Contemporary cuisine with regional touches
Rua das Gameleiras climbs away from central Pipa and disappears among the trees; at number 1004, under a white awning strung with lights, you find the tables of Camurim. This is a daytime house: it opens at 7.30am with brunch and closes at 5pm, and in between it runs a grill, risottos and shrimp. You eat on gravel, in the shade, with dogs allowed in the garden.
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| Area | Rua das Gameleiras, Tibau do Sul |
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| Address | R. das Gameleiras 1004, Tibau do Sul (RN) |
| Opening hours | Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7.30am–5pm · closed Tuesday and Wednesday |
| Service windows | Breakfast 7.30–11am · lunch noon–5pm |
| Meals | Breakfast, brunch, lunch and dessert |
| Service | Dining room, garden tables, counter and waiters; takeaway and delivery |
| Atmosphere | Cosy, casual, romantic, refined and relaxed |
| Facilities | Bathroom, bar on site and free wi-fi |
| Bookings | Accepted |
| With children | Good for kids, with high chairs, a kids' menu and a changing table |
| Pets | Dogs allowed in the outdoor area |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair-accessible seating and bathroom |
| Parking | Plenty of free spaces, open-air, plus free street parking |
| Events | Private space available |
| Contact | +55 84 99184-0433 · @camurimpipa |
The day splits in two and it is worth choosing before you set out. From 7.30 to 11am the house serves breakfast and brunch, the window that sets it apart from the rest of the village: breakfast and brunch are declared on its listing as two separate meals. From noon to 5pm lunch takes over, and the kitchen changes register completely.
Midday food comes off the coals and out of the pot. Confit cupim is the dish the house itself puts at the front of its menu: beef hump cooked long and low, a preparation built on patience. Beside it sit filet mignon, a board of grilled meat, and shrimp, which turns up two different ways — on a yellow purée, in the house's turquoise plate, and inside an orange risotto.
The menu works the sea beyond shrimp as well: the house photos show grilled octopus served with pineapple and griddled potato on an earthenware plate, with a glass of white wine alongside. And the steady dessert is the brownie, which arrives with a quenelle of cream and caramel drawn across the plate.
Vegetarian options are declared, there is counter service as well as waiter service at the tables, and takeaway and delivery if the plan is to eat back at your lodging. The counter matters more than it sounds: at breakfast you can order standing while a table clears, and at lunch it is where a single diner ends up without waiting for the room to settle.
There is a bar on site and the drinks list covers both halves of the day. In the morning, coffee is part of brunch and sits among the declared attributes of the house.
At midday the other half opens: alcoholic drinks, spirits, beer, cocktails and wine. Wine by the glass goes with the fish and the grill — it appears beside the octopus in the house photos — and the cocktail list carries the long afternoon in the garden, which is what this place is built for between three and five.
Since service ends at 5pm, last orders come early: the drinking here happens in daylight.
The house describes itself with five words that rarely travel together: cosy, casual, romantic, refined and relaxed. And in its own post it puts it like this: "joy, flavours and a special feeling that make every moment at Camurim an experience to enjoy and share".
There are two spaces. The dining room has a pitched wooden roof, rattan lampshades hanging low, a stone floor and a turquoise counter with the name painted across it — that counter is how you know you have arrived. The garden is the other half: wooden tables and chairs on gravel, under a white awning strung with lights, tall trees all around, parasols and a blue gate at the back.
There is a bathroom, a bar on site and free wi-fi. The house is listed as a place that welcomes the LGBTQ+ community, and it has a private space for events.
Camurim opens five days a week: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, always from 7.30am to 5pm. Tuesday and Wednesday it is closed, two days running: write that one down first, because a brunch plan landing in that half of the week cannot be rescued.
For breakfast, the window runs 7.30 to 11am and is the calmest part of the day: the garden has just come into shade, the coffee is fresh and the tables are free. For lunch, sitting down between 12.30 and 2pm catches the kitchen with the whole menu running.
From 2pm to 5pm comes the long after-lunch stretch, when the garden does its work: the sun is high, the trees filter it, and the table stretches out without anyone hurrying you.
And the consequence that shapes an itinerary: there is no dinner here. The doors close at 5pm on all five days it opens, so Camurim belongs to the morning or the middle of the day, never to the evening.
The house sits at Rua das Gameleiras 1004, in Tibau do Sul, uphill from central Pipa. It is a dirt road lined with trees, set back from the noise of the avenue, and you can walk up from the centre or drive it in a few minutes.
If you drive, this is the opposite of what happens on the main avenue: plenty of spaces are declared, free and open-air, plus free street parking. From here you walk down to Praia da Pipa to carry the day on to the sand. Arriving from Natal, look at the transfer options.
For a table with young children the kit here is complete: it is listed as good for kids and adds high chairs, a kids' menu and a changing table, all three. The garden helps: it is open, with room between the tables, and the morning window is the quietest part of the day.
Dogs are allowed and may stay in the outdoor area, which here is not a corner but the main space: the garden tables are half the venue.
On accessibility, wheelchair-accessible seating and bathroom are declared. The garden surface is gravel, so it is worth mentioning it when you book so they can seat you where it works best.
Anyone who wants breakfast away from their lodging and wants to make a morning of it: brunch from 7.30am, with coffee, garden tables and no clock.
The table that eats late and stays: between 2pm and 5pm the garden sits in shade and the kitchen is still open.
Families with small children: high chairs, a kids' menu and a changing table, which is the full set.
Anyone travelling with a dog: they are allowed in the outdoor area, and the outdoor area is the main room here.
And anyone arriving by car: plenty of free spaces, unlike the avenue below.
No. It closes Tuesday and Wednesday, two days running. It opens Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7.30am to 5pm.
7.30am to 5pm on the five days it opens, with breakfast from 7.30 to 11am and lunch from noon to 5pm.
The house closes at 5pm, so service ends mid-afternoon: this is a breakfast and lunch address.
From 7.30 to 11am. That is the window the house keeps for breakfast and brunch, before the lunch menu takes over.
Yes. Dogs are allowed and may stay in the outdoor area, which here means the garden with its tables under the trees.
The house takes bookings and they are worth using, especially for the garden. Arrange it on WhatsApp at +55 84 99184-0433.
Yes, and it is roomy for the area: plenty of free open-air spaces, plus free street parking.
Yes, the house declares a private space for events. The details are arranged directly with them.
Ask them on WhatsApp if there is still a table in the garden
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