Restaurant reviews

Satsuma is a good Japanese restaurant in the middle of Soho in London. The place does not look like a traditional Japanese place, instead it has got some influences from modern (one could say Scandinavic) design.

There are seats on two floors, and at least on the basement you may have to share th... More >

Restaurant Savoy has been on the top of Finnish haute cuisine since 30s. The place used to be favourite of field marshall Mannerheim, later a president of Finland. His favourite plate, vorschmack, is always available on the menu.

The restaurant is conveniently located on Eteläesplanadi park stre... More >

SEA Thai Bistro is a well designed Thai restaurant in Williamsburg. The place has been able to combine good food, good service and trendy interiors with inexpensive prices. I was especially delighted to see Eero Aarnio's bubble chairs on the lounge. Way to go!

The restaurant provides the basic Th... More >

Silk sushi bar is a stylished version of sushi restaurants found nowadays in every major city. The interiors of the restaurant have very modern look and feel, somewhat typical to the more upscale joints in Tallinn. The restaurant is kocated on a quite prominent place in the Tallinn old town, and the... More >

Restaurant Sipuli ("Onion" in English) is located on a prime spot in Helsinki, next to the Orthodox cathedral and very near the presidential palace. The restaurant is carefully renovated into an old harbour warehouse, and the bare red brick walls create really cozy atmosphere when lit with candles.
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Sokeri-Jussin Kievari is a traditional Finnish restaurant in an old converted barn. The place is located in Pikisaari, an island just in the front of the Oulu city centre.

The fare mixes some international twists to Finnish cuisine. The menu contains, for example, fish, game, meat and mushroom di... More >

Straits is a fusion restaurant with strong influences from Singapore. All Singaporean ethnic specialties are available in the menu. You can either order a appetizers and main meal, or ask several plates for sharing at the same time.

The food is good and the portions are big enough to satisfy bigg... More >

Sushi Oshima is a funny mix of a sushi restaurant and an internet café: the front of the restaurant looks like any cheaper sushi restaurant with soy sauce bottles and Japanese beer ads on the tables, and at the back there is a collection of computers.

The sushi is ok, not fabulously tasty, but f... More >

I have learned during a few last months that the sushi portions in Japanese restaurants in the USA are quite small; the difference to the normal situation is huge, as most portions are simply too much for the uninitiated.

Sushi Rika is an exception to this rule. Both nigiris and rolls have good a... More >

Mystically named T8 is acclaimed to be one of the best restaurants in Shanghai, and Conde Nast has selected it to be on the top 50 restaurants of the world. Not bad reputation.

The place is ultra-designed, a lot of darkness with a few strategically placed lightspots here and there. The kitchen is... More >