Botekim do Japa

Restaurante japonês que oferece uma variedade de pratos a lá carte sensacional. O rodízio é muito variado, agrada desde o mais popular até o refinado. O preço não e barato mas é justo pl qualidade e quantidade das poções.

Botekim do Japa has decent sashimi and nigiri, but the other dishes they serve aren’t that great. So just stick to the sashimi and nigiri. :P
We ended up going to Botekim do Japa twice when we were in Rio because we were getting a little sick of eating at churrascarias and per kilo places all around the city, and we needed our sushi fix. This was the most decently rated Japanese restaurant near our location, so we decided to check it out. The first time we went, we ordered a sampler platter that included 35 pieces of nigiri, including 8 pieces of sashimi, 4 of which were salmon and 4 of which were tuna (35 pieces in total). It is a $ 32 – 33 USD platter, so it wasn’t a bad deal at all! Check out the attached picture to see what was in the sushi platter. The fish was pretty fresh, and the salmon skin roll was really good too. Deep fried-​philly roll was a pleasant surprise too. Overall, I’d rate the platter a 3.5÷5.
We also ordered a side dish of the vegetable tempura (tempura de legumes), which was about $ 11 – 12 USD. The vegetables were not breaded in panko or traditional tempura batter, which was a little disappointing. The tempura sauce it was served it wasn’t all that great either. I’d rate this dish about a ²⁄₅. After our drinks, our total came about to about $ 50 USD for lunch, which wasn’t all that bad, I suppose.
The second time we went, we decided to order a couple different dishes, and I think we should have just stuck to our original order. We got a full order of the seafood combo yakisoba (about $ 16 – 17 USD), and it wasn’t very good at all. The sauce the yakisoba was in was rather salty and it felt like they just used regular ramen noodles to cook the dish. The shrimps were frozen from a bag and the calamari were small and chewy. I’d rate this dish a 1.5−2 out of 5. Luckily, we got the deep-​fried Philly roll on the side too (about $ 10 USD) which salvaged our meal. This deep-​fried Philly roll was really good. I’d rate it about a 3.5÷5.
Anyway, we weren’t too thrilled with the overall quality of the food at Rio, and our experience at Botekim do Japa was pretty on par with the whole food experience during our vacation. Pretty average Japanese food, but nothing to get too excited about. I wish we could have found a better place to eat, but we were just hungry those two times that we went and based our decision off of our geographical location. Overall, this place is a 2.5÷5 in our books.

The restaurant was right next to the hotel I stayed at and I was craving something other than steak and potatoes that is so prevalent in Rio. I ordered teka maki with tuna and shrimp tempura roll. My colleague had ordered the California roll that had mango in it, and a tempura roll. In comparison to sushi we have in California this is alright and hit the spot, but nowhere near the quality.