CLOSED: Bistro Artesana Groovy

The only 100% vegan and organic restaurant in Helsinki that offer one of the best buffets for couple of euros, definitely is one of the best, cheap and good options that you can get in Finland, in addition, you also can order some special meal, but highly i recommend to get the brunch on sunday. It is amazing. Also the atmosphere is great and I think run by the owner.

As the only all vegan restaurant in Helsinki, we had to go check it out. It was an easy walk from the metro station and you go down a few stairs to get inside. We arrived just after 7pm and there were customers at a couple of other tables, but they left and we were the only ones left as they close at 8pm, but they stayed open until we were completely done. The menu at the table is in Finnish, but they have an English menu available too. For appetizers, we ordered the vege sausage with hot sauce and the hummus with veggies. Both good. For main courses, we got the cheese fondue with bread and apples as well as the seitan with potatoes, zucchini and horseradish sauce. Both were fabulous! The fondue was out of this world good. I still dream of it. The horseradish sauce really made the other dish. Tasty! We finished off with the frozen chocolate tofu cafe with hot raspberry sauce. It was a strange texture at first with the frozen vs the hot, but we got used to it and the sauce was really good. Overall, we had a great experience and appreciate they stayed open for us. Definitely check it out!

this place isn't good. i've been there 2 times for lunch and once in the evening and once tried the brunch. the starters were good but the main courses were amazingly crappy considering the prices. the seitan steak was dry, and all in all the quality was similar to school food. we tried the hot dog also and it was just a basic vegan sausage in a bread with curry sauerkraut and nothing else. the cheesecake we had for dessert was a disappointment as well, it had a weird texture. the lunch buffet is good for the price but nothing special. the brunch on sundays is just about the same as the lunch but with doubled price. i would give it 0 stars if it was possible. i've tried lots of vegan restaurants abroad and this one in helsinki is in the top five of the worst ones.

Artesana serves a school dinner like lunch buffet, with a lot of salt and zero spices. I would definitely not take a sceptic carnivore here! The salads where ok, but as I went there two days in a row, I found a yesterday's salad being served as a warm food the next day... yammy! All of us 3 got stomach issues from the food. The athmosphere and service was not what I expected in a cheap vegan place in Sörkka...

This is a must visit restaurant for all veggies in Helsinki. The lunch is high quality and surprisingly cheap. Only 8,5euro for salads, soup, hot meal and coffee/tea. I can say that this price is bargain in Finland where everything costs..
They have also a great "a la carte" menu. For example, seitan roast, was the best meal I had ever eaten in a restaurant.

I highly recommend this restaurant for all. Even though it is not located in the centre of the Helsinki, it is very easy to find. For example, by metro from the center, take a metro towards east and hop out in the station in Sörnainen. The closest bar you can see to from the big road named "Hameentie" is an irish pub called O'Parnells, Artesana is right next to this bar in a downhill (Kulmavuorenkatu).

We had the best lunch here. MUST visit. Soup, five types of salads, bread and a hot meal.....all for under 10euros per person.

What a surprise! A new vegetarian restaurant in Helsinki. The only one with a la carte dining in the evenings! I immediatley checked out the lunch buffet when I learned about the place. The food was tasty and reasonable priced. Nice atmosphere.