Story

Quelques jours à Helsinki avec un bébé nous oblige à trouver régulièrement refuge au chaud pour les repas…
Et dans la visite du centre de Helsinki sur le port se cache un endroit formidable pour des Lyonnais: Des Halles !!!
De bons produits partout et des petits stands pour manger.
Le Story est vraiment excellent, les produits sont frais, de très bonne qualité, bien assaisonnés ! Et surtout pour les français nostalgiques du pain français, une belle assiette de pain est servie avec le repas.

Great cakes and coffee and tea set to Perfection
Where does one get a cup of tea with an ice cube to cool the water back down to 90 degrees in order to draw the right flavor out of green tea? …atmosphere is great too as in the old market, go and have bouillabaisse next door and your cake here… divine!

Beautiful location in an old market building by the Helsinki harbor
Great Coffee and the best cinnamon roll in one day and a great pint of local ale the next

With the rennovated Vanha Kauppahalli a new gem came to Helsinki. Ravintola Story is located right in the middle of the old market hall and is a wonderful place for a break on your grocery shopping tour.
Story offers delicious smaller and bigger treats. You can have a filling handmade burger or some cocos curry clams accompanied by a glass of wine of their wide selection from small wineries from around the world. Or just go for some sweet or salty freshly baked pastry together with a cup of coffee.
All the food is for take away as well as to have there. But take the time and suck in the athmosphere of the beautiful old market hall while enjoying your food. Watch the people pass by or look out onto the harbor through the big windows.
Check it out and enjoy!

the cutest little café inside the old market hall — great décor and design.
what we ate:
— open faced salmon sandwich: loved the smoke salmon on this sandwich
— open faced shrimp sandwich: the shrimp salad was a bit too sweet
— almond cake: light and airy, great texture
— omelette w/​salami: pretty normal but not a bad omelette
— coffee: would rather order coffee from robert’s coffee (also in the old market hall)
a great place to stop for a quick breakfast or snack. so convenient and beautiful — and the location is perfect if you’re planning to browse some of the other market stalls.

This is a café and restaurant is in the center of the old market hall, where a stroll throughout the aisles leaves you hungry for food. The design is trendy and nice, with lots of wood and somber colors.
We were there on a busy Friday afternoon, still busy after the lunch rush, and the dessert goods were running out. We ordered salmon soup and mussels. After ordering and paying you’re left with a plate with bread and a tiny cube with a number on it for your order. Pick up your cutlery and water by a sideboard and find a seat. The seats in the center of the market hall seem to be used by all customers in the hall — even for the ones bringing their own stuff. This results in the place needing more bussing during the time we were there, lots of dirty dishes and tables that needed some attention. Over all, the place seemed a bit understaffed for a summery lunch peak.
The food was very tasty. The mussels had a great curry and coconut flavor with the added cilantro, and a can with potato chips (not fries). The waiter asked if I wanted an extra bowl with lemon water to wash my fingers before and after the meal. A great gesture and a very nice detail.
The service has some room for improvement in my eyes, where most of it relates to more people. Coming after the lunch peak lead to service being a bit slow, but there were things that should be taken care of to let more customers have a place to be seated.