Le Dépanneur Delicatessen

The Depánneur is a really nice Delicatessen in the heart of Botafogo, on the long stretched main square of Botafogo, at Botafogo Metro Station, on Rua Nelson Mandela. Botafogo turned out to be the neighborhood in Rio, where I use to stay most of the time, since in contrast to many other areas in Rio the district of Botafogo is relatively safe day and night and there are many bars and restaurants in this small neighborhood as well. It’s hard to describe, but though there are many tourists in Botafogo, in contrast to Copacabana for instance the Botafogo neighborhood just has a cosy feel to me and it’s ideally located in the geographic center of most of the tourist attractions, between the Christ Statue and Pão de Açúcar on the one hand and on the other hand the Centro of Rio and Leblon/Ipanema and Maracana and Quinta da Boa Vista, the Palace of the Monarch Pedro II just some subway stops away. Even the Jardim Botanico (Botanical Gardens) and the Parque Lage is only a short bus ride away from the transport hub Botafogo. So Le Dépanneur offers many pastries and a sun terrace to enjoy your time here at Botafogo’s main square. The staff is friendly and willing to help you. You choose your pastry presented on a huge plate, and then you enjoy your choice together with a coffee or the like in this nice Delicatessen at Nelson Mandela or Botafogo square so to speak. From Rio with Love! Dr. Dr. Immanuel Fruhmann

It's a fancy and cozy Delicatessen! Indoors and outdoors areas, covered for rainy days, clean and pretty. The areas are clean confortable. Tasty food, a lot of options and healthy. Sandwiches, breads and pasta dishes. The "Green Juice" is really nice. The service is good, indeed, you can take your stuff to go. Quality is amazing fair but high prices. Perfect atmosphere for coffee break on Sundays or light meal at night with friends and family.

I really do not understand why this place is always busy. Overpriced for low quality. The service is good but does not make up for the average food…

The service is very slow. After sitting for 10 minutes and not receiving a menu I had to ask for one. I watched the tables that arrived 15 minutes after me be served drinks first, despite ordering after me. I only ordered a bottle of water. Not sure if this is because I was alone but it felt as though I was lost in the crowd and the bigger tables were being favoured. Eggs were very cold, not worth the wait, as another review said there are much better cafe’s and bakeries in the area.

I really enjoyed the Carioquinha (pulled BBQ pork) sandwich I had delivered via Rappi. I would definitely order from there again.

Inexperienced and unprepared staff; do never come to the table rather keep talking to colleagues and are not prepare to make a simple decision when ask a question about the options. The environment is good; but extremely busy during the weekends which makes the place unpleasant & service slower than usual.

Horrible! Ordered breakfast juice and coffee, asked for drinks first. After waiting 20 min we had not reciewed anything, asked if food was on the way if not we would pick croissant or something small. Reply was it's being made now. 10 min later we were informed that there is no more potato bread. 10 min later we get the rest of the food, still no drinks. Food was completely cold, then we had to ask for our drinks, only got the coffee and not the juice. When we finally got the juice, one of them was wrong so we canceled the other one. Had to pay full price for horrible service and cold food, and not get the food we wanted. Left the place still hungry. Don't come here.

Wonderful spot with good airco and menu. The menu is available in English which was helpful, and the food was really good. Everything is fresh and delicious. We went here for dinner and lunch the next day. The menu is the same throughout the day, with both hot and cold options aplenty. We had the gnocchi which was one of the best ones I ever had, the quiche with brie and apricot and a villa marie sandwich with cheese and salami. Everything was delicious and servings were just the right size. Would definitely recommend going here, also good with chidren.