Mini Chef - Billund

Slightly disappointing selection of snack foods, but guess they want you to go to the Mini Chef restaurant instead, the adult panini were tasty and the staff friendly.

The wonderful Lego House has three eateries inside the building, and visitors dont need to have bought an entry ticket to access any of them. So if you have kids but dont have the three or so hours it takes to get around the main installation, the BRICKACCINO CAFE, the MINI CHEF (kids) restaurant and LE GOURMET (high end dining) are all accessible and give a brief taster of what this excellent addition to Denmark's self styled Capital of Children is all about ... The cafe is by far the cheapest food option and has a canteen queuing system. It's not very big, and if there's a party of school kids is in front of you, service can be a bit slow. But it offers decent hot drinks, sandwiches and snacks, and the staff are great (shout out to Yeber who was super helpful). Of course, the big draw is that the place is located right inside Lego House, so there's plenty to occupy young kids even if you're not paying to enter the main installation. Pricing is Scandinavian, so not cheap. But note, for hot drinks there are two prices shown on the board (see photo). One is for the barista brewed high end coffee/hot chocolate, the other, 30% cheaper price, is for hot drinks out of the machine located on the counter opposite the till. This price, as well as being significantly lower, also includes a free re fill, which makes it good value. Seating is in formica tables with Scandinavian designed plastic chairs. There are also seven or eight cosy alcove/pod tables available, very popular with kids, and that have a lovely vaulted wooden ceiling component. Just to add that each table has a tiny paraffin lamp with an open flame inside a glass holder. You have to admire the way the Danes obviously think that parents and kids should be trusted not to set fire to themselves. And of course these lamps are perfectly safe in principle. But I'm pretty sure that the management of any similar attraction in the US or UK would not dare have an open flame in a kids cafe, being terrified of darling little George or Charlotte burning themselves and the inevitable lawsuit that would follow.

Six euros for a bottle of coke without a shot. Bread of ham/ cheese for 7.50 euros. You need to switch to these prizes. The sandwiches were really good on the other hand.

There were lots of cool things to look at on the wall. All the employees were nice. The food is great but the selection is understandably limited. It's still a great place to go and a completely unique dining experience.

A quick snack at the Lego house right behind the information point, quite tasty sandwiches, i.e. toasted bread with cheese, ham and tomato, priced at 52dkk, and a rhubarb drink for 34dkk, which is quite expensive for a Polish wallet, but it's Denmark after all. For quick snacks as I found. Very nice and fast service.