My wife and I went to Marius for dinner after a friend told us about how good the restaurant was. What a rip off!! First, the cost is way to much. For the both of us, we paid $397 Reais(~200 US). This included Seafood Buffet/Seafood Rodizio, 3 cokes, desert buffet, and tip. I figured that the desert buffet was included, but was an extra 20 ...

I had visited Marius Seafood on a previous visit to Rio and really enjoyed it so I ignored recent negative feedback and decided to give it another try. Sorry to say, the negativity is more than merited. Prices have shot up, the food is nowhere as good as it used to be and the service was sloppy and downright rude at times. The emphasis now seems to ...

We were in Rio during Carnaval and was looking forward to eating seafood at Marius. We heard that it was expensive but good but were never prepared for what we would be charged. The buffet had crab legs, lobster chunks and every type of fish you can imagine. Very good selection but then theres a buffet that has desserts on it and one would assume ...

They provide you with a special menu - 720 $R for two people. Drink excluded, that means youend up paying 1000. The fact is that the venue is just average. You end up paying like you were in NOBU but without the whole experience of being in a really amazing restaurant. It´s just outrageously expensive. It´s just tricky. Avoid this place!!!!

The decor was great, the greeters at the door were friendly and the food was out of this world! What more could you want from a restaurant?! They did a huge range of food, anyone could find something they liked. I'd love to return one day!

Lovely atmosphere - food great BUT we asked for our drinks bill - we had paid for food - we were then offered a brandy (the inference being it was complimentary), we asked again for the bill and found the Brandys were 26 per glass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Three seafood meals, seven drinks - R$650 (about $400US). Based on other comparable places in Rio, about 3x what it ought to be. Ridiculous. Unfortunately, this rating system will not let me give Marius zero stars for overall experience or value. I'd give them a negative number if I could.

A cab driver convinced us to go here instead of Porcow, likely due to a kickback. This was the worst restaurant I've ever been to and grossly over priced. The food was mediocre at best, the seafood looked and smelled horribly stale. Largest bill I had the entire trip for such a disappointing trap.

And they had the decency to steal my ...

The salad/hors d'oeuvres/sushi bar offered little variety.

The meat, nearly all roast beef, was gristly. (I spat most of it into napkins.)

On my flight back to the US, my seat-mate, a Carioca, responded to my description of my Marius meal by saying "It's only for tourists now. All the big hotels send them there."