Friends & Brgrs

Friends & Brgrs is a burger joint in Helsinki that sort of feels like a fast food place but when there it is clear that they slightly higher ambitions that your average place. They use a lot of local ingredients and make things locally.
The system is however not optimal as when one comes up the stairs often the line blocks the stairs. The cash registers are under dimensioned but I guess it is also related to that they make everything on order so it is not really fast food as one should expect to wait minimum 10 minutes even when it isn’t busy.
So how is the burger. It is pretty good, it is a thin patty so not the big juicy type but the beef has nice flavor and it does not feel dry. The fries are also good and prices are ok. There is a variety of burgers to choose from and my favorite is the cheese and onion one. It is not the best burger I ever had and there are better burgers to be had in Helsinki but at this price level it is good and while not super fast it is still reasonably fast to grab a burger here.
The service is friendly and trilingual (for Finland that means Swedish, Finnish and English) and there is also free wifi here while you’re waiting for your burger.

we are quite picky when it comes to burgers and this is our favourite place in Helsinki. Nice, friendly staff, tasty, tasty burgers, good fries and nice dips.

One of the best burger joints in Helsinki, looks and feels a bit like a fast food place but the quality of the burgers and fries are definitely worth it. Remember to put bacon in your burger and to take a mayo to your fries. Enjoy!

Great taste of original Burger. we tried the classic one. excellent service. highly recommended if you are looking for a real Burger

Must say that it is the best burger have gad in finland. The onion&cheese burger was amazing and the garlic&herb majo with the fries was just breath taking in a good way! I reccomend this to everyone.

A very nice burger/​lunch stop. Never frozen beef Burgers had excellent flavor. Fries were perfect… stayed crispy the whole time with a nice variety of aoili sauces.

Maybe the best burger and fries I’ve had. Staff was really friendly and the food was great. The dining area was clean and comfortable with a great view of the city. Absolutely recommend!

Americans are an interesting species. On one hand, we appear to bomb and destroy everything in sight. On the other hand, we have the ability to create beautiful things. Creating a beautiful burger is no easy feat, either.
As a relatively frequent visitor to Helsinki, I was pleased when I learned about the planned opening of the awkwardly named Friends & Brgrs. I had some difficulty finding a decent burger in the city, it seemed and if there is something overly American about me, it’s my perpetual search for a great burger. I really did hit paydirt on my last visit when I splurged on the € 29 taster’s behemoth at Hotel Kamp. Seriously, I was impressed and I probably was expecting to dismiss it as an overpriced and bland tourist burger. It was not that at all. in fact, I found it to be the… errr…sorry, I digress. We’re talking about this other place.
I visited the new Helsinki location at around 7 pm on a Tue night. It really does feel quite a bit like Shake Shack so if you’ve ever had a burger from Shake Shack and wanted one in Helsinki, you’re sh*t out of luck because this place is not that.
Do they try? Yes… they do. Is it kind of a fun atmosphere? Yes… it is that.
Damnit, man… get to the point! How’s the burger? Right… sorry…well, it was hopelessly overcooked. The presentation was nice but it was so damn overcooked that I tasted more burn than anything else and you shouldn’t be tasting burn in your burger. Never. Ever. No burn. Bad burn.
The fries were good, though.
I paid about € 14 for a double burger w/​fries and a drink and that is not a bad deal in Helsinki for the amount of food I got. Did I mention the burger was overcooked? Well, it was.
Would I go back? I might… they have hot dogs on the menu and I’m kind of interested in trying them. Would I have another burger? I might. Perhaps the woman cooking my food was new. Perhaps she likes her burgers tasteless. Perhaps she was trained by a person so uninterested in showing her how to properly cook a burger, that she just learned that way. Whatever the reason… it wasn’t a good burger.
If you want a good burger, go to Kamp and suck up the cost of their heaven.
I had/​have hopes for this place but it didn’t do it for me. I’m bummed.

This is the closest a burger joint in Helsinki has come to SoCal fave, In-​n-​Out. This place is comparable, also, because it uses domestic beef, ground in the restaurant. Additionally, the potatoes are peeled, cut, and fried fresh in house. This was my second attempt at getting my grub on here. The first time, was on opening day an hour before service. If I would have stayed in line then, I might have experienced a shorter order to eat time. Alas, this time, I arrived famished. I saw the drawings in the wall of a side if beef and thought, yeah, I take that. We were told it would be about a 45 minute wait. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I was, like, girl, you better take my order now then. I would not be deterred by grumbling guts. I ordered, hunched over to stop the hunger pains and sucked down some sprite zero. It was nearly estimated time when our disc of deliverance started to ding to announce our dinner was ready.
We both got the double with cheese and onions. The kids got kid sized brgr with fries. All the fries were the same size. The kid brgrs were a smaller circumference. First of all, the food was gorgeous. The soft buns were golden and tasty. The beef patties were of substantial size. Overall, it was delicious. The beef was exquisite. The seasoning was nearly perfect. Although, I must say it was a bit salty and the beef was cooked thoroughly. All the ingredients combined to make an awesome brgr. The fries were immaculate: fresh, beautiful, delicious. I was getting stressed out when it looked like my kid was actually going to eat her whole serving because I was totally coveting them. I can’t wait to eat my way through their menu.