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• Untrustworthy, ok food

This is a backstreet place which you need to know exists & outside of the centre or main city attractions. Upon walking closer, the sign above the building is in bad disrepair and the entrance door is completely burried under a clumsy amount of leaflets & posters. However, when I visited on a Sunday, there was a certain charm & great buzz/atmosphere - the place was heaving with people indoors and sitting out in the sun. For a brunch, there is a nice selection of food on offer, nearly all of which is homemade & fresh. The prices are on the expensive side though and include either an alcoholic drink or sparkling sugary fruit juice version, as well as just one homemade bread (if I compare this to other, similar Helsinki buffet resturants where you're able to pay less & have just the food & many different breads). For the negative sides though- both the berry and ginger shots on offer had an overriding background taste somewhere between rose water and washing up liquid-not really very pleasant. The food, whilst plentiful, had for the most part quite subtle flavours only (however I would add that the items [the textures of the vegetables etc.] were cooked well). Very few things are labelled here. The warm food dishes have some letterings, but for all salads & cold items, only a "ask us if you want to know the ingredients of anything here" sign is present. Some of the desserts also have letterings but these aren't explained anywhere if you might not be aware of them. I personally asked which desserts were vegan & was told one set before starting to eat & finding some had milk products in!!! I double-checked, upon exiting, by asking the same question to a different staff member & being told a different set of desserts! It is for these unclear labelling and clueless staff, letting me eat non-vegan food, why I give such a low rating. Major improvements need undertaking in both areas and currently I have to advise others that this place is untrustworthy. For meat eaters or vegetarians-Sandro is worth a try. For vegans or anyone with any form of allergy (especially life threatening), avoid this one until they can get their act together!!