The restaurant was very quiet in November at lunch time. So we got to enjoy the scenery, very well prepared delicious food and superb service. It was really nice experience, well worth the price!

The Welcome
Friendly and professional. We were quickly seated in the nearly empty restaurant

The Ambiance
As all have said, great views of Tampere, weather permitting. The restaurant was quiet when we went so not much of a buzz.
Functional, bright decor. Jazz background music not to our taste.

The Service
We were served by several waitresses, not sure if this is because the seating area revolves around the kitchen so saves them chasing after their diners’ table.
Friendly, knowledgeable and in both Finnish and English for my benefit.

The Food.
The chef’s complimentary appetiser dish of cold pea purée with celery chunks.

The starter of puréed aubergine was drowned in pesto.

The whitefish main course was nicely cooked but ruined with over-salting to the extent that we had to drink water between mouthfuls to wash it away.
We told the waitress who said she would “let the chef know”.

We shared the cheese plate for desert which was a small collection of average cheese with what can best be described as a square of soggy toast.

The Sancerre wine was lovely and the best part of the meal by far.

Value for Money
It wasn’t. Sure, the view is spectacular but you can see it from the floor below without spending an absolute fortune.
We racked up a bill of €178 for a substandard, disappointing dinner. Value is subjective but we have paid more elsewhere without feeling it was grossly overpriced.

Summary
The chef needs to trust the quality of the ingredients and his cooking skills without over seasoning the food.
We wouldn’t return and we wouldn’t recommend it unless you really like pesto and salt.

We had a birthday dinner at Näsinneula, 5 menus for 5 persons.
The food was average, and the views were huge, of course.
But the surprise came with the bill.
There was one whole bottle of wine charged, 84€, though we ordeded only 2 glasses, which were charged also, of course.

After mentioning about this, there were apologies - and then the same bill made again. Only at the third time it was corrected.

Had to ask if this was done by purpose?

Great menu Finlandia with selected wine by the sommelier. All the dishes were so tasty and the view from the restaurant was incredible. It took 360 turn in every 45 minutes and the sunset was really beautiful!

Nice views, good food. Trying 9 course tasting menu. Small portions but good quality and excellent taste. And - after 9 different plates, no hunger anymore