Sao Paulo
December arrives with university vacations and a break for some businesses. In the capital São Paulo, bars and restaurants organize spaces and menus to accommodate groups. There are options offering pizzas, barbecues, brunches, Arabic dishes, sandwiches and burgers, as well as good drinks to toast the end of 2025.
Find out where to host end-of-year get-togethers with friends and colleagues below.
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Chef Felipe Schaedler’s space can accommodate up to 46 people. The menu highlights Amazonian cuisine. Events can take place from Monday to Saturday, at lunch or dinner, upon prior reservation at a cost of R$4,000. The restaurant offers options such as a closed menu, with appetizers, starter, main course, dessert and alcoholic (R$405 per person) and non-alcoholic (R$295) drinks, and a la carte. It is also possible to include personalized cocktails and choose individual orders.
R. Tabapuã, 830, Itaim Bibi, western region, @banzeiro.oficial. Reservations via WhatsApp (11) 93235-7003, tel. (11) 2501-4777, website, Instagram or email banzeirosp@grupobanzeiro.com.br
Bullguer
Customers can choose the stencil burger (R$35), which includes brioche bun, meat, cheese, salad and house sauce, and the club (R$41), prepared with fried chicken thighs, cheese, tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato and bacon. Another tip is the royale (R$48), a seasonal option made with brioche bread, cheddar, meat and caramelized onions. The space can accommodate up to 15 people with no reservation necessary. The address is pet friendly and accepts Alelo, Sodexo and VR.
R. Diogo Jácome, 606, Vila Nova Conceição, southern region, @bullguer. Reservations via WhatsApp (11) 91098-3801
Baruk House
The restaurant with Arabic and Mediterranean cuisine offers three packages. The Arabic dinner (R$159 per person) includes starters such as pasta, bread, mini esfihas and salad, as well as roasted kibbeh with nuts or baked kafta with cheese, desserts and soft drinks. You can add alcoholic drinks for an additional R$79. The Mediterranean dinner (R$229 per person) includes the same starters, plus dishes such as baked octopus, lamb rice or shish barak, desserts and non-alcoholic drinks. The third package (R$239 per person) offers unlimited snacks, desserts and non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks. Reservations for groups of 10 to 15 people range from R$100 to R$120. They must be carried out by telephone or WhatsApp. Planning can also be done for smaller groups.
R. Mato Grosso, 408, Higienópolis, central region, @casabaruk. Reservations via WhatsApp (11) 99103-0961
Castelões Cantina and Pizzeria
The restaurant offers a menu with Neapolitan pizzas. Highlights include the Roman version (R$146), which includes mozzarella, tomato sauce and aliche fillets, and the castelões (R$146), with mozzarella, tomato sauce and house pepperoni. At the entrance, the advice is to order the burrata (R$90) or the charcuterie dish (R$129), accompanied by rosemary bread. It is necessary to make a prior reservation and pay in advance half of the value of the reservation, based on the agreed value per person.
R. Jairo Gois, 126, Brás, Central region, @cantina_casteloes. WhatsApp (11) 94721-3355
D’Brescia Steakhouse
The property offers celebration packages, which include a grill with 25 types of meat cuts, a salad buffet, Japanese food, desserts, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Prices vary from R$290 to R$395 per person, with three hours of service. The main room can accommodate 200 people. Private rooms can accommodate groups of up to 80 members. There is no fee to reserve, but you must check availability in the unit calendar.
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3.167, Itaim Bibi, west region, @dbresciachurrascaria
Géro Panini
On the roof of the Cidade Jardim shopping center, the Fasano group restaurant highlights Italian sandwiches à la carte. The suggestion is to choose the mortadella piadine (R$82), which contains fine toasted bread, the mortadella with pistachios, tomatoes, parmesan and oregano, the carpaccio di manzo panini (R$88), prepared on ciabatta bread with carpaccio, parmesan, grilled tomato, arugula and mustard, or the prosciutto crudo focaccia (R$92), prepared on focaccia with raw ham, stracciatella, arugula, fig and balsamic reduction. All options come with a green salad or rustic potatoes. There are no booking fees for groups of up to 15 people.
Av. Magalhães de Castro, 12.000, Cidade Jardim, west region, @fasano. Reservations via the website
Focacce with prosciutto crudo, by Gero Panini
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Joya Bakery
The restaurant, which combines French and Brazilian influences, offers a menu designed by chef Isabela Honda. The indoor room can accommodate up to 30 people, the outdoor garden can accommodate up to 20 people and the mezzanine can accommodate groups of up to 12 people. Among the classics on the menu are the croissant (R$15), the pain au chocolat (R$22) and the croque monsieur (R$46). The brunch combo (R$110) includes bread, cream egg, fruit salad, yogurt with granola, orange juice or filtered coffee. There is no reservation fee, but the property may charge a minimum consumption.
R. Fradique Coutinho, 1.406, Pinheiro, western region, @joyaboulangerie. Reservations via WhatsApp (11) 91038-9816
Sub-Asteur
The signature drinks menu is by bartender Alex Sepulchro. There are cocktails like the Painkiller +55 (R$52), made with spiced rum, orange, pineapple, coconut milk and marsala, and the Fluffy Paloma (R$62), made with tequila, grapefruit, lemon, agave syrup, kefir and a touch of salt. You can also order drinks inspired by Brazilian biomes like the Pantanal (R$55), with pequi, tomato water, champagne, awamori, sake, chamomile and sweet potato powder, and the Caatinga (R$52), with babassu oil, amaro cola, sherry, amaro rosato and blackberry vinegar. The bar can accommodate up to eight people per table and you can reserve up to two with this capacity at no charge.
R. Delfina, 163, Vila Madalena, west region, @subastor. Reservations via the website subastor.com.br
Armadillo ball
The bar offers shareable portion options such as chicken thighs (R$10.50), cheese pastries (R$12.50), pork rinds (R$47.50) and onion termite fries and cheese gratin (R$51.90). At the end of the year there are three packages, between R$230 and R$305 per person, with snacks like croquettes, choripán and margherita pizza, as well as unlimited drinks, including Brahma draft beer, caipirinhas, beers and national drinks, with a four-hour service. The units can be reserved for closed events of 270 people, in Santana, and 400, in Tatuapé. You can also reserve tables for small groups free of charge.
R. Emília Marengo, 534, Tatuapé, eastern region, @tatubola.bar. Reservations by telephone. (11) 3368-6863 and website
Av. Engenheiro Caetano Álvares, 5,680, Santana, northern region.
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