Porvoo Restaurants

  1. Café Cabriole

    This large stylish old building on the west side of the market square is a good spot to indulge in a pastry or two. On weekdays, there's a good-value lunch buffet served from to .

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  2. Café Fanny

    Try this café, on the beautiful cobbled Old Town square, for watching Porvoo drift by.

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  3. Cafe Helmi

    The elegant formality of this café recalls the time of the Tsars. Fittingly, it specializes in Russian-style high tea and fresh pastries.

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  4. Glückauf

    A 19th-century sailing ship moored on the eastern riverfront is the home of this boat restaurant. It specializes in seafood, and there's a cheaper 'terrace' menu.

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  5. Hanna Maria

    Right in the old town, this cheap and cheerful lunchtime restaurant serves up no-nonsense Finnish food at cheap prices. It's by no means gourmet, but it more than does the job, particularly if you can nab a spot on the terrace.

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  6. Timbaali

    This is a rustic place with a summer garden, more formal interior and perfect Old Town ambience. The menu is broad but the speciality here is snails. They are done in a variety of ways. There's also a generous lunch buffet in summer.

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  7. Wanha Laamanni

    In the Old Judges' Chambers, this is the gourmet restaurant of Porvoo. It's in a splendid late-18th-century building with a fireplace for winter nights and a terrace for summer days. Game is a speciality, along with reindeer and Finnish fish dishes. There are also excellent vegetarian options, such as Jerusalem artichoke steak with mushroom risotto. There's live music at weekends in summer.

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