Mangai
Restaurante Mangai
The city's best-known Northeastern Brazilian buffet, with over a hundred sertão dishes priced by weight. The top choice for trying local food.
Located on General Edson Ramalho Avenue in the Manaíra district, decorated in a Northeastern countryside style. The weigh-as-you-go buffet offers over a hundred dishes, including buchada (goat offal stew), rubacão (rice with green beans and cheese), paçoca (dried beef pounded with cassava flour), and seafood and dessert stations, with free bananas. It gets busy at mealtimes, but turnover is quick and waits are short. Weekend breakfast is served. Priced at about R$90–100 per kilogram, with an average of R$60–90 per person; it is about 1.5 km from Tambaú Beach.
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 11:30 am–10:00 pm; Sat–Sun 7:00 am–10:00 pm
Nearby sights
- Manaíra Beach
- Paraíba Handicraft Market
- Tambaú Beach & Seafront
- Picãozinho Natural Pools
- Cabo Branco Beach
- Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park (Bica)
- Benjamim Maranhão Botanical Garden
- Parque Solon de Lucena