Boteco Ipanema

Boteco Ipanema reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   val VIP

   New York City14 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on January 12, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   The food still great, the service okay. But the caipirinha is terrible. Last 2 times was bad still bad. Very disappointing.
   

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   Samantha

   New York City8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on January 10, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Friendly staff, fun atmosphere, and great food and drink. Would recommend.
   

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   Cristina

   New York City2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on October 20, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food, great drinks. Good music and atmosphere. Definitely going back.
   

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   KE

   Atlanta23 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on September 6, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Norwalk has a growing Latin restaurant community & Boteco Ipanema, representing the Portuguese influence in Brazil, does a great job of turning out beautifully prepared plates of food in generous portions. Shrimp & rice dishes were simple but immensely flavorful with the prefect cook on the shrimp & chicken breast with delicious lemon sauce was tender. Fried Chicken breast filets were also a big hit. Our service from Omar was friendly & helpful. As our group dined during the lunch hour, & we shared the restaurant’s space with just a few other couples, I can’t comment on how noisy/busy this place may get on date night/weekends. Omar informed us that Fridays & Saturdays could be busy with patrons enjoying modern Latin music & that Sunday’s were more laid back with music to commemorate that laid back atmosphere. Translation: the place hops with youthful ‘let’s party ! ‘ exuberance on weekends, with Sundays being more relaxed. This place is on a busy street with limited parking but there is a fee parking lot behind the building. Boteca does have both a front & back entrance, so that’s convenient if you park in the lot.
   

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   val VIP

   New York City14 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on August 18, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   I love this restaurant go very often but the last 2 times there I was very disappointed for the quality of there caipirinha. Last time was the worst drink ever.
   

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   StephenG VIP

   New York City13 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on July 6, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent food and service. We especially enjoyed the paella The grilled shrimp was very good as an appetizer.
   

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   America2014 VIP

   New York City14 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on May 12, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   I am very disappointed really like this place but the service was very bad I felt sorry for the waiter running out all over place, needs more helpers for sure. Also the drinks was terrible.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   New York City1 review

   1.0

   Dined on March 29, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Service was terrible. It was so terrible we felt like we were being pranked it was so bad. We had to remind our server several times about appetizers and each time she responded like she had no recollection of us ordering them. After about 40 minutes one of the 3 of our appetizers came and again when we reminded her she said someone else took our other two and they would be right out. Our dinner came and still no appetizers. Our server sat down at the bar and had dinner and was hanging out with her friends and never came back to check on us. So we were not offered another round of drinks or even asked how everything was. We managed to get a busser to stop so that we could ask about the appetizers. He finally brought them out even though we were pretty much done with our meals. The appetizers came out incorrect. Server still sitting at the bar enjoying herself… at the end of our meal when our table was cleared she finally came back and abruptly asked if we wanted boxes. We planned on having dessert but with this kind of service we knew it would be 2 hours before we got it and it would likely be wrong. There were only about 1-5 other tables of people the entire time we were there so its not like it was a crazy night for them. The food was good but the service was atrocious. Worst we have ever experienced.
   

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   oscarm

   New York City1 review

   4.0

   Dined on December 21, 2023

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great place, we had a great time, excellent services Eve for a large group
   

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    Erica

    New York City1 review

    5.0

    Dined on November 11, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Great place to spend the night dancing! My girlfriends and I go quite often to enjoy the night!
    

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