Ilomantsi Restaurants

Restaurants in Ilomantsi

  1. Parppeinpirtti

    This place in the Parppeinvaara village does the real-deal pitopöytä (Karelian buffet) in a traditional house complete with a kantele soundtrack. Here you can heap your plate high with vatruskoita (salmon-stuffed pastry), swill down the nonalcoholic kotikalja (which tastes like a home-brewed beer) and finish it with a berry soup that’s like ladling jam.

    reviewed

  2. Ilomantsin Leipomo

    This little bakery is a local favourite for its top-notch pulla and preferred local breakfast of karjalanpiirrakka topped with scrambled egg. Most of the town grabs an early coffee on their way out here so it’s a social hub on weekdays.

    reviewed

  3. Murginapirtti

    Up a dirt road away from the town centre, this old-style Finnish farmhouse restaurant does a hearty lunch buffet on weekdays. It’s rustically Karelian right down to the icon in the corner.

    reviewed

  4. Ravintola Kelopirtti

    On the main-road roundabout is a log cabin with a café and an interesting Karelian craft shop.

    reviewed