Kilos (or in Portuguese, Quilos) are self-service restaurants in which you help yourself at a buffet and pay for the amount of food you picked. Typically you’ll stand on a line and get a tray and a dish (cutlery may be either near the dishes or given to you at the end). Usually the buffet starts with the desserts (paid for separately), then you walk along to find salads and then proper food. At the end of the line you’ll find an employee who will use a scale to weigh your plate, write down the number of grams it contains (discounting the weigh of the dish itself), note down if you have taken any dessert and ask you if you want anything to drink. Some restaurants leave soft drinks and juice cans available for you to grab, others will have a waiter taking them to your table.
This is a very popular system around town, especially for lunch. Street ‘kilo’ restaurants will not open for dinner, only those located inside shopping malls, which operate all day long.
Most kilos are reliable places to eat, and healthy too, for they usually offer a good range of salads and hearty food. Some will even have quite sophisticated options among their options for the day. But in any case, be sure to check the overall cleanliness of the place. Prices will range from R$ 24,90/29,90 at the simple kilos, to more than R$40,00/kg at the fancy spots. Only try something cheaper than R$ 24,90/kg if recommended by someone you really trust!
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