Restaurants in Turku
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Pizzeria Dennis
This place doesn't look much from the outside, but within is a warren of cosy rooms adorned with Chianti bottles and strings of garlic. There's a long and innovative range of pizzas and pasta, but you're better sticking to the tried and tested combinations: there's a good reason you don't see parmesan cheese and curry sauce together more often! Enthusiastic service.
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Svenska Klubben 5th Floor Restaurant
It’s often tough to spot the menu that’s at street level and points the way up to this excellent Scandinavian (yes, we know it’s not technically Finnish) eatery. If you can, get a ‘cabinet’ (small room for groups) that is decked out in Nordic minimalism. You can nosh down on the likes of whitefish with pickled lime, or roasted duck breast sweetened with cognac cream. Three-course lunches are consistently delicious and set menus have several choices.
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Viikinkiravintola Harald
Dust off your feasting horned helmet for this Viking restaurant where subtlety is run through with a berserker’s broadsword. Food fits the theme, and while set menus (or Voyages as they’re called here) are filling three-course samplers, picking and mixing means you can indulge in barbarian ribs on a plank or tar ice cream with cognac. It’s not exactly gourmet, but it is great fun.
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Enkeliravintola
This heavenly eatery features several rooms brightly decorated with their namesake angels (enkeli means angel) in a tasteful fashion. It’s tough to escape the winged wonders with so many of the dishes named for them. Mains, all served with house-baked bread and pesto, run to roast duck and a classic roast reindeer with lingonberry sauce.
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Vaakahuoneen Paviljonki
Set a little away from town, this restaurant is worth tripping out to find. As well as an à la carte menu of snacks, pasta, pizzas and steak, there are daily buffets in summer, which include a variety of fish and several Asian options. The river-front locale can be enjoyed in spring and summer when live jazz accompanies the sunshine.
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Tomate
An ebullient Spanish restaurant washes down its meals with plenty of Iberian wine. Meals-wise they pull off classics like gazpacho and shrimp-rich paella, but make a few concessions to Finnish palates (there are simple fish dishes). The selection of three tapas dishes is best with a few cervezas (beers) on the terrace.
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Baan Thai
This is an authentic and intimate little Thai restaurant a short walk north of the kauppatori. With a fairly down-to-earth interior (the trellised grapevine is a little out of place) and no-nonsense service, the dishes are tasty, if a little mild by Southeast Asian standards. The lunch buffet during the week is a bargain.
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Trattoria Romana
Food surrounds you in this Mediterranean favourite, from the pots and pans decorating the walls and ceiling to rich flavours wafting from the kitchen. The menu has classic lasagne and a tasty chicken with goat’s cheese, but blackboard specials always bring a bit of experimentation to the intimate tables.
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Cafe Noir [closed}
While it's far from fancy, the Noir is a Turku institution and one of the cheapest sit-down places to eat. It's very cheap, with simple but filling plates such as meatballs or spaghetti with salad at low prices; the eclectic menu also includes pizza, schnitzel, chicken curry and omelettes.
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Sininen Juna Aschan Café
With a name meaning ‘blue train’, you’d expect to be able to sit in a converted carriage in the middle of the market, right? But this coffee institution is currently run by the Turku bakery chain, which supplies delicious buns and cakes, so it’s a tasty destination.
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Kahvila Kisälli
At the entrance to the Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum, Kahvila Kisälli is a large, cheery café in a historic 1851 building. It's a good spot to stop for coffee after visiting the museum; they also do tasty slices of pancake with strawberry jam.
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Sergio's
This stylish Italian restaurant and café is a cut above most of its kind. The outside tables are perfectly poised to have a drink and do some Turku-watching. The mains are classy and the pizzas good value; there's also a decent selection of Italian wines.
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Foija
It's quite a surprise to descend under the Hansa shopping centre and discover this gently-lit, brick-vaulted space. It's been a restaurant for over 150 years, and these days is a favourite for tasty steaks, but also has several vegetarian options.
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Blanko
Look for the Scrabble-tile signage to double-word score on a hip eatery. Inside it’s all Scandic chic with periodic DJs, but the dining area is discrete enough for you to enjoy the global menu of pastas, curries and a worthwhile lunch special.
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Svarte Rudolf
The best of the floating restaurants moored on the south side of the Aurajoki, this place does Italian with a leaning towards seafood. While long summer evenings invite top-deck drinking, the downstairs dining room is an elegant alternative.
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Linnankatu 3
This fashionable spot is the best of a small knot of restaurants. It does a modern twist on Finnish staples like reindeer fillet with cranberry butter and potato pancakes, or crayfish tails swimming in a soup of Bloody Mary.
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Sininen Juna Aschan Café
This is a neat little café where you sit in a converted train carriage. The name translates as 'blue train'. It's run by a famous Turku bakery, which supplies the delicious bread, buns, and cakes.
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Teini
Something of an institution with city workers for its lunch specials, this traditional grill house does great fish, lamb and steaks in an atmospheric little dining room. Dinner is a little pricey.
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Three Beans
Serious caffeine freaks converge on this little shop for their java hits, because of the fresh-ground beans and espresso machine. They also do take-home beans and light lunches and pastries.
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Cafe Fontana
Close to the city’s heart, this art nouveau cafe serves up delicious pastries and pies. Inside it’s classic Nordic pine tables but the outdoor terrace is the beating heart of the city.
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Cosmic Comic Café
Sipping coffee in the sea of comics (both papered to the walls and available to browse) at this late-night haunt is a fanboy’s dream but there are also some good cakes on offer.
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Bossa
First-rate Brazilian food is the order of the day at this vibrant eatery, from heart steaks to black-bean soups. Tuesday night features live music that jazzes up the joint.
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