Must-see restaurants in Rovaniemi

  • Restaurant Sky Ounasvaara

    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…

  • Rakas

    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…

  • Nili

    Rovaniemi

    A timber-lined interior with framed black-and-white photos of Lapland, kerosene lamps, traditional fishing nets, taxidermied bear and reindeer heads, and…

  • Roka

    Rovaniemi

    With its exposed-brick walls, communal tables and blackboard-chalked menus, this post-industrial-style bistro is Rovaniemi's hippest eatery. Street food –…

  • Monte Rosa

    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…

  • Cafe & Bar 21

    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…

  • Gaissa

    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…

  • Arktikum Cafe

    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…

  • Mariza

    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…