RFK Rankings · Helsinki
Best Rooftop Restaurants in Helsinki 2026
Rooftop dining · Helsinki · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 15, 2026 · Updated June 15, 2026
A rooftop in a city where it is dark by mid-afternoon for half the year sounds like a summer-only gimmick. Helsinki proves the opposite. The best high tables here are glass-walled rooms that run all year, led by a brasserie a hundred metres up a Kalasatama tower that only opened in 2025. The Nordic assumption, that a roof is a June-to-August terrace, misses where the city actually cooks up high. We rank the rooftops that work in February as well as July, food first, view second. For street-level rooms across the centre and Punavuori, see our Helsinki dining guide.
1.BISOUBISOU
Helsinki's highest rooftop, a year-round brasserie a hundred metres up; book a window.
BISOUBISOU opened in April 2025 on the 24th floor of the Majakka tower in Kalasatama, a hundred metres up and the highest dining room in Helsinki. It is a French brasserie with a New York streak, running tartare, tuna crudo and steak and frites, and crucially it wraps a year-round glass veranda rather than a summer-only deck. The view sweeps the whole city out to the Baltic. Viisi Tahtea placed it at number 28 in its 50 best Finnish restaurants for 2026. This is the new benchmark for a Helsinki rooftop dinner. Book a window table at dusk.
Reserve at bisoubisou.fi.
2.Savoy
An Aalto-designed top-floor classic with a roof garden and serious cooking; book the terrace.
Savoy has looked over the Esplanadi park from the top floor of Eteläesplanadi 14 for more than 85 years, in a dining room designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto in 1937 and re-dressed by Studioilse in the early 2020s. Chef-patron Helena Puolakka, who spent seven years in three-Michelin-star kitchens with Pierre Koffmann and Pierre Gagnaire, cooks a Finnish-French menu strictly to the season, and grows herbs and keeps bees on the roof terrace itself. It appears on the World's 50 Best Discovery list. This is the grown-up high table in the centre. Book the terrace in summer, the Aalto room in winter.
Reserve at savoyhelsinki.fi.
3.10. Kerros and Loiste
The 1947 original by Central Station, with a summer terrace; go for the Loiste menu.
10. Kerros has crowned the Sokos Hotel Vaakuna by Central Station since 1947, a tenth-floor rooftop restaurant kept current through the decades while holding onto its mid-century bones. The kitchen builds a five-course tasting, the Loiste menu, around Finnish produce and traditional methods brought up to date. In summer the rooftop Loiste terrace opens for drinks with one of the most central skyline views in the city. The location, straight above the station, makes it the easiest rooftop to reach in Helsinki. Come for dinner indoors, then move to the terrace for the long northern light.
Reserve at raflaamo.fi.
4.Ateljee Bar
The 1952 original on top of Hotel Torni, the classic 360-degree view; go for a sunset drink.
Ateljee has sat on the 13th floor of Hotel Torni since 1952, reached by a small lift and a final flight of stairs, and it remains the classic Helsinki rooftop view: a tight terrace wrapped around the tower with a 360-degree sweep over the rooftops, the cathedral and the sea. It is a bar rather than a restaurant, with cocktails and light bites rather than a full menu, but for many locals it is the rooftop. This is the one to climb for a sunset drink before dinner elsewhere, especially in November when the sun sets early. Go up before the after-work crowd arrives.
Details at ateljeebar.fi.
5.Skyroom
A 16th-floor cocktail room over the West Harbour and the Baltic; go for the sea view.
Skyroom tops the Clarion Hotel in Jatkasaari, sixteen floors up on the West Harbour waterfront, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the rooftops on one side and the Baltic and the ferries on the other. It is a stylish cocktail bar rather than a dinner room, with signature drinks and a short food list. The harbourside position, away from the centre, gives it the best open-sea view of any Helsinki rooftop. Pair it with a meal in the developing Jatkasaari district below, and go at dusk to watch the ferries come in.
Details at strawberryhotels.com.
6.Lucy in the Sky
A four-direction rooftop bistro just outside the city, strong on sushi; go for the panorama.
Lucy in the Sky crowns the Accountor Tower in Keilaniemi, just over the border in Espoo and a short metro ride from central Helsinki, with glass walls opening views in four directions, from Nuuksio's forests to the city and the archipelago. The kitchen serves contemporary bistro food alongside a dedicated sushi list, Lucy's Sushi, which is the reason many make the trip. Being outside the city proper, it trades a downtown address for a wider, calmer panorama. Take the metro to Keilaniemi and book a table on the sunset side for the long evening light.
Details at lucyinthesky.fi.
Avoid for a rooftop dinner
Worth knowing, but not a rooftop dinner
Ravintola Palace. Finland's only two-Michelin-star restaurant, under chef Eero Vottonen, has the best high-up food in Helsinki on the tenth floor over the South Harbour. But it is a glass-walled dining room, not an open rooftop terrace, so book it for the cooking and the harbour view, not for a roof.
Ateljee for a full dinner. The Hotel Torni rooftop is the city's iconic high view, but it is a bar with light bites, not a kitchen. Go up for a sunset cocktail, then eat downstairs or elsewhere; do not plan a full dinner around it.
How to book a Helsinki rooftop
Helsinki's rooftops divide into year-round glass-walled rooms and summer-only terraces, so check the calendar and dress for the weather. The all-year kitchens, BISOUBISOU in Kalasatama and Savoy in the centre, take direct reservations; book BISOUBISOU's window seats and Savoy's roof terrace well ahead in summer, when the light lasts past 11pm. 10. Kerros runs all year with its terrace opening for the warm months, while the rooftop bars, Ateljee and Skyroom, are drink-first stops rather than dinner tables. For the best food up high, the two-Michelin-star Palace is a tenth-floor room rather than an open roof. For street-level dining across Punavuori and the centre, see our Helsinki dining guide and the RFK rankings index.
Frequently asked
Which Helsinki rooftop has the best food?
BISOUBISOU, the French brasserie on the 24th floor of the Majakka tower in Kalasatama, is the strongest genuine rooftop and ranks number 28 in Viisi Tahtea's 50 best for 2026. Savoy, the Aalto-designed top-floor classic under chef Helena Puolakka, is the other serious kitchen. The two-Michelin-star Palace has the best food up high, but it is a dining room rather than an open roof.
Which Helsinki rooftop has the best view?
BISOUBISOU is the highest, a hundred metres up over the whole city, while Ateljee on Hotel Torni gives the classic 360-degree central view and Skyroom at the Clarion has the best open-sea outlook over the West Harbour. Lucy in the Sky offers a four-direction panorama from just outside the city in Espoo.
Are Helsinki rooftops open in winter?
Yes, the best ones are. BISOUBISOU, Savoy and 10. Kerros are year-round, glass-walled rooms that run through the dark months, while the open terraces and parts of the rooftop bars are summer-only. This is the key to Helsinki rooftops: the serious kitchens do not close when the cold arrives.
Can you have a full dinner on a Helsinki rooftop?
Yes, at BISOUBISOU, Savoy, 10. Kerros and Lucy in the Sky, which are proper restaurants. Ateljee at Hotel Torni and Skyroom at the Clarion are cocktail bars with light bites rather than full kitchens, so use them for a drink with the view and eat elsewhere.
Is Ravintola Palace a rooftop?
Not quite. Palace, Finland's only two-Michelin-star restaurant, sits on the tenth floor over the South Harbour with a panoramic view, but it is an enclosed dining room rather than an open rooftop terrace. It has the best high-up cooking in the city; just do not expect a roof deck.
Which Helsinki rooftop is best for the summer light?
Savoy's roof terrace and the summer Loiste terrace at 10. Kerros are made for the long northern evenings, while Ateljee is the classic spot for the late sunset. In June and July the light lasts past 11pm, so book a later table than you would elsewhere.
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