Cheap eats in Santa Catarina under R$50
Twelve places where a full meal stays under R$50 — from padaria breakfasts to prato feito lunches to the R$15 casquinha de siri.
Prato feito with rice, beans, salad, and grilled fish
Breakfast under R$15
Any padaria will do you a media com pão na chapa (coffee with milk and toasted bread with butter) for R$8-R$10. Panificadora Manolo in Centro Florianópolis and Padaria Mengue in Lagoa are the reliable ones. Add a slice of ham and cheese for R$4 more. If you want fruit, buy a papaya at a nearby feira for R$5 and eat it in the park.
Lunch: the prato feito temple
PF is Brazil's honest working lunch — rice, beans, salad, protein — R$22 to R$32 in any bairro. Try Restaurante Rio Vermelho in Lagoa (R$28), Bar Estação in Centro (R$25), or Restaurante Vovó Iracema in Ingleses (R$30). Portion is enormous. Add a suco natural for R$8 and you’ve eaten well for R$36. Kilo restaurants (self-serve by weight) run R$65-R$85 per kilo, and a normal plate weighs 400 g.
Snacks and cheap dinners
Casquinha de siri at any beach kiosk, R$15-R$20. Pastel and caldo de cana at a market, R$13. Coxinha at a padaria, R$8. For dinner, hot dog completo at any lanchonete R$18 (real meal), or a marmita from a takeaway spot R$25. Beach lunch: grilled fish and salad at Praia dos Naufragados walk-in shacks, R$45 the plate. All of it fresh, all of it honest.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before they set off on this one.
A pre-set plate: rice, beans, one protein, and a side. The default working-class lunch across Brazil, portioned for a full stomach.
Yes. Turnover is high, hygiene is regulated, and locals eat there daily. Avoid seafood at highway pit stops in summer heat.
Ask for PF sem carne or PF vegetariano — most places do it for R$4-R$6 less. Kilo restaurants are easiest for vegetarians.
Praia da Barra da Lagoa fish shacks — grilled fish, rice, salad R$42, and the sea view is free.
Hotels in Santa Catarina
Hotels we cover across Santa Catarina
- Pousada Brisa do Mar 3★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Camping Bombinhas 3★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Canto Da Vigia 3★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Terra do Sol 3★ · 4.2/5
- Flamboyant Hotel 2★ · 4.2/5
- Hotel Itajaí Tur 2★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Águas do Mariscal 2★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Casa de Praia 2★ · 4.2/5
- Pousada Rota do Sol Bombinhas 2★ · 4.2/5
- Rezende Suites Hotel 2★ · 4.2/5
- Shallom Hotel 2★ · 4.2/5
- Suites Jurere Internacional 2★ · 4.2/5
- Bombinhas Summer Beach Hotel & Spa 4★ · 4.1/5
- Castelmar Hotel 4★ · 4.1/5
- Canas Gold Praia Hotel 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel D’Luz 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel Interpraias 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel Pousada Jardim das Flores 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel Rota Do Mar Inn Itajaí Navegantes 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel Suíça Faber 3★ · 4.1/5
- Hotel Torre Sol 3★ · 4.1/5
- ibis Florianopolis 3★ · 4.1/5
- ibis Navegantes Itajai 3★ · 4.1/5
- Kennedy Slim Hotel 3★ · 4.1/5
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