Kuurna

Wonderful cozy spot perfect for dinner with friends or a date night. You can choose from a set course menu of two or three courses. We weren’t hungry so we choose the two courses. The menu changes every two weeks depending on what is fresh and available.
While the food was excellent, what puts this restaurant at a five star level is the personalized service. It is a one man show in here — he is probably the owner, manager, and wait staff all in one. He came over to our table, had a small talk about our tastes, and suggested an excellent red wine to go with our meal. So far this is normal for most restaurants of this caliber. As we were finishing our meal, he came over and asked if we want dessert. I was hesitant and my husband was too full for dessert. However, Mr. All-​in-​one (I cannot remember his name) encouraged us to try the dessert and then brought us some dessert wine to try (on the house!). He explained to us how this particular wine pairs well with the dessert. The best part is that he genuinely wanted us to enjoy our meal and experience his wonderful hospitality. That alone puts this restaurant on the five star level.
Service beyond excellence and the food is delicious! One of the highlights of our culinary tour of Helsinki.

We had dinner here for my birthday and I really like the cozy and rustic feeling of the place. We had 3 course meal and my favorite is the oxtail tongue in apricot sauce. Ive had oxtail before but the way they cooked and prepared it was really exceptional. Our waiter was very friendly and helpful and she knows about which wines to pair with our food. I definitely recommend this place!

Great atmosphere and service. Food was very good as well and portions were very correct. Highly recommended

Kuurna is a small but charming restaurant on a rather quiet side street. The place may have room for some 20+ guests or so. In some ways it reminds of another Helsinki restaurant called Atalje Finne as the concept is to have a set price for either two or three courses (€ 33/​€ 39 if my
memory serves me) and the menu changes with the season. They do also have a few specials on the board every evening and these may incur an extra supplement. When I was there we had the reindeer salad as well as the spinach ‘pancakes’ as starters. The reindeer was great the spinach was a bit boring. For mains we went for the lamb and one of the specials the pepper steak. The meat was perfectly prepared and both these dishes were really great and the sides were well thought out for the dishes. The size of the dishes (both starters and mains) were fairly big so we did not really feel convinced we needed dessert especially since none of the desserts really stood out as something special. We did however eventually share the strawberry milkshake. It was in itself nothing special (would have made it better at home myself) but it came with a very nice oatmeal cookie. The food was in summary very good, we were however a bit disappointed at the lack of wine by the glass. Only 2 reds and 2 white on an otherwise fairly impressive wine list. That said the wines we had by the glass were good so no complaints about that. Also appreciated the friendly yet professional service.