Lagos Living || Hans And Rene.

Remember in my last weekend bits post where I mentioned that my friend and I went to hans and rene and I would put up a review later? Well, yeah!

I had been hearing about hans and rene and seeing some of their really tempting pictures on instagram but if you know how these social media things work, they hype things only for you to go there to wonder what all the hype was for.
Well, I wanted to satisfy my curiousity so when my friend proposed that we go there, I was all for it.
We braved Lagos traffic and went to the island on a weekday (It was that deep. Lol)

Hans and rene is located at the Radisson blu hotel in victoria Island.
It is a gelataria and bakery.
I hear ‘gelato’ is some fancy italian word for icecream with less calories, but to me its all icecream.
Anyways, we got in and I was quite impressed with the decor and ambiance of the place. There is an outdoor and indoor sitting area and the ceiling was this wallpaper with clouds and sky design, really pretty.
The restroom has this illusion effect thing going on and that was also pretty cool stuff.

I was a bit confused on what flavour of ice cream/gelato to get and the guy at the counter helped me so I’ll say the service was alright, I can’t say they were extremely cheerful or anything but the service was alright.
My friend got doughnuts and while we waited for our orders to be processed, I decided to take some pictures.
Everything was going fine and dandy, till someone came to ask if I took permission to take the pictures and someone else popped into the restroom to ask if we were bloggers and why we were taking pictures. Lool
They were both really polite though, so I’ll give that to them but at this point, let me just ask what’s it with Nigerians and this ‘camera phobia’ ?!
Once they see you with a camera, they start to get all conscious and either harass you for money or start asking plenty plenty questions.
If I were using an iphone, I’m sure I wouldn’t have been bothered and an Iphone does a great job also so please what’s the fuss?
What could they have thought I was going to use the pictures for? Any ideas guys? To plan how to come rob them?
What else if not for social media sake ey? Educate me guys, I need answers!

That aside, the icecream/gelato was quite enjoyable, nice.
Would I go back? Yup.
Majorly because of the ambiance which seems like a nice place to chill with friends and to try their cupcakes and other icecream flavours too.

I had two scoops of ice cream and a scoop cost 650Naira, I can’t quite remember how much my friend’s doughnut cost but there’s a picture of the menu up there in case you’re interested in their prices.
Have you ever been to hans and rene?
How was your experience?

You can find them on instagram @HansandRene

P.S – I just want to say thank you all so much for all the really supportive comments in my last post, I truly appreciate every single one of you. Thank you!

P.P.S – So I shot a video with a fellow blogger, Deola of omogemura.com.
I’m not exactly a huge fan of videos because I’m somewhat shy, I don’t know how to sound “janded” a.k.a phoné and I never quite know what to do with my face but yes! This is me facing my fears and saying yes to trying out new things.
So if you want to watch a video of I and Deola answering some questions about ourselves, please click here.
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Previously :
– Stunting in Monochrome.
– On staying true to yourself.
– Crushing on Sike Msuseni’s style.
–Styling prints and Bold Hues.