Nefer Nefer Nefer is a modern Persian and Levantine restaurant and cocktail bar in the heart of Helsinki, at Erottaja.

The restaurant is built on memory, heritage, and the idea of hospitality as a way of being.

In Persia and the Levant, food is not a performance but a continuation. A way of tasting, remembering, and carrying culture forward, passed down through mothers and grandmothers. Nefer brings this lineage to Helsinki as warmth, togetherness, and the belief that the guest is always the most important person in the room. As the Persian saying goes, ”Mehman ra bar sar migozarand”The guest is lifted above all.

Founder Nina Stenros-Khoshnami brings her Persian roots to Nefer, along with a way of welcoming that has shaped her life.

The opening menu is created together with Palestinian Jordanian chef Sara Aqel, as a meeting of Persian and Levantine kitchens, shaped for this moment and this city.

At Nefer, traditions are not rewritten. They are carried forward through ingredients. Depth of flavour, craftsmanship, and the character of each region are brought into a modern Helsinki restaurant.

Nefer is a Persian and Levantine restaurant and cocktail bar.

A place where the scent of spices lingers, the table invites sharing, and the glass holds warmth and light. Where rhythm is found in conversation, movement, and in the way the guest is made the most important person in the room.