Restaurant in Helsinki, Finland
Foraged, sustainable, and worth the €€€.
Natura earns a Michelin Plate and a perfect five-radish We're Smart rating for its plant-forward modern Finnish cooking — roughly half the menu is plant-based, the rest built on sustainable fish and locally foraged herbs and berries. At €€€ it sits below Helsinki's €€€€ tasting-menu tier but delivers credentialled cooking with a 4.6 Google rating from nearly 600 reviews. Book if produce-driven Finnish food is the goal; step up to Grön or Palace for a larger occasion spend.
At the €€€ price point, Natura on Iso Roobertinkatu delivers a modern Finnish tasting experience that is genuinely difficult to replicate elsewhere in Helsinki at this price tier. The kitchen builds around plant-based cooking — roughly half the menu — alongside sustainable fish, with herbs, berries, and flowers foraged locally. That combination earns it a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, and a 4.6 from 590 Google reviews. If you have already been once and are deciding whether to return or try somewhere else, the answer depends on what you valued the first time: for the produce-driven, seasonal Finnish cooking, Natura is worth a second visit; for a bigger occasion with a larger budget, [Palace (Finnish, Modern Cuisine)](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/palace-helsinki-restaurant) or [Grön (New Nordic, Creative)](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/grn-helsinki-restaurant) step up to €€€€ territory.
Natura's kitchen works with a clear set of rules: maximum plant-based content, sustainable fish where protein is needed, organic produce wherever the supply chain allows, and wild-foraged ingredients , herbs, flowers, and berries , sourced locally. The We're Smart community, which evaluates restaurants on plant-forward cooking, awarded chef David Alberti a perfect five-radish rating and specifically recognised his ability to produce a fully plant-based menu alongside the standard offering. That is a harder credential to earn than most diners realise: five radishes at We're Smart requires a kitchen that is not merely adding a vegetarian option but rethinking the menu architecture around plants as the lead ingredient. Paired with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition, Natura sits in a credible position for serious cooking that is not chasing the €€€€ tasting-menu format.
For a returning guest, the most useful framing is this: Natura rewards repeat visits more than most Helsinki restaurants at this price because the foraged and seasonal inputs mean the menu shifts with the Finnish seasons. What you had in a winter visit , preserved, pickled, and root-heavy , will be a different experience from the herb and berry-forward cooking of late summer. That seasonal rotation is not marketing language; it is a direct function of wild foraging, which is constrained by what is actually available in Finnish forests and coastlines at any given time.
This is a kitchen whose output is built around careful technique with delicate foraged ingredients. Plant-based fine dining at this level relies on precise plating, temperature, and the aromatic quality of fresh herbs and flowers , the kind of cooking where the scent of just-foraged greenery and the texture of lightly dressed vegetables are integral to the experience. That does not travel well in a delivery box. If you are weighing an off-premise order against a table booking, book the table. The format is not designed for takeout, and the comparison venues in Helsinki at this level , [Grön](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/grn-helsinki-restaurant), [Olo](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/olo), [Finnjävel Salonki (Contemporary)](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/finnjvel-salonki-helsinki-restaurant) , are similarly ill-suited to delivery. If convenience is the priority, [Gaijin](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/gaijin) at €€€ offers a different cuisine format that adapts more readily to off-premise eating.
Booking difficulty: Easy , Natura does not carry the wait times of Helsinki's €€€€ tier. Address: Iso Roobertinkatu 11, 00120 Helsinki. Price range: €€€. Cuisine: Modern Finnish, plant-forward, sustainable fish. Reservations: Recommended but not weeks-in-advance difficult at current demand levels. Dress: Smart casual is appropriate for the price point; nothing in the data suggests a formal dress code. Leading for: Couples, small groups with dietary preferences toward plant-based eating, anyone looking for a credentialled Finnish kitchen at below the leading price tier.
For broader Helsinki planning, see our full Helsinki restaurants guide, our full Helsinki hotels guide, our full Helsinki bars guide, our full Helsinki wineries guide, and our full Helsinki experiences guide. If you are travelling wider in Finland, comparable serious kitchens include Kaskis in Turku, VÅR in Porvoo, and Kajo in Tampere. For regional Finnish dining beyond the main cities, Musta lammas in Kuopio and Pöllöwaari in Jyväskylä are worth knowing about, as is Lucy in the sky in Espoo if you are based on the western edge of the capital region. For international reference points on plant-forward fine dining done at high technical levels, Le Bernardin in New York City sets the benchmark for ingredient-led precision cooking with seafood, while Atomix in New York City shows what tasting-menu format can achieve when produce sourcing is treated as a core creative constraint rather than an afterthought.
Yes, at the €€€ price point. Natura holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and a five-radish We're Smart rating , credentials that put it in a different category from most restaurants charging similar prices in Helsinki. You are getting a kitchen that has earned recognition specifically for the quality and ambition of its plant-forward cooking, not just for its execution of a standard fine-dining format. If you want a tasting menu with more ceremony and a larger budget, Grön at €€€€ is the obvious next step up. But for value against quality, Natura justifies the spend.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available data. At this price tier in Helsinki, most restaurants of this format , including nearby Kuurna and Cafe Savoy , operate table service rather than counter dining. The safest approach is to book a table and contact Natura directly if bar seating is a specific requirement.
At the same €€€ price tier, Gaijin offers a different direction entirely , Middle Eastern and Asian influences rather than Finnish and Nordic produce-led cooking. If you want to stay in the modern Finnish lane but spend more, Palace and Olo both operate at €€€€ with stronger occasion-dining positioning. For creative Nordic cooking at €€€€, Grön is the most direct peer , similar values around produce and sustainability, higher price. If budget is the constraint, Nolla at €€ covers fusion modern cooking at a lower price point, though without Natura's award credentials.
Specific current dishes are not available to confirm here. What the kitchen's credentials indicate is that the plant-based dishes and the sustainable fish preparations are where the most deliberate creative effort goes , those are the items that earned both the Michelin Plate and the five-radish We're Smart recognition. If you have been once and defaulted to the fish courses, a return visit focused on the pure plant-based menu option is the most logical next move; the We're Smart rating was awarded specifically for that format.
Yes, with one caveat: if the occasion calls for full-scale ceremony and a larger spend, Palace or Grön at €€€€ will feel more event-like. Natura at €€€ is better suited to a meaningful dinner for two or a small group where the food itself is the point , Michelin-recognised, produce-driven, and less focused on grand-occasion service theatre. For a birthday or anniversary where the cooking matters more than the room's formality, it works well. For a proposal or a corporate dinner where staging counts, consider stepping up to the €€€€ tier.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natura | Finnish | Natura, what a beautiful name! About half of all modern Finnish dishes here are plant-based. In addition to vegetables & co, they mainly work with sustainable fish. Herbs, flowers and berries are picked locally in the wild, and everything that can be organic is organic. Chef David Alberti is a chef after our own heart, he has provided a pure plant and 100% pure plant menu for the We're Smart community! 5 Radishes dear David. Congratulations!; Natura, what a beautiful name! About half of all modern Finnish dishes here are plant-based. In addition to vegetables & co, they mainly work with sustainable fish. Herbs, flowers and berries are picked locally in the wild, and everything that can be organic is organic. Chef David Alberti is a chef after our own heart, he has provided a pure plant and 100% pure plant menu for the We're Smart community! 5 Radishes dear David. Congratulations!; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Palace | Finnish, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Grön | New Nordic, Creative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Olo | Scandinavian, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Gaijin | Middle Eastern, Asian | Unknown | — | |
| Nolla | Fusion, Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — |
Comparing your options in Helsinki for this tier.
At the €€€ price point, yes — for the right diner. Natura holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and a 5-Radish rating from We're Smart, reflecting serious kitchen credentials around plant-based and sustainable fish cookery. If you want a conventional protein-heavy tasting format, look elsewhere. If foraged herbs, berries, and organic produce done with precision is the brief, Natura earns its price.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available venue data for Natura. Given that it operates at the €€€ tasting-menu tier on Iso Roobertinkatu 11, the format is likely structured around table sittings rather than drop-in counter dining. check the venue's official channels before arriving without a reservation.
Grön is the closest like-for-like: also plant-forward, also fine dining, and similarly priced — choose between them based on availability and menu focus. Nolla adds a zero-waste angle if sustainability is your primary driver. Olo and Palace sit at a higher price tier with more conventional Nordic protein menus. Gaijin is a different category entirely — Asian-influenced, useful if you want a departure from Finnish foraging.
Natura does not publish an à la carte menu in the available data, so this is a tasting-format kitchen. The kitchen's output centres on plant-based dishes and sustainable fish, with foraged herbs, flowers, and berries from local wild sources. Trust the set menu — that is what the kitchen is built around.
Yes, with one caveat: the occasion should suit a plant-forward tasting format. Natura's Michelin Plate recognition and 5-Radish We're Smart award give it the credibility a special occasion demands, and booking difficulty sits below Helsinki's €€€€ tier, so securing a table is realistic. If anyone in your party is a committed meat eater, the format may not land — consider Palace or Olo instead.
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