Nice, warm, tasty bipimbap. Sizzling warm pot…read more Good flavors. Friendly service. Good location. Nice lunch options.

Korean tourists will come here when they miss Korean food. Nice and friendly service. Bibimbap is…read morenice and also Japchae, not too spicy so you can eat the food. On lunch-time and also Dinner-time the portion are huge so you're stomach will be full. Restaurant's decoration is ok but Littlebit dark. At lunch-time salad, kimchi & soup is included.

Delicious food and great atmosphere. Ordered the Sashimi and Beef Skewers…read more My brother and I decided to walk to the restaurant from our airbnb, and ended up getting caught in a crazy rain storm. The wait staff was so kind to give us some hot tea and help us dry off.

Wonderful contrasts of all the Asian food types. The service was attentive without being over the…read moretop. We enjoyed every entree and appreciated the assistance in picking the food and drink.

I decided to try Hoku at the recommendation of our AirBnB host and Yelp. 40 reviews on…read moreYelp...that's impressive for Finland! This place lives up to the hype. Since it is located on the 5th floor of Kamppi Square and has floor to ceiling windows, the views are reeeeal nice. The boyfriend and I came for lunch at 11:30am on a Friday and were seated without a reservation after we placed our order and paid at the counter. I tried the Kalua Pork & Tiger Prawns (14€) while the boyfriend went with the Salmon Teriyaki (15€) after reading the glowing reviews on here. The Kalua Pork dish was super tasty and had more broth than I was expecting; I was glad it came with a bowl of rice. The salmon was SO moist with a teriyaki sauce that wasn't too overbearing! Needless to say we finished both our dishes without a bite to spare. The portions are medium-sized. If you come starving, it may not be enough to make you feel 100% satiated. However, the sophisticated atmosphere and unique & flavorful dishes made Hoku a great experience.

Hoku is really small place, but their portion are really H-u-g-e and lunch-time the place is always…read morefull. Salmon Teriyaki with potato-salad as japanese-style.. yes please! On dinner-time you have to make a reservation if you are coming with big groupie or 2 people. For 1 person... Sometimes there is window-place for walk-in people, so just try your luck if there is the place for you. Their Dinner-menu is sort and not so long. The price are ok. Must try Hoku's Chicken Katsu!

Delicious Korean dishes and reasonably priced. Traditional food but with a modern twist. The…read moreveggies were fresh and the spicy sauce is fabulous.

Traditional korean food with a decent price tag. Great lunch. Kimchi costs extra at dinnertime…read more Fast service.

The place was a little hard to find at night but once we did, we were set for the evening. Within…read moreminutes of placing our orders, our ramen came out steaming and ready to be eaten. I've had a lot of good ramen in my life and this was no exception. Hearty umami broth with noodles cooked perfectly al dente, they were the perfect complement to delicious pork cheeks. I couldn't finish my bowl because of how generous the serving was, but I left with a full tummy and memories that will tide me over till the next time I could have another bowl of this delicious ramen.

Helsinki is a long way from San Francisco to try a bowl of ramen. However, Jamie W. and I were…read moreabout a week into our Nordic adventure, and a hankering came to the surface when we saw this spot in the atmospheric building housing the Hietalahti Market Hall. The modern pop logo and young staff made me think we were in a hipster haven focused on the the novelty of the almighty noodle rather than any effort toward authenticity. That's probably an overstatement, but I will assert that they fell short when it came to the rich flavor a ramen-head like me expects no matter what country I'm visiting. The menu is actually a blend of Japanese and Korean as they offered kimchi and six bo ssäm dishes as well as six ramen bowls. Shockingly, they were not ready to serve their tonkotsu broth which eliminated two of the choices including their namesake bowl which featured pork belly. a much weaker chicken broth was used for two of their bowls, the Oxtail and the one I ordered, the 12 € Peking Duck which featured a duck fillet drizzled with teriyaki sauce and a pickled egg (photo: http://bit.ly/24CUsf8). The noodles had flecks of buckwheat that made them chewier than I preferred without the much desired toothsome quality. Jamie tried the 11 € Spicy Garlic which would have normally been bathing in tonkotsu but instead was in the same chicken broth that was used in mine. His bowl had pork belly, fried onions, bean sprouts, and sriracha sauce, but it was also on the middling side with the portion looking even smaller than mine (photo: http://bit.ly/1q4ZoKc). Our disappointment didn't appear to be shared by the locals sitting at the other tables where slurping was on the quiet side. Alas, I still give the purveyors credit for making an attempt at something as specialized as ramen in a country that has far more Nepali restaurants than ramen houses. And what's that about? FOOD - 3 stars...middling ramen that puts the hell in Helsinki AMBIANCE - 3 stars...one of several kiosks in an eclectic market hall SERVICE - 3.5 stars...they tried TOTAL - 3 stars...guess it's back to the pickled herring

Better than some ramen places in the States. But also, not as good as some places. It's basically a…read more"good ramen quickly" sort of place... but I guess all ramen technically is? I came here with the intent of getting take-away. Then I thought, the inside is nice, maybe I can just sit... but I wanted take-away, because I was on a roll with my writing and couldn't interrupt that process. I love the fact they will separate the broth from the ingredients if you do take-away. The cutlery (namely the spoon) isn't great for ramen, but you take away what you can get when you get take away. The spicy one isn't very spicy to my palette, but the flavor was good. Didn't love everything in the bowl, but overall I thought it was pretty good and I would likely eat here again.

After spending some time in Lapland it was time for a different flavor. Mimi did the trick and the…read morevegan options were also very delicious.

This is one amazing place with the amazing food. I literally crave sometimes for the food here. I…read morewish i lived closer here to be able to visit more often. Very nice place, often I'm surprised that it is not crowded. Thumps up for the taste and the prices!

Great for Korean fare, a bit difficult to find but it's right outside Iso Omena. Quite a small…read moreplace but tasty food.