Other restaurants in Lakeland & The East
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Kenkävero
Kenkävero is a design shop and an art centre picturesquely set in a lovely vicarage building 1km east of the centre. The cafe still feels like an elegant drawing room and you half expect the vicar himself to bring in tea and cucumber sandwiches. Instead there’s a much praised lunch buffet that pulls out all the stops.
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Musta Lammas
One of Finland’s best restaurants, the ‘black sheep’ has a golden fleece. Set in an enchantingly romantic brick-vaulted space, it offers delicious gourmet mains with Finnish ingredients and French flair. Roast reindeer with morel mushrooms was one of the highlights when we last visited, but the €32 vegetarian menu also caught our eye. The standard wine list is OK, but get the credit card out for some of the handwritten choices, which include some of the world’s finest reds.
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Bomban Talo
This mammoth wood cabin is the place to sample a Karelian buffet. Try the variety of karjalanpiirakka ingeniously designed to swab up karjalanpaisti (stew). The buffet is served throughout the day in summer, when the outdoor terrace is particularly tempting, but the à la carte options are just as authentic in winter.
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Kalakeidas
This aquatic-oriented restaurant does a great fish soup and other temptations like pike fillet with blue cheese. There are various shared fish platters that should be ordered the day before. All the fish is locally caught, and they can take you out on fishing trips too.
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Sushi Mai
Zen minimalist signage makes this place tough to spot (look for the gnarled tree bough as a door handle) down a side alley, but it’s worth seeking out for the sushi, yakitori and ‘world food’ including olives and tortilla. Benches out front are brilliant in summer.
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Kreeta
This Cretan restaurant near the kauppatori is a good bet, with spacious interior and big windows. Meze for two (€49 to €59) gives you the chance to try a range of dishes, there’s retsina and Greek coffee to wash it all down, and a play area for young kids.
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Kaneli
This cracking cafe just off the kauppatori evokes a bygone age with much of its decor. But it does offer modern comfort with its shiny espresso machine, as well as many other flavoured coffees to accompany your toothsome and sticky pulla.
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Kasino
Acclaimed as a favourite of Catherine the Great, this refurbished casino house has excellent Russian options like salmon blini and zakuska (light buffet), but also does more traditional European fare such as steaks and pork schnitzel.
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Vapaasatama Sampo
Have it stewed, fried, smoked or in a soup, but it’s all about muikku here. This is one of Finland’s most famous spots to try the small lakefish that drive Savo stomachs. The 70-year-old restaurant is cosy, and classically Finnish.
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Hilpeä Munkki
Alongside the museum in a delightfully ramshackle wooden building, this terraced restaurant gets back to basics in medieval style. Waiters dressed as monks bring out beer in tankards and meat on skewers. Views of the castle are superb.
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Kaks Ruusua
This best eatery is in a fine old building across the street from the monstrous pulp complex. It does all-day service as a popular cafe and offers a cheap lunch buffet before turning out tasty dinners in the evening.
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Café Prego
This excellent Italian coffee spot also does good salads, rolls and light meals, and has a lovely little terrace out the front. It’s the best java in town, and has cakes and cookies that will have you lingering.
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Ravintola Vuoksenlahti
This trusty boozer draws in locals with its basic pub grub and pool tables for after dinner. The terrace buzzes even on summer’s more doubtful days, as it’s the perfect place to watch the town pass by.
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Restaurant Olé
This place does good Spanish fare, and even brings olives and bread with mains such as paella and hefty pastas. On weekends it has live music ranging from syrupy pan-European songs to flamenco guitar.
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Deli China
Done out in bold reds and black this Chinese restaurant is a stylish spot with reliable noodle and rice dishes. Their takeaway prices are even more affordable if you want to eat in your hotel room.
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Sinikka
Run with a motherly air, this people-recommended cafe puts on a great breakfast buffet (between 7am and 11am Monday to Friday), and does salads, lunches, decent coffee and excellent cakes.
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Café Display
This likeable spot features moon-unit chairs, and a large painting of Audrey Hepburn. Their coffee is the best in town and comes with snack sandwiches and cakes.
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Art-Café Kolin Ryynänen
Opposite the supermarket in Koli village, this pleasant cafe serves as an exhibition space and even has an artist-in-residence.
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Kahvila & Konditoria Houkutus
A smart bakery that does morning coffee with excellent cakes; the mint blackcurrant cake is a treat.
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Martan Baari
Martan Baari does pizza, a lunch buffet and has a cute verandah terrace.
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Restaurant Schooner Elina
A popular boat restaurant on the water that attracts a drinking crowd later.
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