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Assistants · Helsinki cafes and bars, FI · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Helsinki cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked between 2026-10-21 and 2026-10-23, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 0% link a marketplace.

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

0%

link a marketplace

–

no marketplace linked

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 0% a marketplace.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Helsinki cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides1458%3 25%11 92%
Instagramdirectory28%02 17%
venuu.fiother site28%02 17%
Wikipediadirectory28%02 17%
apollosportsbar.comother site14%01 8%
brewatlas.codirectory14%01 8%
brewver.comdirectory14%01 8%
brunchbureau.comother site14%01 8%
cafelauri.fiother site14%01 8%
Facebookdirectory14%01 8%
fazer.fiother site14%01 8%
fazergroup.comother site14%01 8%
fiest.ioother site14%01 8%
helsinkian.lifeother site14%01 8%

12 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in Helsinki cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (12).

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT97%0%0%3%30
Gemini94%0%3%3%35
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-21. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Think Corner Café own site
Roasberg own site
Roberts Coffee Jugend no link
Vibe & Laptop Suitability own site
Kaffecentralen own site
Kahvila Sävy own site
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Kupoli own site
Blanda own site
Bar Mate own site
Trillby & Chadwick own site
Liberty or Death own site
Kupoli Cocktail Bar own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Café Roasberg own siteKaffa Roastery own site
Andante Coffee own site
Cafetoria Café & Shop own site
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?Fat Tony’s own site
Casino Helsinki Sports Bar own site
Apollo Sports Bar own site
Woolshed Australian Gastropub own site
Apollo Sports Bar & Kitchen own site
Sports Bar Casino Helsinki own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Ravintola Oiva own site
Löyly own site
Ariel Restaurant own site
Café Ekberg own site
Levain own site
Löyly own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Koko Jazz Club own siteStoryville own site
The Old Irish Pub own site
On the Rocks own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Andante Coffee own site
Café Tarina own site
Café Ekberg own site
Café Ekberg own site
Fazer Café Kluuvikatu own site
St. George Bakery own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Monkey Rooftop Bar own site
Ateljee Bar own site
VALO Rooftop Terrace own site
Ateljee Bar own site
Loi Loi Rooftop own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.Taulu own site
Think Corner Café own site
Café Ekberg own site
Café Engel own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Momentine Wine Bar own site
Wine Bar Apotek own site
Quartier Bistro & Bar own site
Trillby & Chadwick own site
Bar Runar own site
Chihuahua Julep own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Helsinki Bryggeri Brewhouse own site
Kellotorni Brewery Restaurant own site
Bottom line no link
Juova Hanahuone directory
Pien Shop & Bar own site
Oluthuone Kaisla own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Café Boardgame own site
Halfmoon Game Cafe own site
Arkade Bar own site
Café Boardgame own site
Halfmoon Game Cafe own site
Arkade Bar own site
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-03. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.