Vegan-friendly
International
Beer/Wine
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. A chill-out, living-room style venue that offers lunch buffet and a la carte. Specializes in vegan and gluten free food. All wines are eco and vegan. Previously at Toinen Linja 3. Open Mon 11:00-15:00, Tue-Wed 11:00-21:00, Thu 11:00-22:00, Fri 11:00-21:00, Sat 15:00-21:00.


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27 Reviews

First Review by henrikw

Nasuvampa

Points +1088

Vegan
10 Oct 2024

Delicious dinner

We came here for a dinner with a bigger group, and all in all it was really nice! We had a three course dinner with a starter, tofu tonkatsu and biscoff. Good drinks as well!

Pros: Good flavours

MeriSalomaa

Points +137

Vegan
02 Jan 2023

Great buffet lunch with a lot of vegan options

The vegan dishes in the salad buffet and the warm vegan dish were delicious. Everything was clearly labeled, and the salad buffet had many vegan options.

Anttoni

Points +289

Vegan
18 Aug 2022

Tasty vegan lunch

There are many vegan options in the lunch buffet. Lots of different dressings and sauces.

Pros: Nice interior, large terrace, Tasty vegan options

Cons: Dirty toilet, Service mediocre , Student discount only from 1.00 pm

TheBlackCat

Points +1117

Vegan
21 Jul 2022

Great vegan food

Very good katsu tofu. Also have several vegan desserts but they were a little expensive. They have a nice terrace but it can get quite crowded on Saturday evenings.

Updated from previous review on 2022-07-21

Cons: A little expensive

Lefa

Points +413

Vegan
08 Apr 2022

Best vegan food from a not vegan place in Helsinki

One meat based and one plant based main food a lot of salads and sauces which are mostly vegan. Insanely good focaccia also.

Pros: Almost everything is vegan, Nice variety, Worth the price

Cons: Not fully vegan

paveliina

Points +90

Vegan
09 Jan 2022

Excellent lunch buffet

Lunch buffet comprises of salad table and a warm meal, with one vegan and one non-vegan option available. The buffet is very clearly marked so vegan options are easy to spot, with great variety.

Pros: Buffet with clear vegan markings, Tasty

Janne_veg

Points +19

Mostly Veg
03 Aug 2020

Nice place, buffet unsurprising

It has a nice decor and atmosphere. Went there for a lunch buffet but I was a bit let down. The buffet was very usual. Maybe the dishes you order from kitchen are better.

LuizFelipeSoyer

Points +27

Vegan
17 Jul 2020

Vegan lunch buffet

3/5, good premises and nice to eat outside in their balcony.

Pros: Around 13€, coffee and tea included

Cons: Could have more vegan drinks

Maspalomas

Points +103

Vegan
13 Nov 2019

Tasty All-you-can-eat

Had a great time here, delicious food and a big choice! The vegan donut was amazing! We loved it!

Pros: Vegan Donut is super delicious, Good choice of warm and cold dishes, Nice Location

Cons: Warm drinks are not included

markush

Points +22

Vegan
07 Nov 2019

Inspiring, fresh and good quality vegan food.

Lunch buffet offers a serious vegan feast.

Delicious, fresh baked white bread that goes dangerously well with the home-made hummus is a default on every lunch at Onda. A large iron pot with some spicy warm vegan stew is also a usual sight at the buffet, next to a bowl of rice it is served with. Then comes the creative, colorful, world-inspired sallads, sauces and spreads.

After all this, if your sweet tooth is pulsing, there's always vegan options in the vitrine. Donuts with exciting coatings and some snickers bars is expected at lunch hours every day.

This review is written from a vegan perspective, but Onda also offers a full spectrum of options for the omnivores in the party.

Pros: Definitely vegan-friendly!, Creative dishes!, Vegan donuts everyday!

Cons: Lame filter coffee., Quality comes with cost., Not fully vegan.

ranni_ptace

Points +41

Vegetarian
02 Jul 2019

Delicious food

The sevice was very nice and food was great also. For 12 euro you could eat as much as you want. The only think which could be better is that for lunch bufet there was only one warm vegan meal

afitnaG

Points +44

Vegan
27 May 2019

Great high quality vegan food

Some meat dishes, but most options are vegan and are very well done

IsabelleHaakonsen

Points +36

Vegetarian
22 Apr 2019

Great for everyone

Went to ONDA with a close part of my family. There were options for everyone (meat, GF and lots of vegan/plant-based options). The food was packed with flavor and presentet nicly. I had a flavour ritch seitan steak, lined with sweetpotato mash around the steak. Also had a cranberry kombucha, but this one was not good at all.

The staff was nice. They brought out foccatia looking bread with a hummus dip, as well as a GF option with a several hummus dip. The decoration of the resturant/bar was also very cool and vintage, kind of random, but I liked it.
Would definitely visit again.



Updated from previous review on 2019-04-22

Pros: Flavourfull food, Options for everyone (meateaters, vegans and GF), Interesting vintage decor

Cons: Can be a little noisy (depends on table)

AndVeganForMe

Points +138

Vegan
01 Mar 2019

Good food and a nice terrace

Onda used to be one of my favorites in Helsinki, but after moving to the new location the service isn’t as good anymore. The food is still good though and they have a great lunch buffet with a lot of vegan options. The terrace outside is also very nice in the summer :)

Pros: Nice atmosphere, Mostly good food and vegan options

Cons: Service varies

SaaraM

Points +39

Vegetarian
19 Dec 2018

Love it

Good selection and cozy atmosphere

AnnikaPoijärvi

Points +122

Vegan
04 Dec 2018

Lot’s for a vegan

I had the salad buffet for lunch today. Almost everything was vegan and everything was delicious!

ChurchOfSeitan

Points +911

Vegan
23 Sep 2018

Nice lunch

Good vegan options on the lunch buffet! And an actually spicy hot sauce 😍🔥 i love heat and it burned my mouth. Yum!

SofiaS

Points +177

Vegan
15 Sep 2018

Amazing brunch

Mostly vegan brunch buffet, very good salads and warm dishes. The carrot cake was excellent!

Sorgenfri8

Points +74

Vegan
24 Apr 2018

Nice veg+vegan buffet

Indoor and outdoor sitting areas, nice veg vegan buffet with signs clearly marking each dish. Coffee, tea, sodas etc. Highly recommendable.

Pros: Mostly vegan options, Spacious sitting area (in and out) , Reasonable price

reissausta ja ruokaa

Points +1897

Vegan
20 Nov 2017

Lunch buffet is great value and they have vegan cakes

The lunch buffet is great value, super tasty salads (lentil salads, quinoa salads, hummus, tapenade, pickled veggies, noodle salad, the selection changes every day) and a vegan warm dish. And they have about five different vegan cakes, a couple of raw cakes and rocky road and today they had chocolate mousse mango cake. Lunch is cheap, 10,80 € but cakes are expensive, like 6 € (which is usual in Finland).

Pros: mostly vegan, cheap and varied lunch buffet, tasty salads and cakes

Cons: have couple of meat dishes and some cow milk dishe

Thomasheldrup

Points +68

Vegan
10 Sep 2017

Excellent for dinner

Excellent setting, staff and food!
Great place to go for food and beers in the weekend! They serve local craft beer and our waiter was so nice.
Go!

Doro*

Points +495

Vegan
22 Jan 2017

delicious brunch

I came here to have brunch with some friends. unfortunately they had messed up our reservation, but still squeezed us in and gave us sparkling wine as compensation (Thanks for that!).
the brunch was pricey (more than 20€), but SO worth it!!! most dishes were vegan, and all of those just plain delicious! they also had a vegan desert provided which was not convincing to me, but as i said, everything else was great and probably the best food I had so far in Finland!

Pros: most options at the brunch were vegan, all of the

Cons: expensive

Mmmmathilda

Points +110

Vegan
21 Sep 2016

BEST LUNCH IN HELSINKI

Vegan lunch was delicious!

Kisso

Points +177

Vegan
08 Aug 2016

delicious!

it would be perfect if it was all vegan :)

Vera Peres

Points +3261

Vegan
25 Jul 2016

Nice vegan brunch all day long

Onda has a nice brunch buffet on the weekends, with many vegan options and a latin american feel. All vegan options are clearly marked, as well and gluten and other allergens. The desserts were also very tasty. Could be made at least 100% vegetarian.

I did not try their a la carte, but it also seemed to have interesting vegan options.

Pros: Many nice vegan choices

Cons: Buffet serves meat/fish

Lapa

Points +197

Vegan
28 May 2016

Good place to visit in vegan or mixed company.

Visited this saturday and was pleaced with my expirience. The brunch buffet had plenty of vegan and gluten free options and the food was bit more ambitious than most other vegan/vegan friendly places of same price range in Helsinki. The dessert of mini mudcake squares was not vegan, but I was provided with vegan peanutbutter chocolat squares, when I asked them about it.

All the foods in the buffet were clearly labeled if they were vegan and if they weren't what animalproducts they contained. The gluten free options were also marked. The labels where in finnish, so if you can't speak finnish, ask help from the staff or come prepaired with some basic vegan vocabulary. For the gluten free folks out there, mind the differnce between "gluteeniton" = gluten free and "sis. gluteenia" or "sisältää gluteenia" = contains gluten.

The alacarte menu had several tempting vegan options. The nonvegan options were in the minority, but looked interesting enough to catch the eye of your possible the nonvegan companions. I think I will definitely come back to check out the alacarte dishes some day.

Pros: Abitious food., Plenty of vegan options., Nice interior.

Cons: Can get rather noisy due to the acoustics of the b, Can get rather noisy due to the acoustics of the b, The tables are bit too cramped together, so you mi

henrikw

Points +125

Vegan
20 Dec 2014

Super brunch!

I was going to Silvoplee for a Saturday lunch but on the way I saw this new place nearby and decided to pop in. And what a pleasant surprise it was. About 80 % of the food on the brunch table was vegan. Of course I had to try all of them and first time in my life, every item was delicious and had a really hard time choosing the second serving: all fresh, all with its own flavor. Amazing! Only dessert was non-vegan but after inquiring after vegan option, I was served a delicious vegan chocolate cake. And all for very reasonable price of 16 euros. The interior has a very communal feel to it, maybe not a place for a romantic evening.




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