Restaurant Farang - Helsinki

Ly H.

One of the best casual dining places in Helsinki. The space is so atmospheric, loved the background music. The staff was super nice, knowledgeable about the food they served and super friendly as well. We ordered a variety of dishes and 10/10 for all of them. For desert I would recommend the mango sticky rice, not so much the tiramisu tho.

overall a superb experience! will definitely come back!

Janne F.

The place was really nice. My partner and I arrived in the afternoon, so it wasn’t very busy on a weekday. We went through Amex Dining, and the food was delicious and well-made. The portions were quite small for two, but we ordered a few extra dishes and were satisfied. Overall, very tasty!

Aleksi O.

Farang Vegan maistelumenu oli todella maukas ja viinipaketti sopi täydellisesti kokonaisuuteen! Tykkäsimme erittäin paljon kuinka menu alkoi kevyistä ja raikkaista mauista, mennen pikkuhiljaa kohti syvempiä ja tuhdimpia annoksia! Tarjoilu pelitti ja tarjoilijat olivat auttavaisia, 2,5h kokemus meni siivillä josta iso suositus!

Dai T.

I would not recommend this to anyone. We took the tasting menu, but the food quality not good as supposed at 84 euros price. In addition, we waited for almost 40 min for one, luckily we asked them. They forget, but we need to ask them. Bad service quality ever. They warned us that the size tasting menu will increase to the end, but in reality you will leave the restaurant with hungry stomach. No go anymore.

Nhat N. T.

Mixed feeling after leaving. Not really an experience that we expected.
First off about the customer service: we had our reservation through Amex dining experience. The first Asian waitress (didn’t ask for her name) came to our table and explained the menu and drinks, all cold, awkward and emotionless, with no eye contact, like I wondered “what was up on the ceiling that she kept looking at when talking to me?”, all that with her arms folded and loosely leaned to the table nearby. No smile, not even a friendly facial expression that one could expect from a professional waitress. And just like that she immediately left our table after explaining about all the options.

We felt so unwelcome and was wondering if we were the customers to her. It’s a common sense in the customer service, who does this?

One could say that’s her style, right, keep that on other tables, but not while serving my table and on my watch. I didn’t ask or confront her at all because it’s not worth it.
I came directly to the shift leader and asked to change the person who waited on my table. That was unacceptable. I paid for the service, I did not ask for free food.

I have been to most of the fine dining restaurants in Helsinki and this was the first time that I encountered such customer service with an attitude. I once was a waiter myself and I never did that to any customers ever! I gave the feedback to the shift leader and the other waitress afterwards.
And BIG thanks to the second lady who waited on my table instead. Things were so much better and less awkward.

About food: We had the tasting menu for Amex plus 2 extra dishes that I also ordered. Had to say, everything was good to my taste, the famed crispy pork was a little too sweet but ok. I forgot to take picture of the last chicken curry and the dessert, probably not in the mood 😅. Overall we were satisfied with those 4 dishes.

It was our first time here but not really sure we would come back next time. Hope my review could make some difference ☺️

Kasper H.

Really international vibe in this place! We really enjoyed the classic menu here, and the service was marvelous. Probably best asian food I’ve had.

pro F.

Great restaurant, very high quality and great tastes.

We reserved a table for two and used the dining by amex experience. Opted for the amex tasting menu with three courses.

Our waitress convinced us to take apertivos wich I personally liked. We had to wait a bit too long but our waitress picked that up and offered the apertivos on the house. Great job from her on sensing our situation and atmosphere.

The food was amazing. South-east-asian food with lots of taste. Our main dish: lamb red curry had so many layers of taste and the meat was very good.

Waitress knew what she was doing, very professional service. Everytime we needed something we got service without callinf for it.

I asked for recommendation for a wine with the dessert. I got two different wines to taste and to chose from. Both were totally different from another but still went great with the dessert. This was very good because they acknowledged that people like different tastes.

Overall our experience dining at Farang was great and we were very happy with every aspect of our night.

Anastasia G.

If being honest, I would rate this restaurant 3.5/5. The food itself was delicious, and the staff were very friendly, welcoming, and helpful when it came to recommending dishes.

However, considering the price level of the restaurant, our overall experience didn’t fully meet our expectations. The service felt a little slow, especially as the restaurant was not very busy and there seemed to be enough staff available.

We ordered one starter to share, two main dishes, and one dessert to share. There may have been a misunderstanding, but our starter was served at the same time as one of the mains, leaving one of us waiting for their dish. Around ten minutes later, the second main arrived, but it was served together with the dessert, which felt a bit confusing. The staff did kindly apologise, but the timing of the courses affected the flow of the meal.