Ravintola Carelia — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

Located on the corner of a busy tram line intersection crisscrossed by [Linja 1, 2, 4, 8, 10) the restaurant offers diners a nice menu that can be paired with select wines per course. Intimate and ambient for couples and group meetings between work colleagues or professionals, friends or family. The admixture of vegetarian entrees to more classic non-vegetarian standards are exceedingly rarified. The seafood and fish courses are also seaworthy of tasting, in a Finnish style of ‘haute cuisine’ modern eclecticism. Highly recommended for nearby hotel guests and international...

Pretty good! Parsnip risotto comes with parsnip done a couple of ways, one of them being a kind of hard pickle perhaps, which doesn't work terribly well. The roasted parsnips are great however in a good risotto that's perhaps a little one-dimensional, and a little too oily. Tarte tatin was great, but a lump of ice cream on the top melts in seconds and makes a sludge, which is disappointing. Wine recommended was fantastic. Staff very lovely. Décor and atmosphere wonderful. Charging €12 for the cognac they use in the brandy coffee,...

My spouse offered me a dinner before opera and we were supposed to have romantic seat in the restaurant. Tables are very close to each other so you can forget romantic here. Anyway food was good, but maybe a bit too complicated. Simple is better sometimes. Table was way too small and low for my husband who is tall and after one hour sitting he was having a serious problem to keep his legs comfortably. This is the reason why we can't visit here anymore even the staff was super nice and lovely and...