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Demo serves modern cuisine at Itämerenkatu 25 in Helsinki, and the 2026 Michelin Guide lists it with one Star, a distinction the kitchen has held since 2007.
Dinner is one chef's menu at 175 €, built around seasonal produce. A recent version opened with a carrot tartlet with white currant and a macaron with duck liver and apricot. Later courses included hand-dived scallop with fennel sabayon and XO sauce, then Wagyu A5 with potato mochi and ramson. Dessert was salty caramel glazed French toast with milk ice cream and raspberry. Vegan and dairy-free menus are not offered. Weekday lunch comes in four or six courses.
Two friends opened Demo in 2003. In October 2024 it moved to the top of the We Land building in Ruoholahti, where the dining room has six-metre windows and a view over the sea. Guests enter via K. A. Fagerholmin kuja. The White Guide 2026 rates the restaurant at its "Very fine" level.
The cellar holds more than 400 wines from the Old Continent. The bar is open for a single glass, and a bottle ordered in advance will be ready when you arrive. A daily pairing follows the menu of the day for 155 €.
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One of Helsinki’s oldest fine dining restaurants is easy to miss, hiding in plain sight in a modest location on Uudenmaankatu; the small space is camouflaged by a bookstore, a sushi joint and a local Finnish fashion boutique. Beyond its incognito entrance lurks a dining room with chandeliers draped in white, almost see-through gauze fabric, the place conjures dormant castle-vibes, each night it welcomes some 25-30 guests to a well-choreographed spectacle.
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