Ravintola Nokka

Visited in Sep 2025 Nokka is one of the few Michelin guide restaurants in Helsinki which is open on a Monday. As a result, booked a dinner reservation here during my short trip to Helsinki. There was a tasting menu and an a-la-carte menu and I went with the tasting menu which was reasonably priced at €139 (incl taxes). Nokka celebrates Finnish produce/catch and all but one item (king crab from Norway) in the tasting menu was non-Finnish. The food was quite good and you could tell that the ingredients/components of each course were quite fresh. My favourite course was the reindeer tataki which was absolutely brilliant. Overall, I enjoyed my meal at Nokka and I would definitely recommend it to folks visiting Helsinki.

First time trying to use AI to plan our trip and this restaurant is recommended by AI. Turn out this recommendation is really good! Good service with friendly staff. Every dishes tastes good especially the tomato tart. The cutlery are stylish and cute too.

Great food in a great atmosphere. Dinner at wedding party. All worked according to timetable of wedding and food was really delicious. Some of the participants did not like that much of the non-alcoholic dinks though. Location is superb.

We returned after 13 years (this being a restaurant we visited on our first international trip) and the food and hospitality lived up to our memories. Attentive staff and beautiful authentic scenery at the waterfront of Helsinki.

We came here to celebrate my birthday – with the intention to treat ourselves – and, well… mission beyond accomplished. This wasn’t just a great evening. This was, hands down, the best meal we’ve had in the past year. Bold statement? Maybe. But absolutely deserved. What made it even more special: we ordered one regular (meat-forward) tasting menu and one vegetarian – and both were absolute knockouts. That rarely happens. Usually, one steals the show. Not here. From the very first bite, the kitchen made it crystal clear: they came to play. The mousse of sea bream with pickled cucumber sorbet was an opening act that could’ve headlined. And the tomato tartlet from the veggie menu? A tiny edible symphony. The house-made bread paired with a Finnish twist on chimichurri? Outrageously good. My reindeer tataki nearly shut me up completely – and that’s saying something. My partner’s vegetable composition with multiple mousses was perfectly balanced, rich in flavor, and executed with finesse. For the mains: my lamb came with a jus so deep, it might’ve had its own origin story. But shockingly, the vegetarian main might have edged it out. I was granted one bite (begrudgingly shared), and I instantly got why she didn’t want to hand over more. The pickled vegetables and house-made tempeh were straight-up mind-blowing. Desserts? On-brand perfection. The pre-dessert raspberry sorbet: bright and beautiful. Her white chocolate mousse: pure velvet. My own dessert featuring various local ingredients: a flawless final chord to a full-blown culinary concert. We’d come back in a heartbeat. In fact, we’re low-key watching the front door… waiting for that first Michelin star to show up alongside their well-earned Green Star. Trust us – it’s coming.