Alko Helsinki - Keskusta Arkadia

Salomonkatu 1
Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland 00100
bottle shop  3.5/5.0 41 reviews
Mon-Fri 9-21, Sat 9-18. Closed Sundays.

Mayor: Rotin (4) | Bottles: 205
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  • AMBIANCE 4/5
  • SERVICE 8/10
  • SELECTION 15/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE N/A
  • OVERALL 14/20
Rotin  (375) Neratovice, Czech Republic | August 22, 2023
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  • AMBIANCE 4/5
  • SERVICE 9/10
  • SELECTION 13/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE N/A
  • OVERALL 18/20
djoeye  (1419) Tromsø, Norway | September 30, 2022
Entrance on the lower corner of Arkadia Shopping, as a separate store. Wow! Sign telling "Beer Corner". More than a corner, as it has more than 450 beers! Here I found some! Great beerspot!
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  • AMBIANCE 4/5
  • SERVICE 7/10
  • SELECTION 11/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE N/A
  • OVERALL 14/20
KyotoLefty  (1056) Kyoto, Japan | August 2, 2019
I expected it to be nice but it surpassed my expectations. Lots of Finnish craft, of which I still know nothing, but also a good selection of imports, including some classic stuff from Germany, UK, and Estonia that I had not ticked yet, and a pretty nice wall of ciders too. Everyone knows that Finland is pricy for beers, but this compared very well to anywhere in Japan. Lots of US stuff too.
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 8/10
  • SELECTION 12/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 10/10
  • OVERALL 13/20
Bryne  (1604) Bryne, Norway | May 5, 2019
If you are a beer tourist in Helsinki and want to find Finnish craft beers to bring home, this is THE Alko bottle shop. Best selection in Helsinki, I guess. Easy to find too, you do not have to navigate inside a confusing shopping mall. Wide selection of Finnish craft beers, some Russian and Estonian too. Some bottles in fridges. Two Finlandia Sahti in the fridge. Service minded staff. Great place to purchase beer! 10 bottles joined me on the tram back to my hotel. And now, ready for pub crawl! (Visited March 23rd 2019)
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  • AMBIANCE 2/5
  • SERVICE 9/10
  • SELECTION 13/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 6/10
  • OVERALL 11/20
gnoff  (838) Göteborg, Sweden | April 27, 2019| Updated April 30, 2019
Big selection. Had two sahti in one of the fridges. Visited late afternoon Saturday April 27, 2019. Had just visited the smaller Alko inside of Kamppi, which I thought was the one that did carry sahti, but this one is in the "area" of Kamppi, not inside the "building" Kamppi. Nice selection, prices as you can expect from the monopoly. Nice and fast service. Very centrally located, easy walk from e.g. the Central station. They had some barley wine that I picked up as well as the sahti, to prepare my next barley wine tasting. Well worth a visit.
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 8/10
  • SELECTION 9/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 5/10
  • OVERALL 14/20
mcberko  (3068) Vancouver, British Columbia | May 21, 2018
The best Alko location for sure. Wide selection of Finnish locals, plus some other European stuff. They even had an Estonian ice cider. Staff were helpful in locating beers too. If you only stop at one Alko in town, make this it.
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 8/10
  • SELECTION 9/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 7/10
  • OVERALL 14/20
Travlr  (4543) No fixed abode, Slovenia | July 31, 2017
Larger selection than a couple of other locations I visited but still didn’t have what I was looking for. However, staff looked up which location did have it, and gave me the address and directions. Bonus points!
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 2/10
  • SELECTION 10/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE N/A
  • OVERALL 11/20
gunnar  (1096) Sandnes, Norway | January 14, 2017
Big Alko at the eastern end of Kamppi. Big beer corner, divided by styles. Not easy to find Sahti, but they had 2 different in a cooler, pity I had tasted both of them. Some breweries from the US unknown in Norway was also here, amongst all the classic Belgians, UK, German stuff. No staff seen in beer corner, just me...
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 6/10
  • SELECTION 11/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 5/10
  • OVERALL 13/20
Henkk4  (4) , Finland | December 12, 2016
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  • AMBIANCE 3/5
  • SERVICE 4/10
  • SELECTION 11/15
  • FOOD N/A
  • VALUE 6/10
  • OVERALL 12/20
thellgren  (8) Helsinki, Finland | September 17, 2016
This is the main alcohol store of the state owned monopoly Alko chain. Beer selection was good for Finland even before but now after the august 2016 renewal it has doubled the beer section. Lots of special selection beers (even lambics). Selection also changes at least monthly. This might be nothing special to foreigners used to some beer stores with huge collection of different beers but for us this is the main place for beer with ABV above 4.7%.

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