Helen's Restaurant

If you go here after 2:00pm, you avoid the nursery school set. I've eaten lunch and dinner here and the food is imaginative and satisfying. I like the paninis. And for dessert the peanut butter parfait (ice cream sundae) is out of this world. The service is adequate. The decor is appealing.

the noise level alone had me running out of the restaurant. it's like romper room with tons of screaming kids. the food is subpar and overpriced, the waitstaff slow and the overall experience made me wish I had brought earplugs. the next time I go to Concord I will make sure to pick a more peaceful place with better food and service.

Before we knew our neighbors, we knew the staff at Helen’s. With warm welcomes, hearty laughs, and inviting personalities, they embraced us. But we didn’t know this style was business as usual at Helen’s. We were just grateful for the attention, we’re-new-in-town advice, and most of all, the good food (especially because I was pregnant and our kitchen was being gutted). It felt like home, more than our new house did. Seven years and two babies later, we still feel the same way about Helen’s. Recently, my older son chose the restaurant for his special 6th birthday lunch, because, in the absence of extended family, we have claimed most of the staff as our own (whether they like it or not). They ooh and ahh over his trophies and medals, hang up his crayon drawings, and give him extra ice cream toppings when he cleans his plate, which he always does because their chicken fingers are his “favorite of everything, for real life.” It’s actually quite difficult to have a favorite item at Hel... Read more

This little diner is adorable - decorated in bright colors, busy with locals and tourists alike, staffed by friendly and capable waiters, of...