Restaurant Grand Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

Grill house fine dining. Reservations recommended and the experience here is best enjoyed with some company and at a leisurely pace.

STARTERS: It is popular to have starters here. Some guests were having two or three starters before mains.

🔸️ GRILLED BONE MARROW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No greasy or raw taste. We were served with half of a thick marrow. It was soft and the jelly of the marrow was mild and fresh accented with herb & parmesan crust. The large slice of grilled bread was the best accompaniment; crunchy and flavourful on its own.

🔸️ CRUDO ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Firm cured slices of whitefish plated with tomato water, olive oil & jalapeño. Fresh taste of the sea with citrus notes.

MAIN: 🔸️ 30 DAY DRY AGED CLUB STEAK. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ There is mastery in how this meat with bone was grilled but do not come expecting a Southern BBQ. The style of this grill is cleaner, milder and brings out the subtle flavors of the meat.

Our steak was encrusted with a firm fatty outer with medium well meat within.  Each bite was tender and the meat was fragrant with the hints of wood fire and moist with meat juice. There was a little sinew here and there and the meat at the bone was harder but it was overall a good dish that can be enjoyed even when the meat had cooled.

SAUCES: The meat is already enjoyable on its own with a little salt but we tried the house's popular recommendations.

🔸️ STILTON BEARNAISE ⭐⭐⭐ Mild and creamy and taste like steak with melted cheese sauce when eaten with the meat.

🔸️ SAUCE HEMINGWAY - Whiskey & peppercorn sauce ⭐⭐ The pepper and whisky have strong tastes on their own and overpower a delicate cut of steak.

SIDES: 🔸️GREEN SALAD ⭐⭐ Fresh greens but too much salt.

DESSERTS: 🔸️ CHOCOLATE JUBILEE + Tahitian Grand Cru vanilla ice cream ⭐⭐⭐⭐ On their own, these desserts were plain and less delightful but we decided to eat the dark chocolate ganache with the ice cream.

Paired together, the coldness and plainer flavor of the vanilla ice cream exploded with the warmer more bittersweet taste of the chocolate ganache and they were a match made in heaven 😁.

RESTAURANT Classic - casual, can accommodate large groups with most table settings suited to couples and...

In a nutshell: nice place for drinks with friends and family. Service is amateurish (staff taking shots behind the bar, service limited to transporting dishes, slow, forgetting to charge items, etc.). Food is ok but nothing special. Stay away from the cheese plate. We visited the Grand on a Friday evening as part of a credit card promotion. The place had a nice cosy ambience where everyone seemed to be having a good time. For starters, we order the burrata cheese and a plate of cold cuts. The starters were nice and tasty, but we noticed the absence of bread on the table and the lack of description of the plate from the staff (I would have liked to know what sort of cold cuts they were). The service was fairly slow, and 1:20 into the dinner, we finally got the main dish. Again, I have no idea what the sauce served with the stake was as the service was limited to transporting the food from the kitchen to the table. No bother to ask how you want the meat, either. Nevertheless, the meat was cooked to perfection, and we enjoyed it. We ordered the cheese plate and a Spanish cheese cake for dessert. The cheese cake was deliciously creamy, but I highly recommend staying away from the cheeses. We got a brie and a blue cheese (of some sort, again, no info) that seemed to be beyond their ripening time ( the blue cheese was more yellow than blue and the brie was more brown than white), and so, were left almost intact on the table. This is not a matter of not liking mature or artisan cheeses, as we have eaten all sorts of artisan french cheeses before. Overall, it was an ok experience but likely not coming back. The owner should focus on training the staff to avoid issues such as drinking while working, failing to charge items, and slow and...

I had a very disappointing experience at The Grand Bar & Grill. My friends and I felt extremely uncomfortable with the service. The waitress displayed an irritated and almost condescending attitude simply because we asked a few questions about the menu. Since we are not very familiar with steaks, it was natural for us to want more information before ordering. Instead of being helpful, however, the waitress made unpleasant facial expressions and replied with rude remarks.

When the food finally arrived, it helped us calm down and start to enjoy the meal and drinks. We wanted to continue enjoying our drinks and the evening, but unfortunately, the poor service spoiled the mood and made us ask for the bill earlier than we intended. To make matters worse, we only wanted to split the cost of the starters, but instead of clarifying, the waitress snapped back at us with “so what.” This was shocking, especially since we were celebrating our friend’s 50th birthday and wanted the evening to be special. Unfortunately, the service from this one woman in the green dress completely ruined the atmosphere.

That said, the other staff members were lovely, the food was delicious, and the cake was excellent. It’s a real shame that one person’s attitude overshadowed what could have been a happy and memorable evening.

Since I also work in the service industry, I can say this was truly a very poor example of service. There was no guidance, and her body language — pursed lips, rolling eyes — made us feel extremely uncomfortable. I tried to think that perhaps she was simply having a bad day, but unfortunately, she ended up making my friend’s 50th birthday an unpleasant...