Restaurant Lonkka

We had a very enjoyable evening with a party of 4, it was a Thursday evening so a bit quiet. All the starters were delicious, steaks for main courses were very nice, cooked as requested and tasty. Service was genuinely friendly and our waitress was attentive, helpful and knowledgeable. The music was a bit random, noticeable but not ruining the overall atmosphere. Thanks for lovely dinner!

If the desert is the best dish of the menu in a meat restaurant, we have a problem. We had the menu, which I decided to have with dry aged meat. All the others were served tenderloin and I was asked if I want a sirloin or an entrecote. I said that oh, I'll take the sirloin then and raw please. The waitress said that they don't recommend it raw but as medium because of the fat. Well this was first of all unheard of and despite my initial though, I followed the waitress' recommendation. I received plain sirloin with fat on side that was not even close chewable and it was closer to well done than medium as there was no redness left. Waitress asked how was it and I told her that well I have no idea why I paid 10€ extra for a "dry age" meat when it was lower quality than the tenderloin that others got. Her answer was "well sirloin is just sirloin, right.." ... Aha. We were table of 6 eating the menu and to be honest, this older lady waitress was plain rude compared to the young lady who served our second table. The starter, tar tar was good, the mushroom soup was so so with overly sweet bread on side and the chocolate fondant was the crown in this menu. Combine this with overly expensive wine selection, with wines served by glass from Alko selection and one 16cl glass per one bottle from Alko ratio seems off. I cannot recommend this place as there are so many better steak restaurants in Helsinki. And when you market yourself as good atmosphere and great service, maybe you want to check the experience yourself first. Total value 92€ - not worth it.