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European, Scandinavian, Bar
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options
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Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Drinks
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All reviews lunch chocolate cake lake perch excellent food nice place local ingredients enjoyed our visit beer brewery dessert vuokatti ambience
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Reviewed 9 April 2023

Food is ok but the service is terrible. We have had dinner ar Haapala several times and every time we have waited our food/drinks/bill ridicously long wihout any apology. Also the staff does not seem to be trained, they dont know about the allergies, wines...etc. Some waiters have also been generally rude towards us. Would not recommendMore

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 15 February 2023 via mobile

Tasty lunch, seasonal mostly local ingredients, friendly service and excellent beers, nice atmosphere. Excellent value for money.

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 23 September 2022 via mobile

Nothing to complain - better than expected. Nice rustic environment yet easy to access and even car charging. Good beer and service.

Date of visit: September 2022
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Adventurer821616, Owner at HAAPALA, responded to this reviewResponded 24 October 2022

Thank you for your nice review! Best regards, Kaisa Tyler Haapala

Reviewed 23 July 2022

I traveled with my old dog and got really good service both in the brewery and in the summer cafe. The rhubarb chocolate cake was very tasty and the beers I have served at home have received many compliments.

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed 7 July 2022

Haapala is a restaurant in connection to Haapala micro brewery in Vuokatti. They are located in an old farm house building, which has been beautifully converted for this purpose. They offer both lunch and dinner and we had a dinner there one Thursday evening. Ambiance...was friendly and relaxed and service was fast and professional. We had a kyyttöburger, ribs and pike perch from the local lake. All portions were super tasty and well prepared. We also took some dessert specially worth mentioning was the chocolate cake with porter ice cream, which was really good. All in all we enjoyed our visit to Haapala and recommend it truly.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed 5 June 2022

We had a lunch there last Friday with big hopes, because had read really good reviews from the place. The service is Ok, nothing special but the food was a disaster- some pulled pork with lots of cheese on a bread -3 of 4 of...our family couldn’t eat it at all.More

Date of visit: June 2022
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Reviewed 8 November 2021 via mobile

Cozy brewery&restaurant, for lunch and dinner. They use local fresh ingredients and quality is superb. Good variety of own beers.

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed 18 July 2021 via mobile

Awesome atmosphere, excellent food. Restaurant surrounded by clean, pure nature and original, old buildings. Excellent food and their own beer.

Date of visit: June 2021
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Reviewed 16 July 2021 via mobile

Excellent dinner celebrating my father's 90. Good service and atmosphere. Personnel was fully committed to make our celebration successful.

Date of visit: July 2021
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Reviewed 15 July 2021 via mobile

Very very slow service. Food was ok 7/10. Whole process was confusing people werenot served. There was way too few waitresses.

Date of visit: July 2021
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Reviewed 12 July 2021 via mobile

We did not stay for night. We only had a dinner wth friends. You should really eat here, excellent service and really good food and they have their own brewery. We booked table, If you want to be sure, make a table reservation. They have...s good menu.More

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Reviewed 26 February 2021 via mobile

Great food, beautiful athmosphere and their own beers was brilliant (Korpikuusen kuiskaus was our favourite) We recommend Panimomestarin leipä or rehellinen ulkofileepihvi for main dish.

Date of visit: February 2021
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Reviewed 6 February 2021 via mobile

Great atmosphere, beautiful old buildings and really nice hand-crafted beers and excellent food. Definately worth visiting, and I surely will visit again!

Date of visit: February 2021
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Reviewed 2 November 2020

Great food, great atmosphere and great service. The food and drinks were excellent and the quality/price was very good. I will go back if I am in the area.

Date of visit: October 2020
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Reviewed 5 August 2020

Delicious food made from local ingredients, amazing beer made on site & super nice staff. Will keep coming back anytime i'm in the area.

Date of visit: August 2020
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  • Food: 4.5
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