Restaurant Grön
Fine dining restaurant · Kamppi ·
Seasonal Nordic cuisine using foraged & local ingredients, vegan options
Seasonal Nordic cuisine using foraged & local ingredients, vegan options
"A seasonal and sustainable ethos runs throughout this cosy, passionately run restaurant – neatly demonstrated by its shelves filled with jars of fermenting foodstuffs. The all-Scandinavian ingredients – like glistening Norwegian cod – are at the heart of the cooking, with a real purity to the best of the dishes. Vegetables get a chance to shine too, and there’s a vegan menu available if you want to experience this to the full. Dishes are brought to the table by the chefs, and the natural wine flights are well-chosen." - Michelin Inspector
"One of my best restaurant meals of 2023 was at Grön in Helsinki: a Michelin-starred spot where nearly everything was forged for that day and presented in an amazingly delicious way." - Olee Fowler
"“Flavour-packed cooking comes from an industrious team in an open kitchen. Expect a plant based set menu full of originality and precision.”" - The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Editorial Team
"I also noticed the Matterhorn Building houses a chocolatey CBD cafe called Grön." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Grön translates to "green" in Swedish—the second official language of Finland—and is an apt name for this tiny, intimate place with a focus on nature. Warmly run by two young first-time owners, chef Toni Kostian and manager Lauri Kähkönen, Grön has already built up a strong local following in Helsinki. The simple wood-furnished room gives a clue as to the cooking: its shelves are laden with dried, pickled and cured ingredients that chef Kostian preserves in preparation for the long cold winter. He works closely with his team of small-time producers, but he also forages himself to discover which produce is currently at its peak, using the region’s bounty to its fullest. Fresh ingredients are cleverly combined with the contents packed on the shelves to produce dishes with pure, natural flavors as well as a satisfying earthiness. They are well-balanced and demonstrate a clear understanding of textures and flavors and, satisfyingly, vegetables are given equal billing with meat and fish." - The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Editorial Team
