Academia da Cachaça

We’ve been here many times and had to do one last time since it’s really the best selection of cachaças. Although they don’t carry the type of cachaça that has a dead snake or some type of animal but the waiters will assure you they have it in their home towns and laugh when you suggest you want to try it. They also don’t have the tongue tingling Jambu, like they do in Casa da Cachaça in Lapa, but they do have a variety of better tasting classic cachaça that you want to try out. They also do flights so if you aren’t a connoisseur, it’s a good way to get to know what you like without getting too wasted.
Food is simple and classic Carioca style as well, such as toasted tapioca squares, grilled heart of palm, chicken in pitanga sauce. Tire sede is a non-​alcoholic drink made of sugar cane, lime and is delicious.

I was recommended this place by family and friends for the feijoada. Boy oh boy they did not disappoint I must of had 2 pounds of meat beans and rice that was very good and cooked to the T.
The hot sauce that they have on the table is extremely delicious and has the unique sweet but spicy taste at the same time definitely one of a kind. We came with the group of about 8 people while one person had to reserve the big table so we could all be seated the service was extremely efficient and accommodated our large group very smoothly. The feijoada came with different types of meats pork, sausage, beef, ribs and other types of meat I believe that all were cooked great and the taste it was very moist in traditional for the food here in Rio de Janeiro.
When you think about going to eat food while you’re traveling this is the place to go for the meats.
After we ate we enjoyed the tapioca ice cream which was so good my son refused to share with anyone and wanted more after he consumed the two scoops he ate. Towards the end we all ordered a nice expresso talk for a bit while the service was still very aware and catering. Trying to speak English to the waiters it is very difficult so it’s very recommended to have a local person that speaks Portuguese just like the rest of the restaurants.
I will be definitely coming back here on my next visit and ordering the same feijoada.

Didn’t try the food here, but if you’re new in town and want to taste some of the hundreds of types of cachaça, then this is the place to go. We had a great time with a few flights of cachaça, including checking out the waiter’s favorite brand. I had no idea there were so many different types of cachaça to try, so this was the perfect place to go for tourists, novices and professional drinkers! A great night, with wonderful outdoor seating. Ambiance leaves quite a bit to be desired, but becomes less important as the night goes on and the drinks continue to flow. Definitely a good place to go as a group!

The carne de sol and caipirinhas were great. and it was a relaxed environment… but why did they have to leave a bad taste in our mouths by, when running the credit card, the waiter pushes a button without asking or even telling us, that says we «requested» the «currency conversion service» for 5% when we didn’t, and my United Club card has free conversion. I don’t know what benefit the restaurant gets, but it must be something because the waiter ran off after the deed was done before we saw… so pay attention to this aspect. Would have been a good review without this. It wasn’t a lot of $$, but just annoying.

Great variety of cachaça and really tasty caipirinha. They have a great covered outdoor patio (with fans) and a separate indoor seating area with air conditioning. I found the service there to be much less helpful than at many other local bars and restaurants. I went three times with different Brazilian friends and they also commented how the service there was poor.

Came here for the name, and the reviews.
Ordered a couple of the server recommended caipirinha’s — both VERY good!
And ordered the Chicken breast dish with gnocchi and peas. The gnocchi was EXCELLENT! The chicken breast was good — I wasn’t expecting much. Peas were good.
I recommend this place, and that gnocchi!

Great place to come in Leblon. The décor is fun and the menu options are varied. love the queijo coalho and their feijoada. They say the feijoada is for two, but its a good serving for three people to share.
They offer tastings of various cachaças from around the area (Rio, RS and Minas), and have mixed drinks thats are worth a try.

Si vous aimez la Caïpirina ou êtes un puriste de la Cachaça ce lieu est fait pour vous.
Spectaculaire collection de bouteilles (300) et pas seulement pur la déco. A l’arrivée on vous remet une carte qui décrit en détail les caractéristiques de chaque Cachaça, l’origine, le producteur et souvent même une anecdote liée.
Côté nourriture le bar n’est pas en reste.
Tapas traditionnels fins, frais et bien garnis. Je recommande les Croquette de carne, Coxinha de galinha, Escondidinho original.
Côté Caïpi demandez la Cachaça Boazinha, super parfumée avec un fruit acidulé (Limoa — citron vert ou Abacaxi — ananas ou Caju + citron vert).
Je né donne pas de recommandation sur les bouteilles à déguster, mais étant donné qu’elles sont toutes disponibles en mini verre de dégustation il serait dommage de né pas en profiter !

O serviço não foi bom, os atendentes não davam muita atenção. A comida é ótima e uma boa pedida seria a degustação de caipinhas.

What other place carries over 2000 bottles of cachaça? This is the place to try out cachaça if you have never tried it or don’t know the different between any of them. They have tasting flights to sample different brands and offer mixed drinks with any brand.
I couldn’t resist the batidas and at first I thought, it was such a tiny glass but it was well blended so you couldn’t taste how potent the drink was until later. Blended coconut was my favorite flavor. I never had pitanga until today but it was a unique flavor.
We tried the cubinhos de tapioca (small fried tapico cubes) in a sweet chili sauce which were great appetizers for drinks. We also tried the escondidinho de frango (which was a small bowl of mashed cassava root with shredded chicken and cheese) which was delicious. Last but not least I tried the empada costela, or empanada filled with shredded rib meat) which had a nice flaky crust and good filling.
Definitely come here for a few good drinks and some tasty appetizers but expect to spend a bit of money.

For a place built around its huge cachaça collection, I must start by saying I was equally impressed by the food. There were several items I wasn’t familiar with, so we decided to try the escondidinho de frango and the cubinhos de tapioca. Both were delicious and made excellent accompaniments for cachaça.
Regarding the drinks, I am definitely not a cachaça expert, but my passion fruit caipirinha was good. My wife had batidas of both coco and pitanga that each came in a small glass. I don’t recommend underestimating their alcohol content though, as they both seemed quite strong.
Turned out to be a nice place and I will definitely stop by again.

They do have a good selection and the waiter who took care of us was very nice. But I find the cachaças over-​priced. I collect cachaças and and some there that I didn’t know of. In terms of food I think they could also do better.

Local agrdavel para almoço em familia ou fazer bagunça com os amigos.
Ponto de encontro certo no Leblon para um chopp no fim de semana e claro, cachaça pra quem curte.
O local foi explandido e hoje comprta bastante gente. Mesas externas garantem a sensação de estar ao ar livre, literalmente curtindo o bairro.

Great place for drinks and people watching. Went on a Saturday afternoon. Around 12 PM and hardly anyone there so the waitress gave us her full attention. Had some of their famous Caipirinha and also their feijoada was really good. Would go again if I come back to Rio. 4 stars only because of the price compared to other places.

The service here is a bit off, but I attributed that to the language barrier. The service all over Brazil is really bad. They didn’t bring out one of the chicken dishes someone in our party ordered and brought out the wrong drinks for us which we just took because we didn’t want to cause an awkward moment with the waiter. The food itself is quite good and comes out pretty fast if they remember your order. The drinks are quite delicious and the capirinha is one of the best I’ve had especially the passion fruit one. In the end I would stop by for a more authentic local dining experience but in the end the typically poor service in the region tended to dominate as we were drinking drinks we did not order and missing food items. Not sure if I would stop by again… maybe for a drink? Free wifi however!

Para começar e fazer jus ao nome da casa, a carta de cachaças é extensa e impecável, com garrafas de todo o Brasil. Merecem destaque as mineiras da região de Salinas e as premiadas cachaças da Paraíba — isso mesmo, as branquinhas Serra Limpa e Volúpia, deste Estado, estão sempre ganhando os concursos nacionais dos quais participam. Mas a Academia não é só cachaça, tem caipivodcas variadas e um chope muito bem tirado e petiscos originais — não deixe de provar os cubinhos de tapioca e queijo coalho com geléia de pimenta. A Academia faz de você um imortal enquanto duram os comes e bebes.

I was warned that Academia da Cachaca would be overpriced, but it actually wasn’t that bad (most base prices start around R$ 12). They most certainly have a wide assortment of rum, and you can spruce up your caipirinha with higher quality ones (at a surcharge, of course). I had one with pineapple and red peppercorns, which was weird and not to my liking. Also tried one with orange and ginger. Nothing special. They have a nice outdoor seating area and the servers were nice enough (they have English menus if you ask).

Posso estar sendo muito exigente por ser Mineiro e da terra dos bares, Belo Horizonte, mas os petiscos desse bar não estão ao mesmo nível da enorme carta de cachaças e das famosas caipirinhas do estabelecimento.
O combinado de bolinhos fritos é o que vejo sair mais, não gostei muito dele, parece mais salgadinho de padaria…

O lugar perfeito pra uma… cachaça, oras!
Ir pra Academia da cachaça é sempre uma boa pedida no fim da noite, depois de beber umas cervejas nos bares da região. Nada mal terminar a noite com uma deliciosa cachacinha. As melhores? côco suave e maracujá. Nunca decepcionam!
O bar também serve bons petiscos, um escondidinho bem gostoso e cerveja garrafa (pra acompanhar a cachaça).
Ah, e se você gostar muito da cachaça fique tranquilo: eles também vendem a garrafa!

A Academia da Cachaça é um ótimo lugar para ir com os amigos tomar um chopp ou uma cachaça. O bar possui vários petiscos gostosos e o chopp é muito bem tirado.
O ambiente do lugar é muito bom e os funcionários são bem simpáticos.
Um ótimo lugar para ir após a praia ou a noite com os amigos.

Realmente a Academia da Cachaça me cativou pela qualidade da comida, atendimento, chope bem tirado e cremoso e ambiente agradável. Além da feijoada, que considero a especialidade da casa a Academia da Cachaça também se destaca pelo escondidinho, que para mim, acompanhado por um chope (que diga-​se de passagem é uma delícia), é de lamber os beiços.
A feijoada é servida todos os dias e não custa muito. Você paga uns R$ 50, come com mais um acompanhante, e se sente saciado. Quem curte uma boa feijoada, vale a pena experimentar.