The design district south of the centre, dense with bistros, natural-wine rooms and the specialty-coffee crowd. Helsinki's hippest place to eat.
Order The seven-course menu; the only imported ingredient on the plate is the salt.
Skörd on Fredrikinkatu in Punavuori cooks a seven-course menu where every ingredient except the salt is Finnish game, fish, herbs and berries.
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.
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 Whatever vegetable plate is on; the kitchen lets one or two ingredients carry a dish.
Baskeri & Basso on Tehtaankatu pulls from Parisian bistros and Italian osterias, with ingredient-driven cooking and a deep natural-wine list.
Kaffa Roastery, founded in 2010 by Svante Hampf and Benjamin Andberg, is the best-known name in Finnish third-wave coffee; its roastery is also a cafe.
BasBas Kulma is the walk-in sibling of the Baskeri & Basso group, a corner counter pouring a dozen-odd glasses with a strong French natural bent.
Try Falafel and halloumi pita
Fafa's started on Iso Roobertinkatu and grew into a Finnish pita chain, but the original still turns out the falafel and halloumi that made its name.
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