Restaurant reviews for Finland

Escafé, a hybrid between a cafe and a restaurant is tucked at the very end of Tapiola's Heikintori, one of the oldest shopping centres in Finland. They serve full hot lunch and also breads and bagels, as well as the full variety of coffees and pastries.

One thing sets them apart: they serve real... More >

Flavour Palace is an ordinary looking Chinese restaurant located in the centre of Oulu, near Rotuaari walking district. The place itself is very typical Chinese restaurant in Finland; a little tacky interior, wide variety of foods and efficient service.

One thing set this place apart from the oth... More >

Frutti di Mare restaurant, located on the ground floor in shopping mall Heikintori, is part of the Frutti di Mare chain that has several pseudo-Italian restaurants around greater Helsinki. Beside the common menu, the places have also a common atmosphere: they feel like really cheap Italian bistro tr... More >

G.W. Sundman is one of the best restaurants in Helsinki, located next to the old market square. The restaurant has been carefully renovated in an old bourgeous home built by captain Gustaf Wilhelm Sundman - hence the name.

The atmosphere is very charming, the tables are distributed to several roo... More >

Helsinki downtown has two fish restaurants, Fishmarket and Havis. I have visited them both and cannot really say which one is better -- both shine in different areas.

Havis has excellent location near the old market hall. Ask to get a street view table to enjoy watching people passing by while sa... More >

Restaurant Henri'x is newly established gourmet restaurant in the poshy southern parts of Helsinki. The main chef is quite a young guy, Henrin Poulsen, who has made food in several gourmet restaurants before opening his own.

The food is very good and the prices are decent compared to the quality.... More >

Hullu Kukko is largish restaurant in the middle of Helsinki. The place is divided into several smaller areas that all have distinct interior and atmosphere

The portions are big and the food is also good. The service is typically Finnish, but the waitresses do smile, too. The price / quality ratio... More >

Ice Kiss is an old fashioned ice cream bar serving large ice cream portions, sundaes and plain cones. The selection is fabulous, there are twenty or more flavours in ice creams and the portions add more variety.

The prices are comparable to normal ice cream stalls found in every Finnish market sq... More >

Ichiban sushi bar is centrally located, but sort of hidden sushi bar in downtown Helsinki. If you don't know the exact spot, you can miss the place very easily. The restaurant is on the upper floor near movie theater Bristol, in Aikatalo. You have to first go into an inner courtyard inside the build... More >

Ilmatar is the fine-dining restaurant of the recently opened boutique hotel Klaus K. The hotel enjoys an excellent location at the crossing of Mannerheimintie and Bulevardi, and thus the restaurant is quite packed during weekday evenings, too.

The menu is really fusion stuff; mixing Finnish epic ... More >