Makaronitehdas — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

I have been craving carbonara for the past 4 months since I moved to Finland and so my husband took me here, he was new to the restaurant too. I have never been this disappointed! The carbonara was just too much cream, a few bacon pieces and to make it worse, tasteless! To have any flavour I had to ask for Tabasco sauce, I did that because I was starving otherwise would have moved to another restaurant! This was the worst I have ever had! They also charge for tap water! This cannot be a highly rated restaurant, they are lying through...

Me and my grandmom came to the restaurant around 18:55 first it looked like a lovely place. Waitress then came directed us to the tables and told us "about an hour and we are closing" we said "yes that's okay". We didn't get the table setup for us. The meal wasn't great bland and warmish and grandmoms food was dry. Waitress kept looking to the table like she was in hurry and kept tapping her phone. After we were ready at like around 19.25. After we were ready chef left in hurry and the overall experience...

As a lunch person, I found this spot super reasonable and solid. Gotta give props to the salad - the simple mix of veggies with balsamic and bread made waiting for the main dish worth every second.

The pasta was decent, kind of like what I had in Italy - on the saltier side but still alright.

And this super lovely waitress who handled the busy lunch rush all on her own while still being super attentive and friendly to everyone. That human touch really made the whole...