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Where to Eat and Drink

Price Guide
Prices are for a three-course meal
for one, including a glass of house
wine, tax, and service. Prices for
St. Petersburg are in US dollars.
€ up to €15 (up to $30)
€€ €15 to €35 ($30 to $40)
€€€ over €35 (over $40)
as Arctic char and pikeperch.
A lovely spot to sample a few
glasses of the local brew.
TURKU: Hus Lindman €€€
International
Piispankatu 15, 20500
Tel 040-044 6100 Closed Sat & Sun
Occupying an idyllic position
A huge mural of the eponymous creatures decorates the Sea Horse, Helsinki on the bank of the River Aura,
this reasonably priced lunchtime
Helsinki DK Choice restaurant is located within an
elegant 18th-century house.
CENTRAL HELSINKI:
CENTRAL HELSINKI: Sea Horse €€€ TURKU:
Gran Delicato € Finnish Viikinkiravintola Harald €€€
Mediterranean Map B4 Kapteeninkatu 11, 00140 Finnish
Kalevankatu 34, 00180 Tel 09-628 169 Aurakatu 3, 20100
Tel 09-694 0403 In business since the 1930s, Tel 044-766 8204
This popular, brightly decorated this legendary restaurant is as A Viking-themed restaurant with
café in the center of town serves renowned for its dish of 16 animal heads adorning the walls.
excellent sandwiches and salads, fried herrings as it is for its The fixed-price menus of hearty
plus its own blends of coffee. reindeer steak. The owners’ meat dishes are named after the
winning recipe of serving several Viking voyages.
CENTRAL HELSINKI: hearty Finnish food in simple,
Strindberg €€ unpretentious surroundings has
International Map C4 long attracted celebrity diners
Pohjoisesplanadi 33, 00100 and consistently rave reviews. St. Petersburg
Tel 09-612 86900
One of the most loved and GOSTINYY DVOR: Kavkaz-Bar $$
central eateries in the capital. CENTRAL HELSINKI: Zetor €€€ Caucasus
Downstairs, the café offers tasty Finnish Map C4 Karavannaya ulitsa 18
pastries for breakfast, while the Mannerheimintie 3–5, 00100 Tel 312 1665
menu at the upscale restaurant Tel 010-766 4450 Kavkaz-Bar has a superb location,
upstairs features contemporary Owned by the Kaurismäki close to Nevskiy prospekt, and
cuisine in a cozy atmosphere. brothers, who are Finnish icons, an intimate atmosphere. It also
this quirky late-night restaurant serves the best vegetarian
CENTRAL HELSINKI: offers a meat-and-potato-centric kebabs in town.
Kuu Kuu €€€ menu. The decor includes a rusty
Finnish tractor and sawdust on the floor. PALACE EMBANKMENT: 1913 $$
Museokatu 17, 00100 Russian
Tel 09-270 90974 Voznesenskiy prospekt 13/2
This laid-back restaurant serves Tel 315 5148
both Scandinavian classics and Rest of Finland Named after the last year of
modern interpretations of Russian imperialism, 1913 prides
traditional Finnish cuisine. The RANTASALMI: Järvisydän itself on generous portions of
menu features such dishes as Piikatyttö €€€ outstanding regional dishes
salmon soup and meatballs. Finnish such as draniki (potato pancakes)
There is terrace dining in summer. Porosalmentie 313, 58900 with bacon and sorrel soup, as
Tel 020-729 1760 Closed Sep– well as lobster dishes.
CENTRAL HELSINKI: Saslik €€€ mid-Jun
Russian Feast on food inspired by PALACE EMBANKMENT:
Neitsytpolku 12, 00140 17th-century recipes at this inn Via Dell’Oliva $$$
Tel 09-742 55500 50 km (30 miles) from Savonlinna. Mediterranean
The lavish decor, period Bolshaya Morskaya ulitsa 31
furnishings, and traditional folk SAVONLINNA: Huvila €€€ Tel 314 6563
singing in this Russian restaurant Finnish This huge taverna, with its own
may be too much for some, but Puistokatu 4, 57100 bakery, offers a healthy and
Saslik is still a great place to Tel 015-555 0555 Closed Sun varied Greek menu, an extensive
sample bear steak and Russian Lakeside restaurant and brewery salad bar, and a good range of
staples such as blini. serving delectable local fish such Mediterranean hors d’oeuvres.
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