Cafés in Leblon

Getting to Leblon

Metro Line 4 has two stations in Leblon, Jardim de Alah and Antero de Quental, on the stretch from General Osório in Ipanema to Barra da Tijuca that opened on 1 August 2016; past Antero de Quental the line runs through São Conrado to Jardim Oceânico.³ On foot, Arpoador, at the far end of Ipanema beach, is about 4 km along the shore.⁴

Rua Dias Ferreira

Rua Dias Ferreira has the neighborhood’s main cluster of cafés, from Envidia at number 106 to Café Severino at 417, Cafe du Centre at 647 and Nanica at 679. The street forms one edge of Baixo Leblon, the bar quarter.²

Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva and Bartolomeu Mitre

Leblon’s main avenue, whose Rio-Cidade makeover helped lift property values, has Le Bon Café at number 135, a Zazá Café kiosk at 270, Café Expresso Brasil at 375D and, at 1120, both Aquim and Verso Café Cultural.² Natural Polis is at 1175.

Coffeetown is on Avenida Bartolomeu Mitre, 297, one of the neighborhood’s oldest avenues.² Café do Frei is at Rua Carlos Góis, 375, and Cafeína at Rua Rita Ludolf, 87.

Coffee in Shopping Leblon

Shopping Leblon, at Avenida Afrânio de Melo Franco, 290, has several coffee counters, among them Café Nooma and The Coffee. Zazá Bistrô, which also has a kiosk on Ataulfo de Paiva, sold an iced coffee there for R$22 and a caffeinated Ovomaltine shake for R$30 in April 2026.⁵ Leblon appears often in Brazilian telenovelas and has inspired many songs.¹

Confeitaria Kurt and the bakeries

Confeitaria Kurt, at Rua General Urquiza, 117, was opened in the 1940s by Kurt Deichmann, a German who came to Brazil fleeing the war, and has more than 75 years in Leblon; its biscuits include palmiers and spekulatius.⁶ Okanossa, a bakery café, is at Rua Cupertino Durão, 79, and Fadel Fadel is on the street of the same name, at number 186.