It was May Day, and many of the restaurants were closed. We inquired at our hotel desk of the Scandic Grand Marina (the hotel restaurant was closed too), and the woman on duty sent us to a Nepalese restaurant that she had been several times. Without her specific directions, it would have been hard to find. A small sign on the door in a historic old building. What a surprise. The restaurant was much larger than what you can first see. The service was prompt. The food came quickly. The spiceyness of the dishes is marked on the menu. Affordable (another surprise for Helsinki) with generous portions. The naan pieces were huge.

Bonus: the architecture of the four story stone and brick buildings in the surrounding streets was worth the walk

If you love Indian or heavily seasoned food, you love this! Amazingly flavorful, fresh, and very filling, the dishes are wonderful to share family style to everyone gets to taste multiple dishes. We ordered 4 plus peanut salad for our family of 6 (caveat, 4 girls under 14 so not huge eaters), and we still had some leftovers to take away. The lentils were spiced just right (for me, still too spicy for the non-spicy eaters). The butter chicken reminded me of our family Christmas Bread, but in this case the cardamom flavor is more full and robust - amazing! Veggie lo mein was good for the girls (we loved it too) and the salmon in a cashew cream sauce. Amazing, but when our 8 year old asks if we can come back here (as did our 11yo), you know it’s something special! (They really loved the naan and rice…)

Very friendly, fast and pleasant service and a peaceful atmosphere. The food was also tasty. We will definitely come again!

We enjoyed a fantastic meal here last week

We didn’t book a table and even though it was busy they managed to fit us in

The servers were all so friendly and were super helpful when explaining the menu

The wine was of high quality

There is an extensive list of vegetarian options and it was difficult to decide what to have
The Shahi Paneer curry was incredible and it was great that it comes with rice and naan.

Great value for money and overall very delicious

Absolutely brilliant service by Prayas..always warm and greeting with a smile…
Food was fabulous …
Came with my Indian friend who is a vegetarian. She loved the kadi pakoda…
Sizzler was briliant.