Casual Dining in Helsinki

Story Old Market Hall

• ★ 4.6
• Kluuvi and Keskusta

Story Old Market Hall is at Eteläranta 9, 00130 Helsinki.

Forza

• ★ 4.5
• Pizza
• Punavuori

Forza in Punavuori bakes Neapolitan-style pizza in a hot wood-burning oven and Roman-style rectangular pizza and was chosen the best pizzeria in Finland.

Goose Pastabar

• ★ 4.8
• Italian
• Kluuvi and Keskusta

Order Tortellini in chestnut sauce (19 €) or grilled cabbage and lardo (12 €).

Goose Pastabar at Eerikinkatu 44 serves fresh pasta and stories: a neighbourhood pub in every sense, with simple food and nothing too serious.

Baskeri & Basso

• ★ 4.7
• Bistro
• Punavuori

Order The whole menu in small bites, or a few cold dishes and a bite of cheese before dessert.

Baskeri & Basso on Tehtaankatu is a bistro with ingredient driven cuisine and natural wines, inspired by cosy Parisian bistros and small Italian osterias.

The Bull and the Firm

• ★ 4.4
• Kallio

The Bull and the Firm is a restaurant at Fleminginkatu 10, 00530 Helsinki, in the Kallio neighbourhood of the city.

Maukku

• ★ 4.4
• Kallio

Maukku on Hämeentie in Kallio is a restaurant, bar and wine cellar with a seasonal three and four course menu, an à la carte list and a Friday lunch.

Boon Nam

• ★ 4.3
• Thai
• €€
• Kluuvi and Keskusta

Order Menu Boon Nam, the shared menu for the whole table, at 89 € per person.

Boon Nam is a restaurant and bar at Lönnrotinkatu 4, inside Hotel St. George, with groups served one shared menu in the spirit of social eating.

Sake Bar

• ★ 4.1
• Japanese Izakaya
• Kruununhaka

Sake Bar & Izakaya at Vironkatu 11 is a very tiny bar with a large selection of Japanese sake and highballs, plus shareable snacks and small plates.

Gastro Cafe Kallio

• ★ 4.0
• Bistro
• Kallio

Gastro Cafe Kallio is a bistro at Fleminginkatu 7, 00530 Helsinki, in the Kallio neighbourhood of the city.

Café Savoy

• ★ 4.2
• French Bistro
• €€€
• Kluuvi and Keskusta

Order The prix fixe menu, or a classic from entrecôte to salad Nicoise.

Café Savoy is a restaurant at Eteläesplanadi 14 inspired by Southern French cuisine, with a prix fixe menu and classics from entrecôte to salad Nicoise.

Villa Severino

• ★ 4.8
• Italian

Order The Neapolitan pizza, or gelato from the CARMEN LUNA brand created by the kitchen's Carmen.

Villa Severino is an Italian restaurant at Urho Kekkosen katu 1 where Carmen, from Naples, cooks classic Neapolitan dishes from time-honored recipes.

Ristorante Bello

• ★ 4.8
• Pizza

Ristorante Bello is an Italian restaurant in Viikki at Maakaari 9, serving good food from genuine ingredients, quality wines and a relaxed atmosphere.

Restaurant Karaz

• ★ 4.4
• Syrian

Order Beef tenderloin with the signature cherry sauce, and nuts served with hummus.

Karaz is a Syrian restaurant at Lönnrotinkatu 15 cooking the food of Damascus and Aleppo, with mezze, grilled dishes and signature cherry flavours.

Happy Food Garden

• ★ 4.4
• Chinese

Order Hotpot, a warm, social and interactive dining experience shared around the table.

Happy Food Garden is a family-run Chinese restaurant near Kamppi since 2013, serving hotpot, a BBQ buffet and a bistro menu of three regional cuisines.

Mari's Treehouse

• ★ 4.4
• Finnish

Mari's Treehouse is a lunch restaurant and cafe in the Tripla shopping centre serving seasonal Finnish food, from fresh fish to traditional reindeer sauté.

Strindberg

• ★ 4.2

Order Salmon soup at lunch, or the carrot cake and lemon meringue pie from the cafe display.

Strindberg is a classic restaurant and cafe on Esplanadi that opened in 1992 in a former art gallery, with a street-level cafe and a restaurant upstairs.

Taverna Zorbas

• ★ 4.2
• Greek

Taverna Zorbas is a family restaurant open since 1981, serving authentic Greek and Mediterranean food from fresh ingredients in a cosy, warm-spirited setting.

Falafel Box

• ★ 4.8
• Middle eastern

Falafelbox serves authentic falafel, sandwiches, salads and shawarmas in the Tripla mall in Pasila, with falafel made as it has long been in the Middle East.

Be My Guest

• ★ 4.0
• Vietnamese

Order Pho, noodles or dumplings from the Vietnamese menu.

Be My Guest serves authentic Vietnamese food in Ruoholahti since 2019, from noodles, dumplings and pho to funky drinks, in a cosy living room ambience.

Noodle Story

• ★ 4.0
• Noodle

Noodle Story at Alppikatu 5 serves freshly made noodles every day, from biangbiang and dandan noodles to wonton noodle soup and handmade dumplings.

Quê Em

• ★ 4.8
• Vietnamese

Quê Em serves Vietnamese dishes of fresh herbs, lava stone grilled fish, shellfish, vegetables and meat, with sweet cold Vietnamese coffee drinks to finish.

Ravintola Rosmariini

• ★ 4.8

Rosmariini is a lunch restaurant in Konala with a daily changing lunch of three hot dishes, a salad table, coffee, tea and dessert for 14 euros.

Uyghur Noodle House

• ★ 4.8
• Uyghur

Uyghur Noodle House serves Uyghur cuisine, handmade by highly skilled chefs from fresh ingredients, with a delightful, affordable lunch spot in Hakaniemi.

Restaurant Viet Balo

• ★ 4.0
• Vietnamese

Viet Balo is a cafe and kitchen at Liisankatu 9 offering authentic Vietnamese food and original Asian dishes, comfort food with its own personal twists.

Pompier Albertinkatu

• ★ 4.8

Pompier Albertinkatu welcomes guests at Albertinkatu 29, with dishes made from the best ingredients of the season and served with carefully selected wines.

Sea Horse

• ★ 3.6

Order Fried herring, vorschmack, the herring platter or Wiener schnitzel, all made in the kitchen.

Sea Horse has served authentic Finnish food on Kapteeninkatu in Ullanlinna since December 1933 and became known worldwide for its onion steak.

Ravintola Saaga

• ★ 3.6

Order The alder-smoked rainbow trout, Saaga's speciality since 2004, finished in front of you at the table.

Saaga is a Finnish restaurant on Bulevardi with about 120 seats on two floors, built on domestic ingredients, fish, game, mushrooms and berries.