Contos de Réis
Restaurante Contos de Réis
A traditional Minas restaurant in an 18th-century house, with a varied lunch buffet and a black bean stew that is the most praised dish.
Located at 21 Rua Camilo de Brito in a colonial-era house, the restaurant occupies the former slave quarters, with a guesthouse upstairs. Lunch is a Minas buffet with fried pork rinds, beans, various stews, corn pastries, and local sweets such as candied fruit peel. Dinner is à la carte, including Canastra cheese fried cornmeal cakes and okra chicken for two. The black bean stew has the best reviews. Desserts can be taken to the second-floor balcony to eat while overlooking the old town. It is near Tiradentes Square and walkable. A 10% service charge is usually added to the bill.
Opening hours
Sun–Tue 11:30–16:30; Wed–Sat 11:30–22:30 (sources vary slightly)
Nearby sights
- Museum of Science and Technology of the School of Mines
- Praça Tiradentes
- Soapstone Craft Fair (Largo de Coimbra)
- Museu da Inconfidência
- Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Teatro Municipal de Ouro Preto (Casa da Ópera)
- Museu do Oratório
- Casa dos Contos