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Hours
Sun
13:00 - 22:00
Mon
11:00 - 22:00
Tue
11:00 - 23:00
Wed
11:00 - 23:00
Thu
11:00 - 23:00
Fri
11:00 - 0:00
Sat
13:00 - 0:00
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PRICE RANGE
€12.00 – €55.00
CUISINES
Italian, American, Bar, Pizza, International, European, Scandinavian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
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About
Restaurant Fat Lizard is a cosy laid back and same time a chic meeting point restaurant just a stone's throw from Aalto-yliopisto subway station. We believe in our honest and impressive food that we cook In our kitchen where we have also a genuine wood-fired pizza oven and a real charcoal grill. Best of all, we cook from lunch until late night every single day.
PRICE RANGE
€12.00 – €55.00
CUISINES
Italian, American, Bar, Pizza, International, European, Scandinavian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Buffet, Seating, Validated Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Digital Payments, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Gift Cards Available
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4.0
293 reviews
Excellent
97
Very good
106
Average
40
Poor
43
Terrible
7
Bettiah
London162 contributions
Mar 2023 • none
I had dinner on a cold Sunday evening (and it was open until 10pm - when no other restaurants were open at all) and surprisingly had a great pizza called Fahrenheit.451 that came with a sauce called Californian Reaper - super hot and spicy (YUM). This was accompanied by Uncle Jame dark IPA. The venue is quite spacious and with TV (just in case you are keen to watch live sports). I highly recommend this venue for a social with family and friends.
Written 13 March 2023
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Tiina K
Hi Bettiah, thank you so much for your lovely review and we are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. Fahrenheit -451 is one of your best selling pizzas and that pizza has fans (one more now, great), so we are going to keep it on the menu for a long long time. Hope to see you soon again in Otaniemi.
Written 15 March 2023
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Vahis
Espoo793 contributions
May 2021 • family
Nice and trendy atmosphere. The location is next to Aalto University metro station and it is easy to reach also from the city center of Helsinki.
Fat Lizard has its own brewery that is some hundred meters away from this restaurant - they are not same place.
Their beers are my favourite ones!
My WTF (with tuna fish…) pizza was excellent. The price level is not cheap but not too expensive either.
Written 29 June 2021
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Tiina K
Hi Vahis,
thank you very much for your kind and nice review. Hope to see you in Otaniemi soon again.
Best regards, Tiina
Written 25 August 2021
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rikutm
Espoo70 contributions
Feb 2023 • couples
Went for a Sunday brunch. 2 hours and all you can eat. Tasty salads, perfect bacon, ribs and salmon and pizza slices, and many other items to choose from. Really good coffee was a bonus for me personally. Higly recommend!
Written 26 February 2023
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Tiina K
Hi Riktum, thank you for your great review and recommendation. We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed our brunch and hope to see you someday soon again in Otaniemi.
Written 15 March 2023
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kati_hirsikangas
Vantaa38 contributions
Apr 2022 • business
Restaurant is beautiful. But the food.... Both lunch and dinner have been a disappointments. Food is served cold, you need to have a hammer to cut the dry meat. Or beef. Too much hype around it but does not live up to expectations. Just drink there, pizza is good too. So not all bad :)
Written 12 April 2022
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Karin P
Espoo43 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
We have tried several times to go for dinner to Fat Lizard, for one reason because we have heard so many positive reviews and also because they serve glutenfree pizzas. We were a group of five, two pizzas, one glutenfree, steak and some seafood. The gluten free pizza was absolutely terrible, it soaked in cheese, the bottom was over 2 cm thick and raw and there was really no taste. I can understand that sometimes the cook doesn't succeed but really, you never should bring this kind of pizzas to the table! The 'normal' pizzas were ok minus, the bottom wasn't crispy at all. The steak was the best and the two points go for the really nice interior and the servant, who was very polite.
Written 22 September 2020
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539tiinar
Dear Karin P,
we are sorry to hear that you had a negative experience and appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. Usually we get only positive feedback about our gluten free pizza, which our pizza master Emanuele has personally developed. So, we can only wonder what might have gone wrong at your visit.
Of course we'd like you to come again and taste our truly good gluten free pizzas. So, I kindly ask you to contact the restaurant: otaniemi@ravintolafatlizard.fi so we could make this up to you.
Kind regards, Tiina
Written 28 September 2020
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marsuthemursu
Espoo129 contributions
Apr 2022 • business
Previous reviews say that pizzas are great. I can assure that they are not. My pizza’s cheese melted to a hard crust which was not pleasant to eat in any way. I did not try a dessert but my colleague ordered a chocolate milkshake and it looked like 3000 calories (photo attached). Coctails are ok. Service was great
Written 16 April 2022
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Katjamir
Espoo141 contributions
Jun 2022 • family
We have come here every time to time. Sadly the quality of this restaurant is not what it used to be. The mains are boring, I end up having two entrees. Tuna pizza, which once was amazing with fresh tuna, is now a shadow of what it used to be. The prize, however, is still the same, even if the tuna comes from a can. I think we have seen this place and will not return.
Written 19 July 2022
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shuusko
Espoo54 contributions
Nov 2021 • business
I visited the restaurant over lunch. I didn't opt for the lunch manu but chose the entire ote. It was a bit pricy but for once high price made sense. The meat was very tender, tasted particularly good and the size was rather big. The accompanying vegetables were also tasty. Very good performance! The atmosphere was a bit bland however - quite modern and not very cozy in my view. Anyway, I will be happy to visit again.
Written 1 November 2021
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Madeline-Elena W
51 contributions
Jan 2022 • couples
So the brunch is a little more expensive than avarage, but otherwise I felt it was just that -avarage. The pizza deserves a special mention as that was actually exceptionally good. The service was really friendly, everything was clean and well taken care of. What wasn't obvious to me from the website was that the restaurant is maybe a family place. Most of the customers were around 20-35 years old with small children. All in all not bad but not something I would recommend.
Written 30 January 2022
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Shelly
Stockholm49 contributions
Jul 2020 • friends
I have visited two times, first had a dinner here and then just a pizza for lunch. The prices are high so was expecting more. The menu is very variable and experimental but still the food is somehow flavorless. Some might like it but I’m more for good classics. Unfortunately, dogs only allowed on the terrace.
Written 2 August 2020
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Helmi_Lee
Helsinki116 contributions
Jan 2020 • friends
It is not my first time visiting. As always, food was very yummy. menu changed a bit from last time. The lobster remained, i guess that is one of the highly recommendation. This time we ordered rissotto, angus steak, vegetarian burger and salmon menu. Everything tastes very well. Service is also nice.
Written 17 February 2020
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Erno T
Espoo12 contributions
Feb 2020 • friends
Always terrific food and I can't help but admire the excellent service level and short waiting time on food, even though the place is fully booked almost always. A lot of restaurants could go and watch closely how it's done.
Their own brewery's selection and local beers are also really good.
Beers are bit overpriced on my opinion, but it does not matter in the end when the food is really good and moderately priced.
Overall score still 5/5
Written 22 February 2020
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Wolf
21 contributions
Feb 2023 • couples
Great food, friendly and helpful people, excellent service 👌 👍 😀 Able to make quick adjustments to accommodate dietary needs/wishes. We'll be back for sure. One tip, DON'T skip the dessert.
Written 23 February 2023
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Tiina K
Hi Wolftravelz, and thank you for your great review. It so nice to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and we agree; do not skip the dessert. I am not sure what you had, but if you didn't try Flaming Alaska, you must come back ;) Have a great spring and hope to see you soon again in Otaniemi.
Written 15 March 2023
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Chris J "Mohawk" Reed
Sentosa Island1155 contributions
Jun 2024 • solo
Very strange place with weird vibe and no service!
I came here after I enjoyed Fat Lizard lager at The Riff on draught and I thought that this would be a cool place to enjoy more but with food (as the Riff doesn't do food) but it's not.
It's in the middle of a half closed shopping centre.
It only does buffet during the day.
It had no Fat Lizard on tap even though it's a Fat Lizard restaurant!
Very strange atmosphere.
I wouldn't go back.
Written 8 June 2024
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Finflyer
Oulu173 contributions
Apr 2022 • none
Two-parted feelings: my food (breaded chicken) was excellent but our friend's entrecote steak was full of tendon and fat. It is customer's underestimation to offer such a poor steak. So choose someting else. Otherwise very good food.
Written 24 April 2022
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