Inari
A panoramic glassed-in dining room overlooks the Juutuanjoki's Jäniskoski rapids at Inari's best restaurant, situated in the Tradition Hotel Kultahovi…
Must-see restaurants in Lapland
Lapland
At the fabulous Hotel Mustaparta, this atmospheric restaurant styled after local hero Iisakki Mustaparta has hefty timber beams, ships' wheels, wooden…
Rovaniemi
For a truly memorable meal, head to the 1st floor of the Sky Ounasvaara hotel, where wraparound floor-to-ceiling glass windows looking onto the forest…
Lapland
Inside the Saaga hotel at the base of the ski slopes, this restaurant is Ylläs' best. Lapland specialities include buckwheat blini with white lake-fish…
Rovaniemi
The home kitchen of UK chef Jonathan Guppy, Rakas is one of Lapland's most exciting places to eat. The seasonal menu could include reindeer served with…
Saariselkä
Attached to the Kaunispään Huippu arts-and-crafts shop, this panoramic restaurant on top of Kaunispää fell has views across to Russia. Smoked-reindeer…
Rovaniemi
A timber-lined interior with framed black-and-white photos of Lapland, kerosene lamps, traditional fishing nets, taxidermied bear and reindeer heads, and…
Lapland
The atmospherically candlelit downstairs Kellari restaurant cooks inventive dishes such as gooseberry-stuffed reindeer, wild boar and elk sausages or…
Lapland
Amazing flavour combinations at this rustic-contemporary restaurant with rough-hewn timber tables span roast wild boar with blackcurrant sauce, reindeer…
Saariselkä
By the entrance to gold-panning museum Kultamuseo at Tankavaara, this atmospheric cafe-restaurant actually predates the museum and serves typical Lapland…
Northern Lapland
A great coffee-and-petrol stop between eastern and western Lapland, 105km from Inari on the road to Kittilä, this curious cafe sits in the hamlet of Pokka…
Ivalo
The cavernous, gleaming dark-wood dining room at the Hotelli Kultahippu opens to a 120-seat sun terrace overlooking the river in summer. Finnish…
Lapland
Local dishes at the town's main restaurant, inside the Mestarin Kievari inn, include whitefish with cranberry sauce, wild boar with roast mushrooms, and a…
Rovaniemi
With its exposed-brick walls, communal tables and blackboard-chalked menus, this post-industrial-style bistro is Rovaniemi's hippest eatery. Street food –…
Lapland
Panorama's great-value lunch buffet includes home-brewed beer. Dishes like arctic char and potato bake, wild-mushroom soup, reindeer meatballs with turnip…
Saariselkä
Off the main road 2.5km south of Saariselkä, this cute wooden hut with a roaring open fire has good-value Sunday brunch buffets. It's well worth booking…
Inari
A small but well-chosen menu at this restaurant inside the Wilderness Hotel Inari includes one of the best salmon soups in Finland, as well as steaks…
Rovaniemi
Inside the City Hotel, Monte Rosa goes for the romance vote with a low, candlelit interior and intimate booth seating. Chargrilled steaks are cooked to…
Rovaniemi
A reindeer-pelt collage on the grey-concrete wall is the only concession to place at this artfully modern designer cafe-bar. Black-and-white decor makes…
Lapland
Run by a Swiss confectioner, this cafe has great lattes, delectable hot chocolate, and sweet and savoury pastries such as smoked-reindeer pie, blueberry…
Saariselkä
A wood-and-stone-decorated dining room sets the stage for artfully presented Lappish food such as roast snow grouse with thyme-nettle jus, arctic char…
Rovaniemi
The upstairs restaurant of the Hotel Santa Claus, Gaissa, has a menu of Lappish dishes such as roast reindeer with locally grown potatoes and morel sauce…
Saariselkä
With a cosy wooden interior and welcoming service, Pirkon Pirtti serves generous portions of fish (the Lapland fish platter lets you sample several…
Northern Lapland
Cosy and homelike, this is the best eating spot in town, with a good-value lunch buffet, soups, quiches and cakes, along with hearty mains incorporating…
Rovaniemi
The cafe in the Arktikum does an inexpensive soup-and-salad lunch (€9.50) as well as an extensive lunch buffet (kids pay €7.50), with lactose-free, gluten…
Lapland
The ‘Dead-End Tunnel’ may be a road to nowhere, but it’s an enjoyable one, with a huge terrace and large plates of food, from salads to steaks, ribs and…
Rovaniemi
On a town-centre backstreet in untouristed territory, this simple lunch place offers a bargain-priced buffet of home-cooked Finnish food, including daily…
