The best sunset in Tibau do Sul - Drinks, Beers, Açaí and Crepes
Largo Barra de Tibau ends at a bluff above Lagoa de Guaraíras, and down at the bottom of a staircase of rainbow-painted planks there is an arch of woven branches with an orange sign on it: PIER 29, drinkeria e petiscaria. Past the arch are wooden tables facing the water, sweet and savoury crepes coming out of the kitchen, caipifruta in a tall glass and the mouth of the lagoon opening to the sea. You eat and drink here facing the sunset.
Ask them about a table for the sunset hour
| Type | Bar serving crepes and sharing plates |
|---|---|
| Area | Largo Barra de Tibau, above Lagoa de Guaraíras |
| Address | Largo Barra de Tibau 29, Lagoa de Guaraíras, Tibau do Sul (RN) |
| Opening hours | Monday to Thursday 4pm–6.30pm · Friday to Sunday 2pm–6.30pm |
| Closing days | None: open seven days a week |
| Seating | Open-air wooden terrace under a pergola of tree trunks |
| Service | Dine in |
| Guests | LGBTQ+ friendly |
| Contact | +55 84 99144-5583 |
| @pier29tibaudosul |
This is a sit-down place: a table, a folding wooden chair and table service on the terrace. There is no counter for ordering and walking off; whatever comes out of the kitchen is eaten right there, with the water in front of you. That single fact changes the plan — Pier 29 is not a quick stop, it is an afternoon.
The kitchen turns on two things. One is the crepe, made both ways. The sweet one arrives generous and built for sharing: thin batter folded over, chocolate across the top, slices of banana, fresh strawberry and whole cashew nuts scattered over the surface. The savoury one comes folded into a triangle, evenly golden, served plain on the plate. Both are ordered by the piece, and both stretch to two people when the idea is to pick while the sun goes down.
The other is the petisco, exactly what the sign at the entrance announces: petiscaria. These are portions for the middle of the table, the classic format of a long north-eastern afternoon, and they suit the short hours this house keeps. A table for two is sorted with one savoury crepe in the middle and something to drink; a table for four, with two portions and a round.
The sign at the entrance says it before anyone else does: drinkeria. The house introduces itself first by what it serves in a glass, and its own list opens with the caipifrutas — the strawberry one and the cajá one are both listed by the house — which arrive in a tall glass, fruit muddled inside, ice and a fresh leaf on top.
There is cold beer as well, the natural order on a terrace facing the afternoon sun. And since everything is drunk sitting down, looking out over the lagoon, the light sets the pace: you start with the water still green and finish with the water orange.
The terrace is built from wooden planks on several levels along the edge of the bluff. Long tree trunks form a pergola overhead, and at the back there is a mud wall with its finish left exposed, topped by a fringe of dried palm that hangs down like a brow. The bar sits behind that wall. Tables and chairs are folding pieces in pale wood, moved around to suit whoever turns up.
The edge facing the water is closed off with a railing of twisted branches lashed together by hand, and that weave is the visual signature of the place: it shows up in the entrance arch, in the railing and in the ornaments hanging from the beams. Between the tables there are pots, climbing plants and improvised planters made from tins and offcuts of wood.
Getting in is already part of it. You come down a staircase whose planks are each painted a different colour, with vegetation closing in overhead, and you arrive at the arch with the sign. It is a short, clearly marked descent with a wooden handrail on both sides.
Shade is handled two ways. The pergola trunks carry a light cover over part of the tables, and the fringe of dried palm crowning the mud wall cuts the low afternoon sun exactly where it hits hardest. The uncovered tables are the ones at the edge, which are also the ones with the cleanest view of the water, nothing between the table and the lagoon.
What you look at from the table is Lagoa de Guaraíras at its final stretch, where it opens to the sea: pale green water, anchored speedboats, the bluff opposite with coconut palms along the top and, further out, the dunes of the bar. At night they switch on woven fibre lanterns hung from the trunks and warm string lights that reflect on the water.
It opens seven days a week and always closes at 6.30pm. That sets everything. Monday to Thursday it opens at 4pm; Friday to Sunday, at 2pm. There is no evening service and no dinner: this house exists for the afternoon.
Which leads to the one piece of advice that genuinely matters: arrive with time to spare before the sun drops. At the weekend, with a 2pm opening, you can make a whole afternoon of it — go down early, order something savoury, watch the boats come and go and wait for the golden hour over the lagoon. Monday to Thursday the window is tighter, 4pm to 6.30pm, so it is worth walking in as the doors open.
If you land here on a Sunday, note that it is the busiest day for boat traffic on the lagoon, and the terrace sees all of it. And if you are travelling in low season and worried about finding things shut, there is no rest day here: all seven days are service days.
It sits at Largo Barra de Tibau 29, on the rim of Lagoa de Guaraíras, in the town of Tibau do Sul. The Largo is the village's natural lookout over the lagoon: an open esplanade from which several paths drop down to the water. The Pier 29 one is the staircase painted in colours.
You can walk there from the centre of Tibau do Sul with no detours — the Largo is on the bluff itself. If you are coming from Praia da Pipa, from Natal or from the airport, look at the transfer options to cover the drive and then move around on foot. To place the whole route from the airport to this part of the coast, the how to get here page has the roads.
A couple after a quiet afternoon with water in front of them: the terrace faces outward, the tables are small, and closing time lands exactly when the sky turns orange.
A group of friends looking for an afternoon stop with something to pick at and something to drink, without the formality of dinner. Tables push together, chairs fold, and the petisco format is designed for the middle of the table.
And anyone travelling who wants to see the lagoon from above without booking anything: here the view comes with the table. The house also states that it welcomes the LGBTQ+ community.
Yes. Seven days a week, with no closing day.
Until 6.30pm, every day. It opens at 4pm Monday to Thursday and at 2pm Friday to Sunday.
No. The house closes at 6.30pm and works the afternoon stretch.
Yes. The terrace sits on the bluff and faces Lagoa de Guaraíras and the mouth of the bar.
Sweet and savoury crepes, plus sharing plates.
They do. The house bills itself as a drinkeria and its list opens with the caipifrutas, including strawberry and cajá.
The service listed is dine-in, on the terrace.
By a wooden staircase with a handrail on both sides, starting at Largo Barra de Tibau. The steps are painted in colours and the descent is short.
At Largo Barra de Tibau 29, in the town of Tibau do Sul, on the rim of Lagoa de Guaraíras. The landmark is the colour-painted staircase leading down from the lookout and the woven-branch arch at the bottom of it.
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