Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Helsinki.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Helsinki.
10 places
Order The full tasting menu; Vottonen leans hard on Finnish lake fish and game in season.
Palace holds Finland's only two Michelin stars, on the tenth floor of a 1952 Olympics building, where Eero Vottonen cooks a Finnish tasting menu.
Order The OlO tasting menu; the kitchen builds it around the best northern produce of the week.
Olo on the Pohjoisesplanadi has held a Michelin star since 2011, serving a long Nordic tasting menu of northern ingredients in a grand 19th-century townhouse.
Order The set tasting menu; the full menu is also available as an entirely plant-based version.
Grön in Punavuori holds a Michelin star and Green Star; Toni Kostian cooks a plant-forward set menu of foraged Finnish produce in a 16-seat room.
Guided tour · 6 hours
Explore Nuuksio National Park near Helsinki on a 7.5 km hike through authentic Finnish nature, with beautiful lakes, scenic views, and campfire snacks.
Guided tour · 5 hours
Get the best chance to encounter moose and other wildlife in natural habitats. Enjoy a light campfire dinner in a pristine forest while your guide leads you through pr...
Guided tour · 4 hours
Experience the snowy woods and the frozen Gulf of Finland on a snowmobile tour from Helsinki. Enjoy a delicious lunch cooked over an open fire on an island in the Gulf...
Order The chef's menu at dinner, or the four-course lunch for the city's best-value star meal.
Demo has held a Michelin star since 2007 and in 2024 moved to a Ruoholahti tower with near 360-degree views, where Tommi Tuominen serves three tasting menus.
Order The eight-course menu; dishes reread Finnish staples like liver, herring and root vegetables.
Finnjävel Salonki, in the Kunsthalle building, won a Michelin star in 2021 for refined, modern takes on traditional Finnish home cooking by its kitchen.
Order Vorschmack, the minced beef and herring hash that Marshal Mannerheim made a Savoy fixture.
Savoy on the eighth floor of the Esplanadi has served Finnish-French cooking since 1937 in an Aalto interior; vorschmack is the house signature.
Order The signature Jason menu, or the Jason Plant Based menu for the vegetarian version.
Jason opened in 2024 as Jari Vesivalo's first solo room after years leading the starred Olo, folding Asian flavours into Nordic produce on Yrjönkatu.
Order The full tasting menu; the kitchen rebuilds it around what is best each week.
Boreal in the design district serves a roughly ten-course New Nordic tasting menu from chef Pasha Demin, who cooked at Noma and Azurmendi before opening here.
Order Whatever the daily menu lands on; the kitchen cooks to what arrives package-free from producers.
Nolla on Fredrikinkatu was one of the world's first zero-waste restaurants and now carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand, cooking local seasonal plates.
Order The four-course menu; spring brings white asparagus, summer the pike perch with fennel and apple.
Aoi is a small Ullanlinna room in the Michelin Guide, run by a trio cooking a short four-course menu where global ideas meet Nordic produce like pike perch.
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Editor picks in Helsinki include Palace, Olo, Grön, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.
