No Sweat Cafe

427 N Last Chance Gulch, Helena
(406) 442-6954

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Julie Buchsbaum

Easily one of the top 3 vegan breakfast burritos we’ve ever had. Cozy atmosphere and incredibly kind and hard-working staff. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

KelseyPoinsatteJones

Look no further for vegan and vegetarian options. I am seeing descriptions of a “secret” vegan burrito but in 2025 they have the vegan burrito directly on the menu. Cash and check only place. They have an atm inside. Highly recommend for versatile items.

Kasey Bergum

Delicous coffee. The most incredible vegitarian omelet I've ever had. Don't forget the avocado!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Homeduck

We ordered two of the “vegan breakfast burritos”. I was starving and too trusting so I didn’t realize until half way thru mine that it was actually egg and meat and cheese. Then when we looked at the bill it just said breakfast burritos.. felt violated all day. Criminal!

Soul Urge Revolution

Yummy breakfast here 😋 worth visiting. Loved the heuvos

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Ezra H

moved away from helena but when i come to visit this is the first place i run to. never change, no sweat. never change.

JohnW Miller

Today, our ROMEO Club of Helena visited a restaurant with a terrible name for a place that serves food. In fact, the name is what has kept us from visiting this prior to today. The name is the “No Sweat Cafe” and I just don’t want to be thinking about bodily fluids when I’m eating out.
The No Sweat Cafe is located in a quaint old building on Last Chance Gulch in the downtown Helena area. Eclectic artwork by a local artist is displayed for sale on the walls. The seating is comprised of wooden chairs and booths.
This restaurant accepts cash or checks only, but they have an ATM conveniently located on site, which charges a couple bucks to use.
Coffee is average cafe coffee. Our server started out a little slow on refills. But improved after a couple promptings. The background music is a little loud causing Otto to not be able to hear normal conversation.

On the tables next to the salt and pepper shakers is another shaker with an orange substance. I discovered through tasting that it was a chili powder mixture. I tasted it so that you won’t have to. I somewhat regret it. After I tried it Otto also tried it and, by the look on his face, I could tell that he also regretted it.

Our ROMEO Club had a few extra guys along as we enjoy a family reunion. I ordered a burger with hash browns instead of chips, while everyone else ordered some form of breakfast.

My burger didn’t come out with everyone else’s breakfasts. In fact, they didn’t put my burger on the grill until after they delivered everyone else’s meals and wondered why I didn’t have anything. She even asked me, “What was your order?”

While waiting on my meal, I figured that I might as well ask everyone how their food was. Steven’s dish was covered in fresh cilantro, which he set aside, as he remarked, “The salsa is good.”
Jay stated, “The food was ok. The eggs were cooked a little short of how I ordered them. The sausage was spicy, and the bacon was salty. Overall the food tasted good, but the coffee was just average. “
Luke said, “It was good. I liked it. I’d give it a C+.”
Rocco, “It was just a standard breakfast, nothing special.”
“Food was average.“ Otto.

Once my burger was finally delivered, I found the flavor to be delicious, a nicely cooked burger with the standard toppings and some kind of savory sauce on a ciabatta bun. Everyone at the table got to watch me enjoy it as they finished their meals as mine was being delivered. I can’t speak for the flavor of the hash browns, because I forgot to add them when I reordered.

Our server offered no apologies for the order malfunction, however, as compensation they deducted 10% off the total bill and didn’t charge me for the hash browns (which they hadn’t delivered.) They also didn’t charge us for the three coffees.

We ordered separately, which our server acknowledged, but still put all the charges on one ticket making it difficult to figure out who owed what. That whole business with the single ticket seemed like fuzzy math.

Mistakes happen, but of course I was disappointed in the fact that they forgot my order.

There are much worse places to eat in Helena, but there are also much better places to eat within a few blocks of this location.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

James R

Very small old-style sit-down cafe. Cash only. Great food and environment but tends to be very busy. Be prepared for a wait to get a seat if you are not there when the door opens, but well-worth it .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Grey “Grey”

Great local restaurant.

susan wolcott

We had been warned that service had declined. But our experience was great. Fast and friendly.

Jane Quinn

It's a little cramped but the food and portions are spot-on and reasonably priced.

Rosie S

This is the best place to have breakfast in Helena! Breakfast is made from scratch, most ingredients are local and organic. Cozy place where you can enjoy the food and the ambiance. Highly recommended 🙂!!!

Wes JW

A unique, comfortable, cozy, and quaint cafe. Everything is cooked from scratch. I thoroughly enjoy their breakfast menu. Priced right, great customer service. Go with the intent of sitting a spell and visiting. Be sure to bring cash or checkbook as they do not accept credit or debit cards I'm guessing in an effort to keep costs down.

Ed Harrow

Another 'go to' on my visits to Helena!

Megan Carr

Stopped in for breakfast the other day - Better than ever. Delicious, nutritious - for both body and mind.

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