Ravintola Karl-Johan — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

A very nice atmosphere, very shyly (some sound absorbent materials would do wonders) complemented with a good touch of Jazz (not eclectic) music. Very nice food, on my first experience with Finish gastronomy. - please consider me demanding but not posh, I’m Portuguese I love good and pleasant food, emphasis on the pleasant. And that’s what I found here, the main touch was a Portuguese Douro red wine, expensive also due to the 25,5% VAT. But very good, although it could have been even better if served at the right temperature, the room temperature is too much for these red wines. We skipped desert, not only but also due to the late hours (the service was slloowww), nice and attentive, but slow. I would gladly repeat the experience, not only but also to try...

Nice centrally located cosy traditional restaurant with a good price quality ratio. The portions are fairly large and nicely plated. The list is rather simple but very good with some rather interesting dishes. They also have three different 3-course menus between € 40-60 pp. I took a’la Carte and went for a creamy Lobster soup that was really tasty and rich and as a main for a rarity on menus fried beef tongue with polenta. Very well prepared and tender and the polenta and the added sauce worked well together. For the soup the Sancerre wine worked perfectly and for the tongue some Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall a small but good international wine list with a number of wines per glass that is very nice. Overall a great experience that can...

We wanted to try some Finnish dishes and it was great idea to select this restaurant! Staff is super sweet and helpful, our server explained us what’s in each dish and where does it come from (as in, history of the dish). She brought some bread and tapenade for the table for free. I ordered a duck with berry sauce and artichoke puree. Duck was cooked to perfection. Everything was so delicious, I’d definitely recommend it for a cozy mouth...