Café Esplanad — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

Years ago this used to be one of the best places in Helsinki for cinnamon buns. Now you have to pay 4 euros for dry, flavourless chunks of dough with barely any cinnamon paste in them. Their filter coffee also used to be decent and you used to get a choice of two different roasts, now they only offer one, with no information about the coffee notes etc. whatsoever, likewise mediocre and overpriced. The only thing this café has going for it now are the quaint premises and the location, which is great for people watching. Apart from that, unless you don't mind a disappointing and overpriced experience, I would avoid this place. There are much better places for coffee around and you can even get much better and fresher cinnamon buns from Gateau next door, despite it being a takeaway...

I really don't know what the hype is about. Agreed the cinnamon rolls are huge there but expensive too. I had to try other things layer too so i just had the smaller roll. Honestly one of the driest and average cinnamon roll i have ever eaten. Ikea's frozen cinnamon rolls are better than it. Coffee is so expensive that it has left London behind too. I think it was €4.80 for a cup. Really??? It was not very special coffee either. Just above average. Which definitely doesn't justify the prices. Location is nice. I still feel gutted that I left my cinnamon roll eating to this cafe before leaving country. Should have tried...

Cafe in a beautiful building at the prime location in Helsinki should do much better. In short, ambient was downgraded by untidy toilets and dirty plates in various tables. Even though place was half full, waiting tike was rather long. Quality of food and treats were not great as, for instance, the humongous cinnamon bun was dry. I would recommend a visit turku cafe art, or other locations where historically valuable sites have been made into their best use. And to be honest, pricing is off the chart: a small non-alcoholic beer...