Mangai

Everybody who is going to Lago Sul through JK bridge can see that strange enourmous construction with four high pillars around it. Mangai is on Lago Paranoa's shore and has a great view to the famous bridge.
When you arrive at the parking lot, you can see that it is always full and it becomes more apparent in the entrance of the restaurant. However, while you wait, you can appreciate the view or you can observe the curious decoration the restaurant has, even outside. There are some hammocks for the costumers to relax after eating and you start to have a great opinion and expectation on it.
Inside, you become more impressed with the decoration. There are straw chandeliers, clownish furniture, bananas on the walls and even old cars inside. After going into the restaurant, you realize how big it is and become marveled with the two huge counters full of more than one hundred different types of typical backwoods food.
Mangai has a really great atmosphere, and the great service compensates the high price it has. There is no way of leaving the restaurant dissatisfied with the food or with the animated waiter dressed like a "cangaceiro" that served you and that usually tells you the story of the girl who started selling "rapadura" in a little stall in João Pessoa.