Juanita Restaurante
Anyone planning a Bonito itinerary knows that meals either go into the plan—or they hit the budget at the wrong time. The Juanita Voucher R$200 solves this before you depart: dining credit at Juanita Restaurant, valid for any combination of food, drinks and dessert at lunch or dinner. Juanita is the #1 restaurant on Tripadvisor in Bonito, with more than 4,700 reviews and Travellers’ Choice 2025, and those who buy through Bonitour also get a free portion of Moqueca Fritter, exclusive for agency customers.
Juanita Restaurant was built through the work of Juanita Battilani, who arrived in Bonito in 2006 from Bela Vista, on the border with Paraguay, and built the place brick by brick over years serving the local community. In 2015, with her son Jean Pierre joining management, the restaurant moved to the à la carte format and launched the dish that consolidated the house: boneless grilled pacu. Since then, Juanita has accumulated consecutive Certificates of Excellence on Tripadvisor and entered the platform’s Hall of Fame in 2019. The kitchen has a clear identity: ingredients from Brazil’s Center-West—river fish, Pantanal cattle, Cerrado fruits—prepared with technique and without unnecessary flourish. The menu brings together classics such as Pintado Stew, Rubinéia Slow-Roasted Ribs (10 hours over fire), “Lambe Dedo” Shrimp, Alligator Tail Fillet in clarified butter, and the dessert Chico Balanceado.
You buy the voucher in advance through Bonitour and present it at Juanita Restaurant at payment time. The R$200 credit is deducted from the bill, works like money, with no restriction by dish or category. Service is first come, first served: the voucher does not guarantee a table reservation. On busier days—especially weekends, holidays and peak season (December, January, February and July)—there may be a wait. When presenting the voucher purchased through Bonitour, you receive 1 portion of Moqueca Fritter, an exclusive gift for agency customers with any voucher value. Any consumption above R$200 is paid by the customer directly; unused balance is non-refundable.
Juanita has rare consistency for a tourist destination: more than 4,700 Tripadvisor reviews with top rating, #1 among more than 90 restaurants in Bonito. The boneless grilled pacu is the kind of dish that appears in reviews as a reason to return, not just a travel memory. Those who buy the voucher in advance also settle the meal budget before arriving, without competing with the day’s tour expenses.
On Tripadvisor, Juanita is consistently described as a must-stop in Bonito; comments highlight the grilled pacu, attentive service and family atmosphere. Peak-hour waits appear frequently, but with a recurring note: it’s worth it. As one traveler wrote in a recent review: “no visit to Bonito is complete without a meal at Juanita.”
More than 1.5 million travelers have already organized part of their trip to Bonito with Bonitour, and a significant share of those trips included Juanita. In 35 years operating in the destination, Bonitour learned that the meal is part of the itinerary—it isn’t an add-on. That’s why the partnership with Juanita exists: confidence that the restaurant you’ll find is the same one in the reviews, with no surprises in quality or price. The voucher purchased on bonitour.com.br arrives digitally, with no need to print, and it also includes the exclusive Moqueca Fritter gift that isn’t available to those who arrive without the agency. Buying before traveling also spreads the cost: you arrive in Bonito with your meal already solved in the budget.
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