Block by Dylan — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

Block by Dylan offers wide buffet for weekend breakfast-brunch-lunch. Almost all tables were reserved, so I recommend you come early. They open at 10:30. It is buffet for 21,50 € per person. Buffet consists of salad bar, musli bar, warm food and sweets/fruit. Salad bar and musli bar are rich in choice. Vegan or vegetarian will definitely be happy. Warm bar is rather limited and only salty stuff as eggs or sausages, chicken and warm vegetables. Sweet bar offers nice fruit choice and pastry and some chia pudding or panacota. Pastry does not look homemade. Drinks acailable are wide range of teas, fitered coffee, water and some pink sweet water. I miss good cappucino or esspresso offer. Some folks were drinking champaign, if you wanna feel fancy. If you sit by the window you get to watch rush on the street, the harbour. It nice. I would recommend the...

Meh. Based on the menu I thought the brunch would have been good for a non-dairy & gluten-free customer. It was not terrible, but for the actual selection offered, it seemed terribly overpriced.

Many of the dishes lacked signage of the allergens, and due to the lack of staff around, it was too bothersome to try to figure out what ingredients the dishes did or did not include. I think some options might have been available upon request – such as gluten-free bread – but when you have no one to request it from (or have to chase the staff for 10 minutes) it’s not truly an option.

To sum up: the menu looks inclusive, but in reality, it’s not. Probably a lovely place for people with no allergies and food...

Lunch buffet was good. Food had great taste, lots of different salad options and even multiple choices for the main dish. They offer desert and coffee at the end which is also nice. Personally I got this "high quality school diner" type vibe when dining here. Atmosphere and staff was really nice and friendly. Place was easy to find and it had customers of all kind. Pricing of the lunch (10,90€) was also fair for what you're getting.

Only negative thing in my opinion is the fact that you can't leave the tray and plate when you're done, but instead take them to be cleaned. Which isn't that bad, but kinda kills the "restaurant" vibe at...