Maracanà is a restaurant in Sandton where you order large platters to share — chicken wings, pork ribs, beef espetada — with fries and onion rings. The menu is built for groups, with platters sized for four to eight people, served alongside bottles of spirits or buckets of beer. Tables fill with families and friends eating from shared plates.

The restaurant has a dance floor and hosts live music events, with a schedule that changes weekly. The space is decorated with references to the maracanà bird, a green macaw from South America. You can hear the music from the street outside.

The kitchen focuses on grilled meats and fried snacks, with spring rolls and calamari joining the ribs and chicken on the platters. The drinks list leans toward cocktails and buckets of beer for sharing. The restaurant is on Wierda Road in Sandton, near the business district.