Flow Festival’s food program once again gathers Helsinki’s top restaurants for a weekend at Suvilahti. The selection of over 40 restaurants includes fine dining and casual street food, fusion cuisine, vegan dishes, bold new concepts, and beloved classics. Sustainability remains at the core of the offering: as in previous years, no red meat or poultry is served at the festival, and all fish on offer is locally sourced.

From the 2026 Top 50 Finnish restaurants list, new additions to Flow’s program include Boulevard Seafood, showcasing top-notch Nordic seafood cuisine; Le Grec, which reimagines Mediterranean street food with a modern touch; and the classically inspired yet whimsical Laivakoira serving visitors at the Platinum Area. Among other notable first-time participants are Aperte, a modern Töölö-based restaurant led by chef Patrik Lindström, and Robusto, which combines French classics to Scandinavian roots.

Last year’s standout concept restaurant, Gina x Flow by Hans Välimäki, returns for the festival weekend, once again pairing Italo disco with seasonal flavours. On Sunday, festivalgoers can discover an all-new restaurant concept, Private Bazaar by Gina, serving Hans Välimäki’s Italian and North African–inspired brunch. Reservations for Private Bazaar will open later this summer.

A wide range of international street food flavours and returning favourites are also in the lineup. Latin American vibes are brought to the festival by Lopez Tacos amongst others, Pumpui, voted Helsinki’s best Thai restaurant, offers authentic Thai street food, and the praised neighbourhood bistro Vintero brings fresh seasonal flavours. Highlights of the street food selection include the fully vegan pizza restaurant FLIP, Fisu ja Ranet with its locally sourced take on the British classic fish and chips, and Vaasan Club, where top chef Mikko Kaukonen reimagines street food classics.

Delicious baked treats are served by both the charming pink café truck Teemu Aura’s Pullabiili and the much-loved Helsinki bakery-café Levain. Aromatic coffee is on offer from the small roastery Good Life Coffee, the Colombian coffee specialist KAFE Colombiano, Arvid Nordquist Café, and Stockfors Coffee, which also serves delicious coffee cocktails. Alpro Matcha Bar offers vibrant matcha green tea with a coconut twist.

Sustainability defines the food offering, making it easy to discover dishes made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. In line with the festival’s Sustainable Flow program, no red meat or poultry is served at the festival, and all fish dishes feature fish sourced from Finland. All restaurants offer at least one vegan dish, and many present entirely vegan menus. In recent years, Flow’s carbon and material footprint calculations have shown that food plays a key role in mitigating biodiversity loss and climate change.

As in previous years, the Sustainable Food competition evaluates both the sustainability and overall flavour of the festival’s restaurants. Three finalists are selected, and a jury appointed by Flow assesses the entries. The winner is chosen based on a combination of sustainability scoring and the jury’s evaluation. Last year’s winner, Greenfinch – known for its pies and fries – will also return to Flow this year.

Restaurants in 2026 are:
Almost Taco, Ape Gelato, Aperte, Boneless, Boulevard Seafood, Buli Foodtruck, Crusty Pizza, Dolce Italia, Dub Burger, Fisu ja Ranet, FLIP, Good Life Coffee, Greenfinch, KAFE Colombiano, Kamome, Kizuna, Laivakoira, Le Grec, Levain, Levant, Loaded Mac ‘N Cheese, Lobo, Loi Loi, Lopez Tacos, N4KU, N4KU RAMEN, Noodle Story, Patisserie Teemu Aura Pullabiili, Pretty Boy, Pumpui, Pupu, Rebl Eats, Robusto, Seksico Tacos, Seoul Fried, Shelter, Shinobi, Slicemonger, Stockfors Coffee, Teemu Aura Pastabaari, Vaasan Club and Vintero. Read more about the restaurants here.