Tl;dr: you won't find a better fish and chips in Finland. Probably anywhere.
I'd read a few reviews and thought the food was going to be good. Yet I was surprised by how good it was. The fish and "chips" (lightly roasted boiled potatos? Delicious at any rate) were as good as any premium fish and chips I had during my six years in London. Better than the vast majority; top class. Some nifty interpretations too like fennel and the above mentioned potatoes.
My partner had the tofu skewer. Oh my god. How good was that. So often vegetarian dishes end up an afterthought, especially when you venture outside Helsinki. This one felt like it had been given even more thought than the fish and chips. Lots of protein for once. Really interesting flavors, proper spicy without being very hot. Every bit - the lentils, the skewer, the dressing etc. - was so well thought out.
Yes, the place is a bit pricier than you'd expect for e.g. fish and chips. But it's easily worth...
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