La Bicyclette — Restaurant in Região Geográfica Imediata do Rio de Janeiro

They had a varied range of pastries and cakes, which looked scrumptious. After a quick browse we knew that we had to try some of these. We sat at one of the tables outside and were offered a QR code to see the menu in English. This place didn’t just do baked goods, it also offered a wide range of breakfast items and sandwiches.

We stuck to ordering some cakes. Unfortunately the one I really wanted to try which was Apple, Walnut and Cinnamon was only available as a large cake. I had to change to something else and chose Orange and Almond cake.

Something got lost in translation as I ended up with an Almond Croissant. I just went with it and it was nice.

My husband ordered an apple tart and crostine. The crostine was twisted delicate filo pastry integrated with little bursts of chocolate. It was a much lighter alternative to a pain au chocolate.

The apple tart was simply delightful. The firm yet soft slices apple sat in a perfect sticky glacé on a bed of solid yet almost biscuity base. It teamed well with the coffee he had ordered.

Along with this I chose a Pink Lemonade. This was like having a fruity mojito without the alcohol. There were full pieces of raspberry and...

We went for a brunch. The place was very cosy both inside and outside. However, my girlfriend and I were truly disappointed with the service attitude. My girlfriend wanted to order a breakfast menu which included a natural juice. She asked if she could mix two fruits for the juice and said that she would even pay the price difference. Ten service however was extremely inflexible and ruled out such possibility. Zero customer-centric!

Moreover, service brought a fried egg instead of a scrambled one. The fried eggs were initially too soft (a significant part of the eggwhite was still liquid). Also as I was about to finish with one of my plates the waitress asked if she could remove the plate; yet, before having answered that I wasn’t done yet she removed it. Food-wise it was good. The waffles were excellent, so were the juices. The avocado toasts were extremely difficult to eat and overall a bit bland in terms of flavour.

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Unfortunately this place looks really cute but the quality of what you get here doesn’t match…at least for me.

Here’s the Caneloni with spinach and ricotta that I ordered. It was clearly frozen and reheated; you can tell by how much water there is here (it’s all from ice). The egg on the croissant eggs Benedict that we ordered was completely overcooked; a “poached egg” should never be completely hard. We spoke to the manager but they only offered to take off the (optional) service charge. Also, the Wi-Fi is too weak to use. I was hoping to spend a few hours here enjoying the coffee and food and doing some work on my laptop but was disappointed. I hope it’s just bad luck and that your experience here will be...