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“Quick and good food. We waited”

Green Hippo Punavuori
Ranked #43 of 2,149 Restaurants in Helsinki
Price range: €2 - €15
Description: Green Hippo Punavuori serves healthy, price worthy and beautiful food and is very vegan friendly as well. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served Monday -Saturday from early until late and an all-day, highly popular brunch is served on Sundays. We have a big and cozy terrace outside in the summer. We also serve wine, beer, cider and bubbly. We also provide catering.
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Description: Green Hippo Punavuori serves healthy, price worthy and beautiful food and is very vegan friendly as well. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served Monday -Saturday from early until late and an all-day, highly popular brunch is served on Sundays. We have a big and cozy terrace outside in the summer. We also serve wine, beer, cider and bubbly. We also provide catering.
Reviewed 10 January 2021 via mobile

Quick and good food. We waited 5 minutes after we ordered. A little overrated, but I can understand why the cafe is popular - a lot of healthy and instagram friendly pictures. The avocado sandwich was not my favorite, but can recommend the banana pancake!

Date of visit: January 2021
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Hilbert the Hippo, Owner at Green Hippo Punavuori, responded to this reviewResponded 14 January 2021

Hi! Thanks for visiting us and thanks for the feedback! Glad to hear you liked the pancakes. How could we improve the avocado toast?

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Reviewed 18 November 2020

First of all this place is at the moment very popular and I understand why, they have good food that looks good on a plate and is very instagrammable. The venue is quite cozy and in a good location. The avocado bread and the banana pancakes are great (tasted my friends pancakes.. below the reason)! One thing that put me a bit off here, is that the restaurant has probably the most complicated and annoying menu of all of Helsinki. They are written in on a chalkboard and most options are only available at a ceratin week day at a certain time. So you need to study the menu for additional minutes to figure out what is even available. (Probably a digital screen with options availbale at the time of your visit might be more convenient for guests.) As I was couple minutes later at the cashiers than my friend, she ot to order the banana pancakes, but as I was queing for about 10min in line the menu had changed in between and I was not able to order them anymore. No exceptions apparently.

Date of visit: September 2020
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Thank nabrina2019
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Hilbert the Hippo, Owner at Green Hippo Punavuori, responded to this reviewResponded 14 January 2021

Hi! Thanks for the feedback! You're quite right, since we're open from early morning til late in the evening, we have quite a lot of items and different foods available at different times. We have got rid of the chalkboard and now have a bit more clear version of the menu. We have decided not to use digital screens as we feel they would ruin the atmosphere of the restaurant. As for items no longer being available after queuing, we are very sorry about that. If you were in line before the menu changed to the lunch menu, you should've been able to get the breakfast item despite the menu changing for lunch. The reason we need to be quite strict with this overall is that we have very busy lunch hours and need to get started on it right away.

Still glad to hear you liked the food and hope to see you again! In the meantime, we will keep working on the menu and the queuing to ensure a smoother experience for everyone!

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Reviewed 13 October 2020

The restaurant has fresh, colourful, healthy yet TASTY food for a great price. The place is cosy, genuine and the staff is friendly. Overall a great experience!

Date of visit: October 2020
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Thank franijuliaz
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Hilbert the Hippo, Owner at Green Hippo Punavuori, responded to this reviewResponded 14 January 2021

THANK YOU <3

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Reviewed 27 September 2020 via mobile

Best breakfast place in town in my opinion! If you’re going there on sunday you should try out the banana pancakes!

Date of visit: September 2020
Thank G2431YZmaxh
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Hilbert the Hippo, Owner at Green Hippo Punavuori, responded to this reviewResponded 14 January 2021

Thank you! <3

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Reviewed 7 August 2020

During lunch hours the place is quite busy so be prepared to wait a bit. Food is good and healthy, and there is enough of it. Good and quick service. The brunch menu looked delish, so must return definitely.

Outdoor terrace is a huge plus for a otherwise moderate size cafe.

Do visit, worth to skip out of the regular tourist routes.

Date of visit: August 2020
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Hilbert the Hippo, Owner at Green Hippo Punavuori, responded to this reviewResponded 14 January 2021

Thanks for the kind words! Constantly working on speed, also during lunch hours <3

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