Alice Italian — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

Quality varies, I guess it depends on who is in the kitchen, but overall I am very satisfied with the food and service. Luckily you can always check the menu in advance and if it doesn't make you happy, you can go somewhere else. Vegetarian (main) meals are really poor most of the time, but salad table is very good. Soups are usually good, but sometimes they don't taste like anything. There are days when they serve desserts and they also have good coffee. You can also use an app Soupster to get every 10th (or 11th) lunch for free (I apologize if this is misleading). I am also very thankful that despite the situation in the world, the price is very...

Alice Italian is nice addition to Konepaja area. We shared bruschetta, carpaccio, salad, two pasta dishes and tiramisu in small sizes. I liked the fact that food was simple and most of the dishes were designed to be shared (you can order many small dishes). Everything was good, but I liked the tagliolini pasta dish most. You can do wonders with just butter, herbs and fresh pasta. Only thing I missed was maybe to have a little bit of good bred with oil/balsamico when waiting the first dishes. When there are lots of customers, it would make waiting easier when you are hungry. Otherwise I must say that service was great today. I recommend this...

Overall, a buffet with free refills for 11,3€ is nothing to sneeze at. Or a salad/soup buffet for 10€. The low score is because they have tendency to throw cheese or meat in 90% of their mixed salads, making it quite hard to be able to go with the salad buffet for a vegan and a lactose intolerant person. Could easily be fixed by having feta on the side, or using other ingredients for fat in the mixed salads if that is why (oils, avocado, nuts, squash, etc). Of course you cannot account for every single allergy, but lactose is a big one and has been for many many years. Other than that, it is definitely value for money and...