Finnair Platinum Wing Helsinki Food and Nutrition Review (updated 2025)

Updated April 2025 – please note dates under photos for updated foods on offer

The old Finnair Premium Lounge at Helsinki was always one of my favourite airline lounges. I always thought it was very comfortable with great staff and delicious healthy food choices. So when I was at Helsinki- Vantaa early 2019 and saw it was being renovated – I knew I had to be back as soon as it reopened to see what the new Finnair Platinum Wing was like! I’ve now visited the Finnair Platinum Wing lounge multiple times in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and I must admit I quite like it. Not only were the food choices outstanding – delicious food with Finnish flavours, but they were nutritious with many options that fit well in a healthy diet. And I was also very impressed to see the kitchen behind the buffet – so you can see the chefs and cooks preparing the food! I really loved this as it really highlighted the importance Finnair places on good quality, fresh food. So while I liked getting a peak into the kitchen – what did I think of the food in the Finnair Platinum Wing?

Finnair Platinum Wing menu

The A la Carte menu when I was there in June 2024 and April 2025 had four hot meals available and two desserts. Don’t forget the Finnair Platinum Wing has both A la Carte dining and buffet dining (see below for buffet dining).

What’s Healthy?

• The cheese and fruit board area is beautifully presented – I love all the colour! A range of cheeses – both hard and soft cheeses are available, along with whole and sliced fruits, fig jam and crackers.

• Pickled vegetables make a delicious addition to both a snack or a meal. Fermented vegetables may confer additional health benefits through the healthy bacteria they may contain. (A quick note though – not all fermented vegetables contain these beneficial bacteria if they have been heat treated to improve storage conditions on supermarket shelves). While there has been some suggestion that pickled vegetables may be associated with development of certain cancers, mixing some pickled vegetables with fresh or cooked vegetables can be a way to enjoy them.

• The salmon and steak dishes in 2019 had an abundance of flavour, but without heavy, rich sauces. Both dishes melted in your mouth! In 2023, 2024 and 2025 the hot dishes were all similar – some variations around Indian flavours. This really surprised me when I looked back and realised over the last few years the main hot dishes on the buffet were so similar. The rice dish served in 2024 even had a range of vegetables through it – love this! The roast vegetables in 2025 were so colourful and lightly cooked. I really enjoyed them – they were quite delicious.

• Ah my favourite rye bread – I nearly just fly Finnair for the thin slices of rye bred available. This bread is flavoursome, dense and the slices are quite thin. This is beneficial for health as not only will you be having less calories, but your blood sugar levels will not rise as high after eating it. Lower blood sugar levels helps reduce the risk of diabetes etc.

• Small sides were plated up in perfect bite sized portions.

• There are always a range of salads available on the buffet and the flavours are innovative and there are always lots of colours. When I visited in 2024 the beetroot quinoa was a standout in terms of flavour and nutrition! Love the site of the large bowls of olives on the salad buffet too. A spoonful of olives adds a nice nutrition boost to a meal. Also a small spoonful can be a nutritious snack too.

Not so great- caution!

• It would be great to see more vegetables available as snacks in the cheese board bar area. There are vegetables available in the main buffet area, and these are pickled/fermented so many people may not eat these as snacks.

• The crackers in the cheese area seem to be white, low fibre crackers – it would be good to have higher fibre and grainier options also available. The dense finish rye bread is available in the lounge though and so this could be used as a nice choice instead of crackers
  
• While the desserts were in bite sized pieces, you can still eat too much if you aren’t being mindful. These cakes, slices and sweet biscuits (while small portions) can still be high in sugar and calories.
  

• The burgers on the a la carte menu may be high in energy and a heavier style meal so be mindful of not eating too much from the buffet and also doubling up on a burger in the dining section.

Final thoughts on Finnair Platinum Wing Lounge

I am very impressed with the food in the Finnair Platinum Wing – I find them a standout from both a quality and nutrition perspective. I really like the fact you can get quite plain, yet flavoursome foods, and then add your own dressings/extras how you like. This helps enormously when you are trying to eat well when travelling. And the fact the foods are delicious, I find it less tempting to then seek out ‘more unhealthy’ options.

Because this lounge is in the non-schengen area, the chances are you will be getting on a long-haul flight somewhere (well maybe the exception being UK). That means you will most likely be served a main meal quite soon after being in the lounge – so if you are in business class you probably don’t need to eat a large amount before getting on the plane (as a lovely Finnair meal is coming your way), but if you are in economy you might want to consider the lounge to be your main meal.  The options they serve, and the portions they serve them in allow you to easily serve yourself small amounts of food, and makes it less easy to overeat.

I have reviewed Finnair Business Class flight from Helsinki to Bangkok.

NOTE: All pictures of the Finnair Platinum Wing are my own and I review a lounge from just the foods I see during my visit. There may be different options available at other times.