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Farang is one of our all-time favorite restaurants, and we keep coming back for a reason. The combination of outstanding food and exceptional service makes every visit a memorable experience. From the moment you step inside, you’re welcomed by a wonderfully warm and inviting atmosphere. The restaurant’s spacious, open layout ensures that even when it’s full, it never feels overcrowded. Despite the inevitable rush, the staff remains composed, creating a relaxed and unhurried dining experience. For those who like to start the evening with a drink, the excellent bar downstairs is a great place to wait or simply enjoy a cocktail before dinner. We always opt for the tasting menu, and it never fails to impress. The food is simply divine – a masterful take on modern Asian fine dining, with perfectly balanced flavors and beautifully crafted dishes. The open kitchen adds to the experience, and the amuse-bouches always complement the menu seamlessly. The drink selection is also top-notch, offering unique and well-curated options. Naturally, in a restaurant of this caliber, prices are on the higher side, but the quality fully justifies the cost. In our opinion, the price-quality ratio is well balanced. One aspect we truly appreciate is the restaurant’s flexibility. Since we typically skip desserts, they’ve always been happy to adjust the menu, replacing dessert with a cocktail or an extra appetizer instead. Farang is a must-visit for lovers of Asian cuisine, as well as couples or friends looking for a refined yet relaxed dining experience. Highly recommended!
Rosa PuraskiviRosa Puraskivi
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I have heard this restaurant and never thought much of it, until I have got the opportunity to eat here, and, wow, what did I miss. Starting things off, there are two ways to experience this restaurant: there's the 'à la carte' way, and there is the 'tasting menu' way. Go with the tasting menu, you will get the full experience. They also have their own cocktail list, and they sounded all amazing. I chose the 'Lady Boy', which gave me really strong mojito vibes, and it was amazing: fresh, a bit sweet, but not overly sweet. The menu has seven courses, but you can get an extra dish as well for a few Euros. The menu is an Asian fusion based menu, mostly Thai and Indonesian influenced and it was a really great experience: everything was so tasty, the salmon in the sashimi felt so fresh and most of the portions were accompanied by a bowl of rice which helped making you full. My favorite dishes by far were the fried softshell crab, very tasty, salty at the right point; the pork which was literally out of this world, and the salmon sashimi, but it is a bit biased since I love salmon and sashimi. At the end of the day, the experience was awesome and it has become by far one of my favorite restaurants.
Timothy ColangeloTimothy Colangelo
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We won’t be back. The mystery and uniqueness are gone, replaced by an industrial operation mode. The food is good, but no longer represent a fine dining experience by any standards. There is no service, instead there is a supply chain of waiters lacking competence/interest and observation ability: e.g. cutlery is missing - no one notices unless you say so; or you have sauce on the plate from the previous dish, plate has to be changed, but it doesn’t happen without specifically requesting; while waiting for the rice, the main course got cold - we returned it to the kitchen by ourselves. No initiative. Additionally, there was an odd element inside the meat (pork) - either a VEIN full of blood or a WORM - we never heard back what it was, no one came to tell us. And certainly no one suggested to replace the 50% of the portion we returned due to that element. No information, no talking, nor replacement, the whole episode just vanished. We left wondering… 🤔 Service is limping right from the beginning. The head waitress doesn't look the arriving customer in the eye, doesn't smile. Then, at the table, a waitress came to ask if we were ready to order, I said we would be ready in exactly one minute. She continued her shift, but never came to serve us again, nor did she pass on the information to colleagues. The order was taken by a new waitress, who arrived about 10-15 minutes later. In this kaleidoscope of bad service, one professional person stood out. We were lucky when our table was on her route. She is interested in the customers, creating the experience, she shares knowledge, makes contact, keeps conversation flowing and smiles, she is not just on duty, but works for people and represents her workplace with pride. Thank you, Tien, you were the only professional and saved the dinner! You should be the head waitress in that place to make it better.
Olga LOlga L
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This time, my friends and I visited Farang, the sister restaurant of Gaijin. We opted for the tasting menus. Most of the dishes leaned towards the sour side. The two salads bore a resemblance to Vietnamese salads, topped with caviar. I suppose this epitomizes what we refer to as fusion Asian cuisine, where the idea seems to be adding caviar to various dishes to see if it enhances the flavors 😄. We were offered roti bread and curry to accompany some of the fried vegetable dishes—a peculiar combination, indeed. Moreover, the rice, fortunately, was not undercooked. It's amusing how my expectations for rice in an Asian fine-dining restaurant have diminished due to my experience at Gaijin 😂. The dessert, once again, stuck to the predictable formula of sorbet and cake, which was unremarkable. On a positive note, I appreciated the deep-fried silken tofu, crispy on the outside while remaining moist on the inside. Then came the highlight: the crispy pork. It was akin to Vietnamese thịt kho (braised meat), but elevated to another level. The texture was extraordinary, combining a crunchy exterior with a tender interior. The meat was well-marinated, blending various flavors harmoniously. Rating it 7/10, it leaves much to be desired. I would prefer to spend my money on better and more affordable food at other restaurants in Helsinki. However, should I find myself here again, I would certainly reorder their crispy pork.
HenryHenry
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SUPER SALTY FOOD! I have no idea why there are so many great reviews for this place. The reason I still give it a 2 is that their crispy pork belly was delicious, cocktails were decent, the service was friendly, and the ambience was quite cosy. BUT, in my opinion, the value still didn’t match the price. The tasting menu started okay, until we got the third dish- soft shell crab- and things just went downhill! The batter was so nice and airy, but it was soon overshadowed by the saltiness! Even if it was meant to be eaten with rice, it was way too salty for it (believe me, I know the right level of saltiness for a dish to be eaten with rice)! Not to mention the papaya salad was so sour! When we reached the roti bread with curry and then veel cheek with curry, the curry was so salty that my taste buds were basically numbed and I couldn’t taste anything other than.. salt! And I don’t get why they call their stir-fried bokchoy “morning glory” ?! I was really looking forward to having real morning glory. The dish was nice, but nothing more than something you can get at some Chinese wok-restaurant. I wonder if I just visited on a bad day (?!) Overall, if they toned down on the salt, I’m sure the whole menu would have been much better.
LilyLily
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My partner took us here for my birthday dinner. We had the seafood tasting menu and matching wines. Our experience was definitely not fine dining level. Here's some reasons why: we were seated on a rocky table next to a constantly beeping phone or a cash register (?). We dined for 3h and were served by 6 or 7 different waiters. We got a rice bowl in the beginning of the menu but it did not really go with any of the first dishes so by the time we actually started eating the rice it was cold and felt like a leftover food. Sometimes we had to wait for the next dish for about half an hour after finishing the previous dish and we were starving after the six first dishes (9 in total) to the point my partner was really upset with the dinner. We mentioned this to the stuff but they only thanked us for the feedback and asked whether it was our first time there. Luckily the last "main" was more filling and the desserts were lovely, so we didn't have to leave the restaurant hungry and upset! To be fair all the dishes were tasty and half of them excellent, but the service and smaller details were not up to scratch.
Iisa HyypiäIisa Hyypiä
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Stockmann Helsinki Centre
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Arkadiankatu 6, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
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+358 10 3229380
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4.2
(745 reviews)
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Roomy, industrial restaurant offering Southeast Asian cuisine, including refined seafood plates.
attractions: Stockmann Helsinki Centre, Forum, Temppeliaukion Church, Esplanadi, Art Museum Ateneum, Citycenter Mall Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finnish Museum of Natural History, The National Museum of Finland, Kaisaniemi Park, restaurants: Fazer Café Kluuvikatu, Restaurant Vltava, Naughty Brgr Lönnrotinkatu, Restaurant Zetor, Restaurant Caverna, Ekberg 1852, Kaisla, Molly Malone's Irish Bar, Friends & Brgrs, Lappi Ravintola
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