The 8 Best Bars in Finland
BARTENDERS' CHOICECocktail BarBar Mate
Bar Mate is a loft-style bar in Helsinki's Design District focused on highballs and classic cocktails paired with contemporary bar food, billed as 'Highballs & Small Plates', with warm skewers and dips served with house-made potato flatbread. It was founded by bartender Mika Ammunét of Mate Hospitality, who says the name reflects 'a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance'. The entrance is shared with Mothership of Work, marked by joint black-and-yellow signs. It won Best Cocktail Bar for Finland at the 2026 Bartenders' Choice Awards.
Pieni Roobertinkatu 9, 00130 HelsinkiWed-Thu 16:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00; Sun 18:00-lateFull profile- Trillby & ChadwickBARTENDERS' CHOICESpeakeasy
Trillby & Chadwick
Trillby & Chadwick is a speakeasy cocktail bar in central Helsinki, operated by Son of a Punch, built around the fictional premise of occupying the old Helsinki office of a detective agency founded in London in 1898 by Hildebrand Trillby and Ashcroft Chadwick, with the Helsinki office established in 1924. It won Best Cocktail Menu for Finland at the 2026 Bartenders' Choice Awards.
Katariinankatu 3, 00170 HelsinkiSun-Wed 17:00-01:00; Thu 16:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00Full profile 
Cocktail BarKupoli
A Helsinki bar that builds its drinks around northern nature and the turn of the seasons, each one told as its own story rather than listed by spirit. Open Wednesday to Saturday.
Mannerheimintie 5, 00100 HelsinkiWed–Thu 17:00–00:00, Fri–Sat 16:00–01:00Full profile- BardemCocktail Bar
Bardem
A cocktail bar in the center of Helsinki with a moody, unhurried room that is built for staying rather than passing through. Classics alongside the house list, and it works as well for one drink after work as for a whole evening.
Yliopistonkatu 7, 00100 HelsinkiFull profile - Chihuahua JulepCocktail Bar
Chihuahua Julep
Chihuahua Julep is Helsinki's agave-friendly cocktail bar, pouring mezcal and tequila drinks behind a doorbell entrance on Erottajankatu. The house rules are part of the charm: the room is a phone-free zone with sealed Yondr pouches at the door, so the drinks and conversation get full attention.
Erottajankatu 9, HelsinkiTue-Thu 19:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-01:00Full profile
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- GoldfishCocktail Bar
Goldfish
Goldfish sits at basement level in the Kultakala block on Korkeavuorenkatu, in a historic building where Marshal Mannerheim, a famous bon vivant with a taste for cocktails, once kept his study. The basement windows look out, but inside it stays dim and discreet, with 45 seats across three rooms and soft sofas made for long conversations. It is the back pocket of The Grand Bar & Grill, owned by Sylvester Soisalo and Matti Wikberg, and head bartender Liam Wihuri-Redmond leads the bar team. The list runs from classics to new flavor pairings, and the current menu includes a bone-marrow-washed rye Old Fashioned. Guinness is on tap, and any wine Goldfish does not stock is fetched from The Grand's cellar.
Korkeavuorenkatu 21, 00130 HelsinkiTue-Wed 16:30-23:00, Thu 16:30-00:00, Fri-Sat 16:30-01:00Full profile - Liberty or DeathCocktail Bar
Liberty or Death
Liberty or Death was the first bar from the Son of a Punch team, opened in March 2012 in Helsinki's Design District; the same group runs Trillby & Chadwick and Bob's Laundry. The name borrows Patrick Henry's line "Give me liberty, or give me death," which inspired the team in 2011, when it set out to start a cocktail revolution. The room takes its cue from Brooklyn, and the bar describes itself as a piece of New York in Erottaja. Its menu keeps changing, mixing twisted classics with new creations, and it leans on seasonal ingredients, many of them prepared in house to cut down on waste. The team also hosts private workshops on the classic cocktails.
Erottajankatu 5, 00130 HelsinkiSun-Mon 17:00-01:00, Tue-Thu 16:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00Full profile - The FirmCocktail Bar
The Firm
A Kallio bar, now under one roof with its sister restaurant The Bull. House cocktails are named for what is in them, Hazelnut and Honey or Cola and Port, and sit beside a long list of classics. A late room with dim light and no ceremony.
Fleminginkatu 10, 00530 HelsinkiFull profile
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