Le Grenier — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

We had a little bit communication issues, my French is a bit rusty and their English/ Finnish was a bit limited.

Cute atmosphere. Very friendly staff and good real French pastries and bread.

We asked for lunch, we told it was around 12€, so we payed, soon we were served coffees, ham Pain français (patonki) and creme brulée.

We were never asked if we wanted coffee or tea (we would have both prefered tea) and my friend is trying to be vegetarian so a bread full of meat was not her thing.

She went back to tell about the meat issue and got it changed to some cheese instead. At this point we were a bit embarrassed so we decided not to complain about the coffees too and just left them without drinking. I am sure that if we went back we would have got tea instead but we didnt feel like bothering the nice people again!

I loved the bread and the brulée, will come back to try some of those amazing almond croissants!

I wanted to share my experience so that you people will learn from me and be more specific in ordering and knowing what you want/ what you will get!

There is no lists to point out things and lunch is always something new every day, but make sure to know what you order and let them know, or you will be in this situation with things that you cant have!

Lovely people and food, one table for outdoor seating was nice too. Very private in a small yard.

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