8 splurge places in Helsinki, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Helsinki. All Helsinki food.
Palace ★ 4.9
keskusta · Eteläranta 10, 00130 Helsinki
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.
Tip: The dining room is on the top floor with views over the harbour and Market Square. Book three to four weeks ahead for weekend tables.
Grön ★ 4.8
punavuori · Albertinkatu 36, 00180 Helsinki
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.
Tip: Just 16 seats around an open kitchen on Albertinkatu. Vegetables, wild plants and fermentations lead; book three to four weeks out.
Olo ★ 4.7
keskusta · Pohjoisesplanadi 5, 00170 Helsinki
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.
Tip: Set in a neoclassical merchant's house on the Esplanadi. Reservations take one to six guests online; larger groups by enquiry.
Demo ★ 4.7
ruoholahti · Itamerenkatu 25, 00180 Helsinki
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.
Tip: Now on the top observation floor of the We Land building in Ruoholahti. The weekday lunch menus are far cheaper than dinner.
Finnjävel Salonki ★ 4.6
kamppi · Ainonkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki
Finnjävel Salonki, in the Kunsthalle building, won a Michelin star in 2021 for refined, modern takes on traditional Finnish home cooking by its kitchen.
Tip: The fine-dining Salonki sits upstairs; the casual Sali is downstairs in the same building. Both are in the Taidehalli art hall.
Jason ★ 4.6
keskusta · Yrjönkatu 5 E, 00120 Helsinki
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.
Tip: Vesivalo ran the kitchen at Olo for years before going solo here. Two menus only: the Jason and its plant-based twin.
Savoy ★ 4.5
keskusta · Eteläesplanadi 14, 00130 Helsinki
Savoy on the eighth floor of the Esplanadi has served Finnish-French cooking since 1937 in an Aalto interior; vorschmack is the house signature.
Tip: The 1937 Aalto-designed room and roof terrace look over Esplanade Park. It sits in the Michelin Guide, and lunch is the affordable entry.
Boreal ★ 4.4
punavuori · Uudenmaankatu 9, 00120 Helsinki
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.
Tip: A 40-seat room on Uudenmaankatu in Punavuori. Demin's Noma and Azurmendi training shows in the plating and the foraged notes.