Camarão platters for two at Terminal 2’s Coco Bambu
In Terminal 2 after security, Coco Bambu runs like a full restaurant, not a food court stall, and leans hard into seafood. Expect $$$ pricing and a 4.2 Google rating, with main dishes easily topping R$90–R$140, especially the shrimp and mixed seafood platters that locals say feed two people comfortably.
Hours track peak departures from international gates in T2, so you’ll usually find it open through late-evening long-haul banks, but it’s not a 24/7 quick bite. This is a sit-down meal, with table service and drinks coming from the bar, so budget at least 60 minutes door to door if you’re past security and your boarding pass says an overseas flight.
The move here is shrimp: big camarão platters, moqueca-style dishes, and seafood combos that two or even three people share to soften the sticker shock. Brazilian reviewers point out that one generous shrimp portion often replaces ordering separate mains, and that splitting sides like rice and pirão keeps the bill under control at this $$$ spot in T2.
Prices run higher than Coco Bambu branches in Rio city; travellers call this out often, saying the same dish costs noticeably more airside. Service also slows down around evening international departures from Terminal 2, when every second table seems to order grilled shrimp and caipirinhas at once, so a 20–30 minute wait for mains isn’t unusual then.
Regulars with Priority Pass or lounge access sometimes eat here instead, arriving at the restaurant a full hour before boarding time and ordering one main to share plus a starter like pastel de camarão. Others skip full plates and just do appetizers and drinks if they’ve got 40 minutes or so before a GIG–GRU or GIG–Europe departure.
Practical tip: check your gate in T2 first, then sit where you can see the departures screens from your table so a slow kitchen doesn’t quietly eat into your boarding time.