Guanabara Club / Restaurant

Covent Garden / Soho, London –

Rio comes to London via Guanabara, a trendy, festive club and restaurant in which two spacious bars serving tasty fruit mojitos and caipirinhas overlook a dining area that transforms into a packed dance floor once live Brazilian acts and professional dancers take the stage.

Given the club’s incredible energy level and diverse international clientele, even the most straitlaced businessman can’t resist a little hip-swiveling – and the result is a fun-loving, unpretentious vibe that would do Carnival proud.

Patrons looking for a mellower evening can take their caipirinhas to the banquette on the upper level and soak up the South American scene from a safe distance.

Though best enjoyed on weekend nights when the mix of Brits and Brazilians really lets loose, Guanabara’s mouthwatering Brazilian cuisine and after-work drink specials make this place a solid weekday treat, too.