Ristorante Scolare — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

We visited the restaurant on a rather quiet Saturday evening (there were only a handful of other tables in use).

Our choice was the "Menu Scolare", which consisted of four courses, all delicious with intense flavours: burrata with tomatoes as the antipasti, pasta with pecorino and pepper for primi piatti, sea bass with haricot vert for secondi, and tiramisù for dolci. Especially the sea bass was excellent with a tasty, crunchy skin. The general size of the dishes is not overly big, so if you come in starving, you might need to add a few extras to the menu.

A special mention must be given about the wines. We tasted three wines that were suggested to us by the waiter: a metodo classico as an aperitivo, a rosato with the fish and a vino dolce with the tiramisú. All extraordinary good.

The service was professional, courteous and prompt, with no extra fuss or hovering over. Just the way us Finns like it.

If anything, we were not initially sure about the big "postal bank hall" atmosphere, especially that it was quite empty when we arrived. However, the way the tables have been positioned in the hall (we had our backs to the hall and were looking a the kitchen), made the atmosphere feel...

Fabulous, attention-to-detail food. The quail saltimbocca were fantastic, cooked on point, lovely smokey flavor, and a rich sauce - delicious. The Dorade carpaccio was also very tasty, excellent balance of olive oil and lemon, tasty fish.

Service was good but could use some fine tuning. We didn't feel greeted right, when it took a moment for someone to come and seat us. When asked to split the bill 50:50 we received two bills that differed by 5 Euros for no obvious reason, which is a bit awkward when you're on a date. Service friendliness is something that could be tweaked a bit even though service was swift and quick.

Overall, I'd come again for the extraordinary food and comfortable, stylish and...

Wonderful experience! Since a lot of time I definitely feel super comfortable In a place that mixed in a perfect way elegance and tradition, where the sounds that comes from the kitchen match with voices and laughs. Perfect atmosphere frames traditional and simple dishes! I did not take pics from all of the fame cause I was too excited to tasted, expecially for Risotto and Agnolotti, probably the best and main protagonist of this wonderful experience. As a chef I will recommend to try “Tonno e Limone” and the seabass!

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