Hey fellow members ! 

I am going to Brazil next weekend and my first pit stop is Porto Alegre.  Any members been back to Mezzaninu ?  Any updates ?  It has been 6 years since I was there.

I checked the other forum and last update was Jan 2021.

Thanks so much !

- J

I was there a few months ago…. Not good.  Lagoa in SP is much better.  I did have a good time in Porto Alegre but not at the sauna.

thanks for the feedback, so i guess i have to source from vivalocal.com  , there is one hot guy there and per his Ad, he speaks English ... we'll see about that.

but i will still go to mezzaninu to check it out. lots of good memories for me there, I found cutest guy for me years ago....

I will be in Rio from Sunday, would be nice to meet a fellow members of this forum !

JunNJ, so how was Mezzaninu in May?

I was in Porto Alegre in February and went to the sauna about 9 out of 12 days. Always had fun, even with only a handful of GPs.

Of course, Mezzaninu is a totally difference scene than Lagoa but I like the "small town boys" and the change of pace.

Making my Nov-Dec plans, I just checked with two of my PA favorites. They said Mezzaninu is still open but business there is very, very slow these days.

Hope you had fun in PA. Highlights to share?

I am also thinking of going to Porto Alegre and to visit Mezzaninu in December. Mezzaninu is celebrating 15 years of operation October 15th. Mezzaninu was so much fun with so many gorgeous boys when it started and during many years after

The OP never replied with a trip report and hasn't signed in here since July 1.

When someone asks for info from other members, reporting back on your experience seems common courtesy.

Hi Fellow Members, my apologies.  I was pretty busy when I came back from Brazil because I just sold my house and moving out and moving in a new house and now I am pretty much settled. This is my first time logging in since June.

About Mezzaninu, for me I would not come back because it maybe a hit or miss. I went there Friday and Saturday.  Friday is pretty dead, maybe 5 guys. The one I like with smooth tan a bit muscular, cute face is with a customer in the table. He noticed I kept looking at him but he cannot leave his customer.  So when I started walking around and went upstairs after 30min, we met by the stairs and he started talking and I told him let's go to the Suite and I believe he is not available yet, I think.  He keep telling me I will suck you here and then he started kissing me in the hallway. I am shy so I walked towards the dark corner by the two rooms and he started unzipping my pants and wanted to suck me and I told him again let's go to the room and I was turned on (he has beautiful face and in his early 20's). He pulled out my cock and started sucking it for about 1-2 min because I told him to stop lets get a room and then he is asking for 50Reals for the BJ and he said I am garoto and I work for this and that and I needed to get paid for my service ( I speak little portuguese because I studied the language). The argument started and I dont want to make a scene so I gave him the 50Reals.  I am ok with it but what i did not like is he did not tell me he will charge me for quick BJ. Too bad he is my type, it just turned me off.

I only flirted with the Bar tender who is the regular stripper there. His name is Luis, you will find him in the FB posting of the sauna. He teased me with his body so I booked him the next day afternoon for a private. I just arrived that Friday afternoon and feeling so horny.  Luis bottom for me with plus 100Reals, since I am so horny I said ok.

Saturday, I am hoping to see more boys which there are more boys.  only few muscular but the face not my type.  when there is new guy who arrives and started showering, i just keep watching them and decide who to pick. I smiled at them and they smiled back at me and to the guy i like, i nod and he acknowledge it so when he came out of the shower he come to my table. too bad he is not a bottom because he had pretty face, nice smile and a big cock   😞  Oh he speaks English pretty good because he wanted to do OnlyFans. I didnt get him so I started to looking for other boys and one caught my eye.  His looks is like those young guys on a skateboard. he is 22 but he has a child already when he was 18. and he said he will bottom so we went upstairs. not a super performer but you have to lead the action, tell him what to do and he will do it. kinda boring for me.

I am shocked in Mezanninu because it is not well maintained now. Air conditioner not working in my room. Water is cold and the shocking thing is they ran out of towels when I am ready to go upstairs with the boy.  the garoto said, pointing to the towels in the shelves, "what about that", the grandma who works there said "it's not to be used and when she pulled the towels, and showed it to us, there are holes in the middle ! and also the other towels so overused if you know what i mean by the look of it.

So if you come on Saturday, there are many boys, i would say 25 and there are also lots of cute boys and mostly top. I dont bottom so it was not the best night for me in Brazil.

then Sunday morning off to Rio, I was more excited than POA.

I am coming back next year - Memorial Weekend (end of May thru June) in Rio and SP.  I will skip POA for sometime for now....

thanks for reading...

Many thanks @JunNJ for the detailed report. I was on the fence about a quick side visit to POA on a recent trip to SP/RJ but held off... sounds like I made the right decision.

Thanks for the update. IIRC, Sunday at Mezzaninu was dead beyond dead, so you didn't miss anything by heading off to Rio. POA and Curitiba used to be almost great but now the best guys have gone to work in Rio and SP.

After over two decades, I am a still a big fan of Porto Alegre -- from the glory days of Plataforma (2000s) to the big, grand new Mezzaninu (2010s) to the struggles of Mezz (post-pandemic in the online era). 

I was back in December and I still like it a lot. Why?

●  I have long-time guys (three starting 20 years ago) I love to reconnect with.

●  I like variety and do not require a large selection of GPs from a narrow niche (e.g., minimum inches, height, skin shade, BMI).

●  I love the more easy-going, small-town vibe and the boy-next-door types, along with the more muscular, toned jocks. And I always find interesting, hot new guys.

● I enjoy staying in the upscale Moinhos de Vento with its good restaurants, nice hotels, and beautiful big park. The park is filled with eye candy and had great daytime orgies at the WC until recently. Alas, I no longer venture into the dark park for its early AM debauchery. The Moinhos de Vento area is a very short walk from Plataforma and a short cab ride from Mezzanino.

● Plataforma survives. The stench of urine is gone and it is borderline tolerable again. I went twice in December and, despite few GPs, you just might be surprised. I was shocked to see a previously aloof stripper who did awesome, erotic policeman and soldier routines and who looks like a more handsome Neymar. Maybe he needed some cash and did not want to be more widely seen on sale at Mezzanino? Anyway, I had a long-time fantasy fulfilled.  Friday night is said to be Plataforma's big night.

● FYI, as of my last visit for ten days in mid-December, Mezzanino was open Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

All in all, that is why I always keep POA "in rotation" when I go to Brazil.

thanks for the update, Xclay.  I too enjoy off the beaten path environs and Porto Alegre along with Salvador often provide some less jaded working boys...

beautiful, built, sexy, eager and just plain nice.  

4 hours ago, bucky13 said:

thanks for the update, Xclay.  I too enjoy off the beaten path environs and Porto Alegre along with Salvador often provide some less jaded working boys...

beautiful, built, sexy, eager and just plain nice.  

Exactly!  Well said.

Refreshing update.

Thanks a lot

I'm surprised to hear that Plataforma is still around. I went there on my first trip to POA and, yes, despite the smaller crowd, it did surprise me with a few very companionable young men. On my last trip, I only went to Mezzaninu. The guys there were bad-mouthing Plataforma, but that was 5-6 years ago and maybe during its nadir.

POA makes more sense if I'm coming up from Argentina or Uruguay.

Don't get me wrong: Plataforma has not had a renaissance!

It's just that now it does not stink like a sewer as it did for several years. And you no longer feel at risk of catching the bubonic plague.

You can, however, still experience the frisson of seedy, sleazy squalor!