Finnish Karaoke! This bar is named after the Tolstoy…read morecharacter, Anna Karenina. It's a small karaoke bar in the Kamppi Design District of Helsinki. There's not much room in here, it's a narrow, long bar. The service isn't too hot here- the staff seems terribly overworked. The bartender is responsible for pouring drinks, and running the karaoke machine at the same time. She tried to pour as many drinks as she could, then had to stop and dig through the box to find out who's next to sing, find their song, announce the singer, the song, hit play on the computer, and then go back to pouring drinks and cashing people out. The bar had a pretty good sized beer and liquor selection, with a lot of people opting for wine. I got the beer- they have a machine that pours the perfect pint! Yay! I didn't stick around long since there was no place to sit, and it took so long to get a beer. I cracked up over the song choices- they sang La Bamba, followed by a bunch of Finnish songs about hockey that I didn't understand. These singing Finns shouldn't quit their day jobs. They offer a slot machine in the back of the bar, which didn't seem to be getting much action. The restrooms are cramped, but clean. Parking is all on the street in front of this place. Fortunately, this place stays open late, and was packed when I went.

Ew. The one and only time I was here, I waited for 20 minutes to get a drink from the bar while…read moredrunk friends of the bartender cut in front of me over and over again with no word from the bartender. I might add that at 6 p.m. on a regular evening, there was not one person here who was not falling down drunk. My husband waited outside for me, where drunk patrons were urinating in each other's glasses on the table-tops on the terrace. While my husband was waiting for me, and I was waiting for drinks, I was groped and grabbed by a very drunk patron and his friend in a not-so-funny way while the bartender laughed. I was not laughing. At that point, I exited the itty-bitty establishment to find more incredibly intoxicated patrons urinating all over the place. Absolutely disgusting. Seriously. This place could be the one thing threatening the property values in Eira! It should have been left as a public restroom since that is basically what it is treated as, smells like, and has the charm of.

Easily the best ex restroom turned karaoke place in the world. Had tons of fun, sang lots of songs…read moreand even took the chance to visit the restroom, adding rich flavors of meta to the experience.