinks quickly followed by vegetarian canapés from which fried Sweet Potato Dumplings filled with Cashew Fruit showed best.Too cloudy to see Christ the Redeemer from Lasai’s outside terrace, inclimate weather likely also why the Restaurant was less than 20% full all night, it was while sipping housemade Hibiscus sweetened with Honey that another set of Nibbles arrived, a single-bite Beet Salad impressive in its complexity while the sandwiched Snapper and Corn Fritter were also delicious.Drawing several Fruits and Vegetables from their own garden just outside of Rio, Soup poured tableside over Leeks, Pears and a Tuile delivered with Bread to sop up any residual Broth, Lasai’s most successful plate came next as roasted Pumpkin enrobed in Broccoli and Pine Nuts, the Crucifers continuing onward next as Cauliflower in several forms and colors surrounded a small slice of Grouper.Under-portioned, but still a fair value at just R$345 for the tasting, savories came to a finish with fairly basic Pork amidst Onions and Carrots, the transitional Cheese course next arriving with a variety of Honeys in Soap dispensers before Dessert started with Soursop Fruit beneath tangy frozen Yogurt.Ending with two more courses, the last a tiny Meringue with Guava Jam, Chef Costa e Silva’s second proper Dessert essentially utilized the same techniques as the first, White Chocolate crisps stacked around a quenelle of Acai balanced atop Cake flavored by Sugar and Nuts.

  February 13, 2020, 10:38 pm

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• Daniel Vercelli

  Excelente! Desde las entradas al postre, pasando por los vinos. La decoración sobria, la atención impecable. Muy buena opción en Río de Janeiro

  October 26, 2019, 7:20 pm

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• Leo Soares

  O Lasai tem uma estrela Michelin e ocupa a posição 16 na edição 2015 da lista dos 50 melhores restaurantes da América Latina. Reserva necessária. Serviço muito bom, local lindo, com um lounge de espera na cobertura com vista para o Cristo Redentor. Os pedidos da mesa devem ser iguais. Assim, escolhemos o Festival (R$245,00). A comida tem altos e baixos nos treze passos do festival. O pão de queijo tipo serra da estrela é top. Em alguns passos senti a falta de um sabor marcante.

  April 11, 2016, 2:38 am

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• Natalie Unterstell

  O lugar é lindo: uma casa maravilhosa em Botafogo, antiga, super bem decorada, com uma parede verde linda e teto retrátil! O ambiente é muito gostoso. O Festival é muito bom: entradas deliciosas, frutos do mar ok ( o pargo que comi estava incrível, já o mero marinado no capim limão foi ok), carnes tenras e deliciosas, sobremesas ok. Acho que oscilamos entre o espetacular e o razoável. O que oscilou mais e foi definidor da experiência foi o atendimento. Gostamos muito da atenção e das informações da maitre, Malena. Ela consegue não apenas informar mas transmitir de fato a essência da experiência. Abriu o teto retrátil ao perceber que estávamos com frio pelo ar condicionado super frio. Excelente!Por outro lado, o sommelier e outros do staff são robóticos e inclusive antipáticos. Ao pedir refill de vinho, enfrentamos cara feia e recebemos um vinho diferente do que estávamos tomando. Triste. Acho que isso puxou pra baixo a experiência e a relação custo-benefício.

  February 28, 2015, 2:38 am

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