Restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil
Enoteca-style Italian at an honest price.
A Michelin Plate-recognised Italian enoteca in Pinheiros, Vinheria Percussi delivers consistent, wine-led cooking at an accessible $$ price point. With a 4.6 Google rating from nearly 1,000 reviews and back-to-back Michelin recognition in 2024 and 2025, it is the right call when you want a serious Italian meal in São Paulo without the $$$$-tier spend.
If you are weighing up Italian restaurants in São Paulo's Pinheiros neighbourhood, Vinheria Percussi sits in a different register from the city's splurge-tier options. At $$ per head, it holds two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) — a signal that the kitchen is consistent and credible, not just popular. With a 4.6 Google rating across 951 reviews, this is a venue that earns its repeat business. Book it when you want a serious Italian meal without the $$$$-tier commitment that Evvai demands.
Vinheria Percussi is an Italian restaurant in Pinheiros, one of São Paulo's most food-dense districts. The "vinheria" in the name signals that wine is central to the operation, not an afterthought — the format here is closer to the Italian enoteca tradition, where the bottle list and the food menu are designed as a single proposition. For a food and wine enthusiast, that framing matters: you are not choosing between a serious wine list and a serious kitchen. Both are in play.
The Michelin Plate, awarded in both 2024 and 2025, reflects consistent cooking rather than a one-season spike. In Michelin's own language, the Plate designation means the inspectors found good cooking worth noting , it is not a starred venue, but it is kitchen that meets a documented quality threshold. In São Paulo's Italian category, that puts it comfortably ahead of the neighbourhood trattorias and clearly below the fine-dining tier occupied by Evvai. That gap is exactly where Percussi earns its value case.
The address on Rua Bianchi Bertoldi places it in the Pinheiros core, walkable from the main Faria Lima corridor and well-served by rideshare. If you are building a broader São Paulo itinerary, our full São Paulo restaurants guide maps out how Pinheiros compares to other dining districts.
Enoteca-style format at Percussi is most rewarding if you engage it as intended: let the wine list direct part of your ordering, and consider counter or bar seating if it is available. Counter positions at wine-led restaurants consistently deliver a different experience from table dining , you are closer to the operational rhythm, better positioned to talk through the list with staff, and more likely to catch off-menu suggestions. For solo diners or pairs who want depth rather than occasion formality, counter seating here is the play. If you are coming as a group of four or more focused on a set occasion, a table booking makes more sense.
Other Italian restaurants in São Paulo worth comparing on this axis include Picchi, Borgo Mooca, and Bottega Bernacca , each takes a distinct approach to the Italian format, and the right choice depends on whether your priority is regional cooking, wine depth, or neighbourhood feel. Marena Cucina and Casa Santo Antônio round out the Italian options worth considering in the same tier.
São Paulo's dining scene runs year-round without the seasonal dead periods you find in European cities. That said, midweek evenings , Tuesday through Thursday , tend to give you a calmer room and better engagement from floor staff than Friday and Saturday, when Pinheiros fills up across every price point. If you are visiting from outside the city, our São Paulo hotels guide covers the closest accommodation options, and our São Paulo bars guide will help you plan the evening around the meal.
For context on how São Paulo fits into Brazil's broader dining geography, it is worth noting that restaurants like Lasai in Rio de Janeiro, Manu in Curitiba, and Manga in Salvador each anchor their respective cities at a similar Michelin-recognised level. Percussi holds its own in that national peer group. If your travel extends beyond São Paulo, Mina in Campos do Jordão, Castelo Saint Andrews in Gramado, and Orixás | North Restaurant in Itacaré are worth adding to the itinerary. See our São Paulo experiences guide and São Paulo wineries guide for further planning depth.
Internationally, the enoteca and wine-led Italian format has produced compelling venues across Asia , 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong and cenci in Kyoto are useful reference points for how the Italian format travels, and what distinguishes the leading executions from the average ones. Percussi earns its place in that conversation for São Paulo.
Booking difficulty at Vinheria Percussi is rated Easy. You do not need to plan weeks ahead, but booking a few days out is sensible for weekend evenings. Midweek is easier to secure at short notice. No phone number or booking URL is listed in our current data , check Google Maps or walk-in for current reservation options. Dress code is relaxed for the neighbourhood; smart-casual is appropriate and consistent with what Pinheiros dining rooms generally expect.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinheria Percussi | Italian | $$ | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| D.O.M. | Modern Brazilian, Creative | $$$$ | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Evvai | Contemporary Italian, Modern Cuisine | $$$$ | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Maní | Brazilian - International, Creative | $$$ | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Jun Sakamoto | Sushi, Japanese | $$$ | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| A Casa do Porco | Regional Brazilian, Brazilian | $$ | World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
A few days ahead is enough for most visits. Booking difficulty is rated Easy, so you are not competing for scarce seats the way you would at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the same city. That said, weekend evenings in Pinheiros fill up, so same-day walk-in attempts on a Friday or Saturday carry real risk. Midweek gives you the most flexibility.
The name signals the format: this is a vinheria, meaning wine is a genuine part of the offer, not an afterthought. At $$ pricing with two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025), the restaurant sits in a different category from São Paulo's splashier Italian spots. Let the wine list guide part of your ordering, and treat the two elements together rather than treating the food as primary.
For Italian specifically, Evvai operates at a higher price point with more formal tasting-menu ambition. If you want to stay in the mid-range and try something outside Italian, Pinheiros has strong options across cuisines. For a special-occasion splurge in the same city, D.O.M. and A Casa do Porco represent São Paulo's more celebrated end of the dining spectrum. Vinheria Percussi is the call when you want credentialled Italian without a tasting-menu commitment or a high bill.
At $$ pricing with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, the value case is clear. You are getting Italian cooking that has cleared a credible quality threshold at a price that leaves room for a second bottle of wine. It is not a budget trattoria, but it is also nowhere near the spend of a Michelin-starred evening in São Paulo. For the category and format, yes, it earns its price.
It works for a low-key special occasion where the emphasis is on a good meal and genuine wine rather than theatre or ceremony. The enoteca format is convivial rather than formal, so if you need a grand room and extensive tasting-menu ritual, look at Evvai or D.O.M. instead. For a birthday dinner or anniversary where you want warmth and quality over spectacle, Percussi is a sound choice at a price that does not require a spreadsheet.
The enoteca-style format is well-suited to solo visits. Counter or bar seating, where available in this format, lets a single diner engage with the wine list without the slight awkwardness of a table for one. At $$ pricing, a solo meal here is not a financial event. If you are in Pinheiros alone and want a proper Italian meal with serious wine, this is a more comfortable fit than a larger, table-focused tasting-menu restaurant.
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