Restaurant Mezza — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

One of the best lunch buffets in Finland for 14,90 Euros!

AMAZING FOOD: The food is very delicious and I rarely find places with such tasty lunch buffets. We loved the Tzatziki, pizza, falafel, and many other things on the menu.

SO MUCH FOR THE PRICE: For the price you pay, this place has so much to offer. The lunch menu has a lot of variety. There are so many salads and starters, a lot of variety in the main meals, and also delicious desserts.

VEGAN FRIENDLY: All the meals are marked clearly if they are vegan, or meat-based. If you are in doubt, just ask the staff. They were very welcoming and friendly.

GREAT STAFF: The lady at the counter was very warm and friendly. We wanted to have a vegetarian meal and she took the time and effort to help us choose the right things.

COFFEE: They have a coffee machine as well for those who want to have a specific type of coffee. The day we went here, they were serving Baklava and blue berry cake in the desserts for the lunch menu.

I highly recommend this place and hope to...

We read many positive reviews and decided to try the lunch buffet. Unfortunately, our experience was far from satisfactory.

We arrived at 13:30, with an hour left before the buffet closed, but most of the warm items, especially the chicken, were cold and extremely hard. Typically, Mediterranean cuisine is flavorful, but here, none of the food—beef or vegetables—had any taste. There were no proper Mediterranean spices and barely any salt. Additionally, only three meat options were available: two beef dishes and one chicken dish. Paying €14.90 for this is not worth it. You can find far better places with more variety for €13–15 in the capital region. I can’t comment on the weekend buffet, but the weekday buffet was very disappointing.

Another odd thing is that they only provide one plate per person for the buffet, which feels quite cheap.

The only positive aspect was the cozy...

Be careful when visitng this restaurant! I visited the place for brunch on 1 November 2025, and was shocked by the level of hygiene and attitude of the staff. All the dishes we were given had visible food residue and were wet, the water glasses on the table were dirty, and the coffee mug I was served had clear lipstick marks. When I mentioned this, the staff casually said it was “just wet” and later explained they had a party the night before — as if serving dirty dishes was completely normal. When I said this was not hygienic, they told me to “go tell whoever you want,” without any apology or concern. What concerned me most was how normal this seemed for them. It wasn’t treated as a mistake, but as something acceptable. That attitude towards hygiene is...