We really enjoyed our dinner at Santo Scenarium. The restaurant has amazing decor and we made a trip through the entire place to see all of it; and the dinner we had, off the snack menu - was excellent - the manager, Dayvid Bastos, was very helpful to us and advised us to share dishes since they are large -... More

People confused it with the samba club next door. This is a restaurant with an awful food. All the dishes we had were not eatable. If you want to go to the samba club eat first in another place, because on this area you'll find only tourist traps.

Patio with both sun and shade. Great for people viewing during the weekend open-air market. Menu of Chef specials seemed a bit pricey and remainder of menu seemed identical to other restaurants along this street. The Xingu Black Beer on draught was a nice find.

I chose this place while walking through other options due to the brand of beer they advertised. It was a good choice. It is quick, the waiters are polite and it is a jazz bar, which gives a "bar mood" to the place.

This was one of the nicest restaurants we encountered in Rio. Definitely more of an American feel, especially since we were staying in bohemian Santa Teresa. Food was good with ample portions. Enjoyed listening to jazz music playing on the patio. The people of the area seemed to be more upper or middle class. The line for the club down... More

Inside of the "lapa spirit,"cool and charming place".

The Santo Scenarium is a restaurant. You are close enough to the Samba place with nearly the same name, but this is a restaurant. They do have live music, but we were too early for it. The food is good and service is good. The place is decorated to the hilt with religious artifacts - you might feel you were... More

I loved all. The athmosfere, nice people, very safe ( once you get there , the streets leading to it are not so safe)

Most of these reviews seem to be of the large samba club Rio Scenarium. SANTO Scenarium is the small jazz-orientated restaurant a couple of doors down.