Emily Nguyen

Review of Ravintola Nokka

Three stars but minus one cause the main waitress ...

Three stars but minus one cause the main waitress that serve us was terrible.
Food first, three stars because the food is not very impressive neither spices, cooking method or texture of the dish. The meat and ingredients are really good and they stop at that. Most of the food was salty for my taste and I had to send the main back. The better of the dishes maybe the house-made chacuterie, which would goes perfectly with wine.

With the price point, I expect better service than what I experienced. I had to wait for my friend so I got 30' on my own. The waitress showed me the table, gave me the food menu and then forgot about me. I was sitting without water for about 10 minutes before I saw her sight again and asked for water and drink menu. Throughout the evening, she didn't once try to sell any drink or asking how the food taste for neither of us. Other supporting waiter and waitress had been more friendly and helpful. At the end of the meal, another waitress actually finalized our bills and I saw the seller name as "trainee 1" so I hope that was the case with our main waitress. Otherwise, it would be so unacceptable for putting this price tag on this kind of service.

Would still recommend people here if they want to look for simple and staple Finnish cooking or would like to try good reindeer or elk meat.