Evvai

São Paulo, Brazil

• Accolades
• No.20 Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025

Luiz Filipe Souza opened Evvai in São Paulo's upmarket Jardins neighbourhood in 2017, after training in Italian restaurants including Fasano and Piselli in São Paulo and Reale in Castel di Sangro, Italy. The elegant 13-course Oriundi (a phrase coined by Souza which refers to descendants of Italy all over the world and is translated in the kitchen into immigrant-inspired cooking) tasting menu showcases Brazilian and Italian fusion. The menu is divided into four sections – Awakening, Expression, Depth and Epilogue – and features dishes like bluefin bruschetta, Brazil nut, juniper and mushroom tortellini, and scallops sautéed in duck fat, which have been on the menu since the restaurant opened. A row of banquette seating lines one wall of the intimate restaurant, with larger tables set out down the centre of the dining room, all offering a glimpse of the open kitchen. There's a superb wine list and classic and creative cocktails.

Key Information

• Tasting menu from $323
• Lunch: Sat Dinner: Tues – Sat
• 55 11 3062 1160
• Visit Evvai's Website

Location

R. Joaquim Antunes, 108, Pinheiros, São Paulo, 05415-000