Restaurant Kilim — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

We had a late-evening meal here before going to the movies next door. Weird experience I have to say. Besides us there was only one other couple eating here. The front of house took the orders and as I thanked the waiter in Finnish, he replied quite rudely that he does not speak Finnish. I understand that our language is difficult to learn, but I still think it would be appropriate to at least learn some basic phrases in Finnish (like “kiitos” and “ole hyvä”). Minimum expectations are that the front of the house should at least show some decent manners by not reprimanding the customers for saying thanks in Finnish. Newsflash to staff: You are operating in Finland, not Turkey. When in Rome you know…

In addition to this, the waiter acted surprised and started to roast us when my wife paid the bill. Another newsflash to the staff: In Finland men and women have equal rights. It is ok here for a woman to pay as well as do other things that men do. I wish that people from other countries and cultures could act in the manner that is appropriate to the country they are residing in. Again, when in Rome…

The good thing with this restaurant is that the food tasted ok, but the portion sizes were disappointing. Given that the prizes are appr. 25 € per portion, the expectation is that you would be served ample portions. Disappointingly this is not the case.

There are plenty of restaurants in Tapiola and I will not choose this one again. I think that it would be appropriate to hire someone to the front of house that have some basic manners and some passion for what they are doing. Now, even as the restaurant was almost empty, the service made us...

The lunch options were delicious and refreshingly different from other restaurants nearby. Their kebab is refreshingly mutton-heavy. This place is very busy during lunch hours and parking might be difficult to find. The greatest difficulty we experienced, however, was with the tables; the tables are four-legged and barely fit a chair between the legs, so they made the logistics of getting in and out of the chair near impossible - especially with other tables...

For a Finn, the food was good. But my Turkish friend didn't like as much. I would have wished better dessert for the 20e buffet. Those things take out one star. The other star is taken due to general sloppiness. Bread on the buffet table ran out twice during our dining. There was a piece of aluminium foil in the dessert. And the floor was sticky and slippery from bad cleaning. I would probably go...