Rio this June
 

Well, I am of to Rio on June 12th, for a long week end to celebrate my birthday. Last time I was there was 6 years ago. At that time I was working for Starwood so I always had a cheap room at one of the Sheraton. Man, now I can only find rooms over £100( June 13th- June 16th). I have found something called RIOYOURAPARTMENT. Any thoughts?
Also, last time I was there I went to Marius,this time I was told to try PoarcaoRio; My budget for the night,2, is wine and champagne £200/250.
Would this be enough?
Thank you

Will leave the other info to those in the know. I was at Porcao Rio for dinner this past weekend, and the rodizio was R112 per person, plus the 10% service charge. Don't remember the drinks prices, but no one at the table thought they were "cheap". Hope that helps.

Gosh hotels in Rio so hard to find a good price. I used points at the Sheraton....

Porcão Rio's does have a la carte available but nobody I know has ever used it. The R$112 includes all you can eat including dessert and the quality is pretty good but you have only Ostrich out of the mainstream but every imaginable cut of beef and good supplies of chicken and pork. If you want something they don't bring out automatically such as garlic broiled shrimp just ask. That one is not on the menu but you can have it at no extra charge. There are no extra charges for anything except drinks.
(BTW, for anybody who's not familiar with Brazil you DO NOT TIP in restaurants. The 10% service charge is the tip. There are a handful of exceptions [Rascal, for example] but they will still present a bill for you to accept the service charge.)

They have a pretty large wine list which has a decent variety of Brazilian Reds at less than R$100 per bottle, and also some Portuguese, Argentine and Chilean ones in that range, even a handful of Spanish. The Brazilian sparklers are pretty good an some are less than R$80.

In short you can eat there well within your budget but do NOT order mixed drinks nor be careless with the wine list.

They also have a location in Ipanema that is the same without the view.

I rate them well above Marius. Not everyone does.

Rio this June
 

Thank you all. I actually have found a hotel I stayed at in 1987, Diplomata. I think I will go there.

Really? I'm sure you'll feel transported right back to 1987 and not in a good way.