Evvai
“Latin America's first three stars: the Oriundi menu at R$1,150 rewrites Italian Brazil. Book Meitre now for an anniversary.”
About Evvai
In April 2026, at the Copacabana Palace ceremony, Evvai became one of the first two restaurants in Latin America to hold three Michelin stars, sharing the milestone with its São Paulo neighbour Tuju. Luiz Filipe Souza had been building toward it in plain sight: a first star in 2018 within a year of opening, a second in 2024, and a decade spent refining a single idea he calls Oriundi, the cuisine of Italian emigrants and their descendants, cooked with Brazilian ingredients and memory rather than imported nostalgia.
The Oriundi tasting runs thirteen courses at R$1,150, with wine pairings climbing from about R$620. The dishes make the argument better than any manifesto: stuffed pastas that taste of both Piedmont and the interior of São Paulo state, seafood from the Brazilian coast under classical Italian sauce work, tropical fruit reframed through pasticceria technique. The dining room on Rua Joaquim Antunes in Pinheiros stays intimate by three star standards, dark wood and linen, with service polished to the level the new plaque implies.
Booking runs through Meitre on the restaurant's site, and since the announcement the calendar has behaved like a product launch: weekends vanish the morning they open, weeknights within days. São Paulo remains one of the cheapest cities on earth to eat at this level, R$1,150 is roughly US$210, a fraction of the equivalent ticket in Paris or Tokyo, and that arbitrage will not survive many more guides. Go before the prices learn what the stars mean.
The Room
An intimate Pinheiros dining room, dark timber, white linen, low amber light, that trades three star pomp for Paulistano warmth. Tables are spaced for real conversation and the service moves with the confidence of a team that expected the third star. Dress smart; jackets common, never demanded.
Why book it, occasion by occasion
A table this hard to win should be spent on the right night. This is who should book Evvai, and when.
For the anniversary that earns a flight
A marker year deserves a first: Latin America's first three stars, months into the achievement, with the founding chef still at the pass. Tell the team the occasion when booking on Meitre; the kitchen closes with a personalised pasticceria plate rather than a candle in a tiramisu. Book a late seating and let the thirteen courses fill the whole evening.
For the client who thinks São Paulo is a stopover
Three stars is a fact that needs no translation in any boardroom. The R$1,150 ticket, absurdly low against Paris or New York equivalents, lets you host a table of four for the price of two covers in Manhattan, and your guest leaves quoting the stuffed pasta. Weeknight tables move a fortnight out; have an assistant watch the Meitre calendar for your date.
For the gesture with an Italian accent
Pasta is the most romantic food on earth and Evvai serves its most sophisticated form in the hemisphere. The room's low light and unhurried pacing suit two people talking, and the pairing's lighter tiers keep the evening graceful rather than heavy. It is a grand gesture; deploy it when you mean it, and take the earlier seating for softer conversation.
What to order
The Oriundi menu makes the decisions; you control the drinks, the timing and where to lean in.
- Commit to the full Oriundi
Thirteen courses build the Italy to Brazil argument in order; skipping stages breaks the story. Give it the whole evening.
- The stuffed pasta course
Whatever filling the season brings, the agnolotti class course is where Souza's double heritage lands hardest. The most quoted plate in the house.
- Ask the sommelier to lean Brazilian
The pairing's Brazilian bottles, sparkling from Serra Gaúcha especially, surprise visitors who assumed the cellar would be all Barolo.
- The entry pairing before the top tiers
The route from about R$620 is composed with the same care as the rarities list; upgrade only if the cellar's deep end is the point of your night.
Practical
- Address
- Rua Joaquim Antunes 108, Pinheiros, São Paulo
- Reservations
- Meitre via the restaurant's site
- Tasting
- Oriundi, thirteen courses, R$1,150
- Pairings
- From about R$620
- Stars
- Three since April 2026 · first in 2018, second in 2024
- Dress
- Smart, jackets optional
- Dietary
- Restrictions handled with advance notice
- Language
- Menus and service in English on request
Questions diners ask
Is Evvai worth it?
Yes, urgently. Three Michelin stars as of April 2026, the first ever awarded in Latin America alongside Tuju, for R$1,150, roughly US$210, a ticket that costs US$500 and up in Paris. The Oriundi menu is a genuine idea, not a greatest hits reel. Value score seven only because pairings lift the bill; the food itself is underpriced.
How hard is it to book Evvai?
Meaningfully harder since the third star. Reservations run on Meitre through the restaurant's site; weekend dates vanish the morning they release and weeknights go within days. Plan two to four weeks ahead, watch for returned tables, and remember that São Paulo weeknights are this restaurant's quietest secret.
What is Oriundi cuisine?
Oriundi is the Italian word for emigrants and their descendants, and chef Luiz Filipe Souza uses it to define Evvai: the cooking of Italian São Paulo, classical technique carried by immigration and rebuilt with Brazilian ingredients. Expect stuffed pastas, coastal seafood and tropical pasticceria rather than reproduced Roman classics.
What does dinner at Evvai cost?
The Oriundi tasting is R$1,150 per person, about US$210, before drinks. Wine pairings start near R$620 and climb through premium tiers, so plan R$1,800 to R$2,800 a head all in. For one of only two three star tickets in Latin America, it is the bargain of world fine dining.