Restaurants in Rovaniemi
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Gaissa
The upstairs restaurant of the Hotel Santa Claus is split into two attractive areas. Elegant Gaissa has a short menu aimed at visitors and served from a semi-open kitchen. Service is willing but error-strewn; the dishes are petite and reindeer-heavy but feature some great creations, such as spot-on reindeer rillettes and slow-roasted lamb that falls off the bone. Adjoining it is ZoomUp, a bar with salads, pastas, steaks, ribs (€13 to €19) and snacks like potato wedges, in a more casual atmosphere aimed at pulling a local crowd.
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Nili
Evoking a Lapland atmosphere with reindeer skins, Sámi music and cosy wooden cladding, this main-street restaurant has no problem pulling in the tourist crowd. Reindeer features heavily on the menu, but whitefish, char and salmon argue a fishy case too. The dishes are well presented and the service good, but the quality isn’t quite there to make it a classic, and the portions aren’t quite big enough for it to be a local favourite. Nevertheless, a sound option.
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Monte Rosa
Attached to the City Hotel, this goes for the romance vote with a low candlelit interior and chummy booth seating. Most of the dishes are Finnish, with a pinch of oregano or sprinkling of pine nuts as a nod to Italy, and very tasty they are too. The house salad comes with a slab of salmon and sliced smoked reindeer, while main courses are aromatic and generously sized. They also do fajitas and pizzas.
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Kauppayhtiö
Rovaniemi’s most personable cafe, this is an oddball collection of retro curios with a coffee and gasoline theme and colourful plastic tables. All the knick-knacks are purportedly for sale here, but it’s the espresso machine, outdoor seating, salads, sundaes and bohemian Lapland crowd that keep the place ticking. The coffee is bottomless.
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ZoomIt Café
This large light, modern café is an excellent place to have a drink, breakfast or snack. Right in the heart of town, its terrace is the spot to be on a sunny afternoon. Service is good, and at lunchtimes on weekdays there are tasty stir fries, panini and wraps available. There's a minimum age of 20 after 20:00.
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Xiang Long
This main-street Chinese is family-run and a level above your typical Finnish example of the genre. Friendly service, tasty steamed prawn dim sum, a salad bar and several reindeer dishes, including one served on a sizzling platter, are the highlights, and the lunch buffet (€8.40, Monday to Friday) is great value.
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Cómico
This offbeat basement restaurant is an American-diner type of place, with burgers, steaks and Tex-Mex fare, happy Finnish families, and old movies screening. It's not sophisticated, with a colourful, plastic feel, but the portions are generous.
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Hai Long
The best of Rovaniemi's Chinese restaurants, this has a very spacious interior and good service. It's popular at lunchtime, but also good value in the evenings, with several set menus, larger tables with lazy Susans, and plenty of choice.
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Mariza
A couple of blocks from the centre in untouristed territory, this simple lunch place is a real find, and offers a great buffet of home-cooked Finnish food, including changing-daily hot dishes, soup and salad. Authentic and excellent.
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Puolukka
This is arguably Rovaniemi's best restaurant when it comes to traditional Lappish cuisine. It's not cheap, and the restaurant itself is unassuming, but the food is delicious and includes reindeer, whitefish, and cloudberry desserts.
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Kahvila Pullapiika
This café is a popular meeting place for locals of all ages. The glass counter shields a tempting array of savouries and cakes, including a tasty sachertorte. They also do a decent cappuccino.
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