Kiila

Their brunch buffet is great, but the opening time of the restaurant changes frequently. For example, the nearby hotel promotes that the restaurant (with Kiila’s support) opens at 9:00 on Sunday. It’s 9:30 and they aren’t open. The same issue happened on other days too.

Good for large groups, but otherwise nothing very special. Maybe a bit overpriced due to a great location.

I am only reviewing the drinks/​bar portion of Kiila. I think their 3e bubbly by the glass and 19e by the bottle special bears five stars on it’s own. Never mind the perfect location, big terrace, and well-​appointed interior. This is the official meeting place for the ladies and I to get our nights out started as well as a regular meeting place for after-​work drinks with my husband. Service is no-​nonsense but pleasant, the location is perfectly situated downtown, the space is really well done and there is plenty of seating for eating or drinking — the bar seating area is huge and there are both tables and big banquettes. During the day it can be a good place to plunk down with your laptop and plug away until happy hour. Come 5 p.m. the place is usually filling up but generally we’ve had no problem getting a seat for drinks. For dinner, the dining room is huge and has fantastic views — it’s a great place to take friends from out of town.
**They are totally baby-​friendly. There is a sliding ramp that makes rolling a stroller up the several stairs in the entry quite easy, and they have high chairs. During after-​work hours it gets so busy that there is often not a lot of room for strollers in the actual restaurant. If you plan to take your infant/​toddler with you, I’d wear or carry it after 4 p.m. During the day time it’s a very nice place to meet with the mom set for coffee or tea as it’s pretty quiet and there are a lot of spacious seating options.
***Free wifi, too!

I did eat lunch there some months ago and it was very good service and quality for 10 euro! Even the meal was quite big that as a 80 kg guy i felt like i got enought!
View is very cool, you can see trams, and lots of pedestrians from second floor wholewall-​window. Only a bit bad thing was waiting time. We wait almost half hour even Kiila was half-​empty.

Had dinner here with a group of 7.
The restaurant was mostly empty, but the service was still extremely slow. Nobody really asked for drinks so we had to get them from the bar. The bartender seemed pretty clueless on doing anything else expect pouring beer (we ordered Margaritas).
As we were ordering food, we found out that half of the menu items were out. Though the waiter didn’t think it was relevant to mention this before we were making the orders. Eventually we ordered a few hamburgers, the duck and some salads. The food took over an hour to arrive, must have been chasing that duck for a bit. Happily the waiter mentioned it was «a bit slow tonight» at 55min mark.
The food itself was also pretty miserable (duck was ok). The salads were around 18eur and besides having two slices of halloumi, mainly consisted of undressed salad mix. As to the hamburgers, we would’ve been much happier eating ones at the Burger King or the outdoor grill next door. The dry patty seemed previously frozen, and there wasn’t really anything besides a teaspoon of mayo and a lettuce leaf between the bun. The fries came with one plastic bag of ketchup on plate, which is just silly.
I wouldn’t really recommend this place to anyone. It is so bad in fact, that it made me go through the trouble of creating a Unilocal account to get at least some satisfaction.

Seriously, worst food I have ever eaten, and im the one who usually likes everything. Everything is fine about this restaurant, location, décor, ok service but food. Food was badly prepared. Im terrible cook but I think I could prepare that dish better. It was undercooked, chewy and very oversolted. Cant belive i paid for it. And yeah, pricey. Never again

Ich bin begeistert! Ich kann nicht im Ansatz verstehen, wieso dieses Lokal schlechte Bewertungen bekommt. Aber von vorne:
Schlicht und funktional eingerichtete Lokalität. Großer Raum mit riesigen Fenstern direkt auf die Mannerheimintie. Schön, um raus zu schauen und dem Treiben zu folgen. Gegenüber ist Stockmann, das größte Kaufhaus Skandinaviens.
Bestellung auf Englisch, Karte natürlich auch, reichhaltige Menüs und direkt dabei jeweils eine Wein Empfehlung. Top.
Preise sind angemessen für Helsinki Verhältnisse. 300 g Entrecôte zum Beispiel 24,90 E. Dabei eine leckere Beilage aus Bohnen mit Speck und Wedges. Butterweich und auf den Punkt Medium gebraten.
Zum Thema Dauer: ganze 15 Minuten von Bestellung bis zum Essen finde ich klasse und man kann den Köchen in die Küche schauen. Was ein Ding!
Also Fazit: klare Empfehlung für Touristen und Einheimische (die Deutsch können)!

I went here on a Saturday with a friend for brunch. I have never been here, so I was excited to try this place. Brunch was 17.50 euro, and I had a mimosa of course with it, so the total was 21 euro. I didn’t think it was that bad… on to the food. They had nakki (mini hotdogs), bacon, meatballs, scrambled eggs, deviled eggs, finger sandwiches and many types of salads, breads, cereals and some deserts (I saw 2, pannukakku and brownies). I’m not a picky person, but this was very different from buffet brunch I’ve been too, but none the less I enjoyed my time there.
I did look at their normal menu and it does look very tasty, would like to go for dinner in the near future. We stayed there once brunch services was over and the food they were cooking smelled delicious, I did sneak a peek while going to the restroom :)
I would really recommend this place if the price does not scare you and your not very picky.
They do take reservations, and I would consider it for the brunch, unless you don’t mind seating in the bar area to eat, though you would have to wait a while for an open seat.

We were in a group of 6 and we were repeatedly informed that the waiting time for food was over 40min, after patiently waiting 2h, our food was served in batches (I.e. We ate in turns) and one of our friends almost did not get his food. The waitress was honest and sympathetic but surely they need to sort this out!