Blanko — Restaurant in Turku sub-region

Was ready for a tourist trap given the location of the place, yet felt ok after the visit. Place clearly is very popular among tourists and even more so (from what I saw) locals. I was lucky to get the last available table for lunch, after me more than 10 groups of people came within ~1h time wanting to get in, unfortunately place was fully booked.

Suggestion - have a sign on the door that indicates when place is booked / tables available to avoid people opening and closing doors which lets cold/hot air in (depending on weather) and creates minor inconvenience especially for tables closer to doors.

Food was great, really nothing less of an upscale restaurant. Great flavors, combinations of ingredients, left wondering what did I just eat, which is a good sign for me for such price range.

Definitely expensive place, bill can easily exceed 50 EUR per person. At the same time portions are big - ordered lamb salad (full portion) for one person and celery steak for another which was plenty.

Atmosphere was the biggest letdown - place felt like a regular restaurant / cafe, not matching the bill, level of detail in dishes, especially tables closer to entrance = staff and clients running around you pretty much constantly.

Staff was kind yet kinda in a hurry all the time, also we had to wait longer than expected before we were approached by waitress to order and that also happened only after "stare-down" in addition to that waitress that took our order was a different one that showed our seats (felt like the initial staff member forgot about us).

Worth visiting - 50/50. If you have spare 50+ EUR per person and are into food - yes, if you just want to eat -...

We booked a table for 18:30 and visited as a family. We were seated between two very loud groups, so it was quite hard to have a conversation.

The starter arrived at 19:00, the salad was good, but the main course arrived about an hour later, around 20:00. There was no bread or other food during this time, and we were left waiting with almost all our drinks finished. While we were waiting, we saw a couple who arrived after us get their food earlier, so we immediately asked the waitress, but when she made the excuse that the kitchen was too busy. We had a child under 10 with us, so it was so hard to calm him down because he was getting hungry.

For the main course, we ordered two fish dishes, one lamb pasta dish, and a burger, and all the dishes were average. The pasta was overcooked, one of the fish dishes was presented in a crumbled manner, so it was a disappointing experience overall.

While we were there, we heard three loud noises of glass breaking, which was very unpleasant. Still, we tried to stay positive and enjoy ourselves but perhaps because of that, we ended up very tired. In the end we didn't even feel like ordering desserts and we just wanted to get out quickly. I think the noise worked well to increase customer turnover. We probably won't be visiting again unfortunately.

I had the recommendation of a friend who has a child of the same age, but I wouldn't recommend this restaurant for families. It's more suitable for friends...

At the family reunion, I noticed that the restaurant's menu is misleading.

1. For some incomprehensible reason, the euro sign has been omitted from the numbers following the meals. A customer might mistakenly think that these are, for example, internal codes of the restaurant, rather than outrageously high prices. My foreign guests wondered whether these amounts were in dollars, pounds, or euros.
2. The plank steak is a small piece of meat, and not at all thick and wide like the name would suggest. "Plank" turned out to be a piece of board on which a small piece of meat with minimal garnishes rested.
3. With the price of the restaurant's meals (e.g., plank steak 38 euros), you could have 2 to 3 filling meals in a regular lunch restaurant. The restaurant's meals do not satisfy a big man's hunger, and the price/quality ratio is also not right.
4. In all kinds of product lists, informativeness and clarity are essential. Clarity should not be sacrificed for sophistication or other...