Ravintola Zinnkeller
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Hours
Mon
11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Tue
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Wed
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Thu
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Fri
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Sat
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Ratings and reviews
3.5
RATINGS
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PRICE RANGE
$13.00 – $32.00
CUISINES
German, Brew Pub, European, Central European
Special Diets
Gluten free options
meals, features
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PRICE RANGE
$13.00 – $32.00
CUISINES
German, Brew Pub, European, Central European
Special Diets
Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Buffet, Seating, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
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3.5
141 reviews
Excellent
30
Very good
64
Average
27
Poor
9
Terrible
11
SailaJerome
Helsinki317 contributions
Oct 2022 • none
So, we went to restaurant Zinnkeller last Thursday evening with some expectations.
We both ordered the "elk filet with pan fried chanterelles mushrooms & rosemary potatoes", with a bottle of Spätburgunder Barrique red.
The quality of meat was top notch. Tender, moist, tasty, cooked red to perfection. Absolutely fantastic.
Sadly, the rest wasn't up to that level.
Because the dish had been plated in a cold plate, the meat and sauce were served lukewarm (and cold after 5min.). The chanterelles were nowhere to be seen on the plates. Just a very few for my wife. As for me, just ONE tiny mushroom lost in a middle of a stir fried veggies mix (see pic below). That mix wasn't specified at all in the dish description, which by ricochet was misleading - shrinkflation? Anyway, after reclamation, we got a little bowl of mushrooms with a casual sorry. Asking for a carafe or a decanter for the wine, we were told that they had nothing.
At the end of the meal, we asked for 5min. before ordering something else, the time for us to finish the wine. 15 min. later, being left on our own, we had to go to the counter to ask for coffee, digestives & bill. We didn't receive any commercial gesture, like the coffee on the house for the chanterelles incident, nor being asked if the dinner was satisfactory.
Maybe it was one of those evenings where everything goes wrong. Or maybe, restaurant Zinkeller just relies on its name/past/reputation to operate. Judging by the rather good reviews below, we are tempted to say it that was down to bad luck. But we'll never know for sure as we won't go back. Sadly.
Written 21 October 2022
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Romanw871
Redwood City2184 contributions
Jan 2023 • business
Went for a business dinner with a larger party. On the positive side- we were seated in a semi private room, service was professional and quick. The beef on the tap (a few choices - I went with Pils) was good. I am pretty familiar with the German cuisine and IMHO the food was average, in fact the goulash soup was a bit of disappointment, pretzel was OK, deer was average or slightly above average (I am big fan of game dishes and my bar for their quality may be a high 😉), the best part was the strudel. Burgunder wine was good.
One other thing - menu was only in Finnish and German (well I can navigate German), no English version - well we had enough German speaking people in the group, so impact was not that bad, but it was a suboptimal situation to say the least.
Written 28 January 2023
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penny_shopping
Turku12 contributions
Nov 2019 • none
We ordered hunters' bread, fried roasted hare and fasaanirintafile. They are all tasty that you can enjoy German dishes other than scadic in Helsinki:) Size of the portions is good enough to make us all full. Their disserts are also very tasty!
Their English menu has included only 3-4 pages with black and white A4 paper which is far less choices than the menu in Finnish. For this reason, I have to rate it 3 instead of 4 or 5...
Written 10 November 2019
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Adventure
Helsinki80 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
Visited the Zinnkeller restaurant today with a very large family group. The restaurant was booked well in advance and we took eight tables. We all ordered our food by tables and then waited. And waited, and waited and waited. My table was one of the first served which took at least 45 minutes, but we had finished our food before other tables were even served. Later on dessert was offered and our table was forgotten completely so by that time we basically gave up and decided to get dessert somewhere else. As far as I could see only two members of staff was serving such a large group, a third appeared later but seemed only helping to clear the tables. Knowing that such a large group was expected, I would have thought they would have had more members of staff to serve us. As to the food, had Wiener schnitzel and roast potatoes which was ok, others had pork fillet, so no complaints about the food, but of course I can't comment on the dessert.
Written 8 February 2020
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Taylordiva
726 contributions
Oct 2020 • couples
Went for lunch and a good one too. Ordered the metsa sandwich and the bratwurst as mains. Lunch also included a delicious tomato soup with 3 types of bread. Also included a nice salad buffet, which had olives, a tasty ham noodle salad, green salad and some others. Coffee and dessert too! Good value for the money indeed!
Ambiance was nice. Service was efficient and pleasant. Menu not in English so please do bear this in mind. Google translate helps!
Definitely would recommend this gem.
Written 8 October 2020
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Jere J
1 contribution
Jan 2024 • friends
The price /quality was awful. We had the blinis for 2, got one blini per person and assortments for maybe one small child. It costed almost 30 euros per person. There was no guidance from the waiter. Afterwards he just said that maybe its a bit costly compared to rest of the menu. The blinis were the quality of something made by a first time home cook.
Written 13 January 2024
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pyfima
Helsinki136 contributions
June 2022 • none
Zinnkeller is a true institution within Kruununhaka.
The lunch menu changes on a daily basis with plenty of gluten free and lactose free options. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about food restrictions.
Good selection of German beers and lovely sunny terrasse during summer.
Written 12 August 2022
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Task F
1 contribution
July 2024 • business
Used to frequent in this place sometimes several times a week, but I will go back never again. I am fed up with the very rude service. I do not feel like paying them anything ever again. This space is too little to list every example but the last straw was taken when the owner attacked me for telling about the terrible service,.The place is near, hence I went there often with friends or solo. I do not feel like missing anything since food is nothing special. You can get the same overpriced fatty cholesterol s''t anywhere.
Written 1 August 2024
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Taylordiva
726 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Been here many times as we live fairly close. It was favourite place for German style food.
Food was good and portions enough. Sadly all spoilt by unfriendly service!
Shockingly bad! NOT a single smile AT ALL!! I’m sorry but if you can’t muster up one smile or greeting, then you don’t belong in the service industry!
I’ve never seen such grumpy foul faced Asians serving. In a German style restaurant no less.
The interior is charming and if you can overlook the 2 unfriendly Asian servers, by all means, dine there.
We did.
But it will be a while before we go back!
Written 28 August 2024
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Ari A
Askola32 contributions
Oct 2022 • family
Service was excellent! All four different dishes were good, home like food. Apfelstrudel also good. Redwine Döß also great. Thd place is cosy and staff polite people.
Written 24 October 2022
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Harri R
4 contributions
Aug 2022 • family
You may get better tasting portions in ABC (local gas station) st least metsäjänleipä was wet and no taste. Service and location exellent.
Written 13 August 2022
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Jan-Erik K
Helsinki1 contribution
Oct 2019 • family
Top oktoberfest food, Very authentic German. Good beers. Definitely a comback at a later date. Recomended
Written 30 October 2019
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DokGrey
Paranaque841 contributions
Oct 2019 • couples
Serves finnish and german menu. For me food taste bland. We ordered potato amd carrot soup, salad, beef burger in sauce . Once is enough.
Written 1 October 2019
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Mitsuo watanabe
Kawasaki33 contributions
May 2019 • none
It is located at the northeast area of Helsinki, north of the cathedral. They serve casual European food. I ate mushroom soup and boiled herring with carrot and potato for lunch.
Written 23 September 2019
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marinavolkovaserova
Moscow194 contributions
Aug 2019 • none
We had walked a distance and were really hungry when we came to this place. The lunch is served till 14:00 and it was 13:45, so a chance to eat was tiny, but the lady was nice and served us our meal! It was not outstanding but it was good and in time.
Written 16 August 2019
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