The food is just amazing, service is excellent and the atmosphere there is great with nice music and Carelian style interior and exterior. The building is located on the high hill and offers probably one of the most beautiful sceneries you'll find in Finland. Definitely...worth going and a place to take your foreign visitors to.More

The restaurant has a really wide buffet of traditional Karelian cuisine for a bit more than 20 euros, so if you have felt the need to try it, this is definitely your chance. The Parppeinvaara Bardic Village is also situated right next to the establishment,...so the area offers entertainment and history as well on the side.More

This restaurant offers typical karelian specialties in a buffet for lunch. Food is delicious and the atmosphere authentic.

This restaurant is really off the grid, but the food is really delicious and views are great. There is a museum village right next to the restaurant also worth visiting.

A nice location on a hill just outside Ilomantsi. We stopped for lunch at the suggestion of the woman from the local tourist info office. The price for the lunch buffet was quite steep, so make sure you're hungry to get your money's worth. Personally,...I find the ubiquitous Finnish dish, the Karelian pasty, to be pretty bland, but this place does provide "egg butter" for them so that was different. Standout dishes were a creamy mushroom salad, a creamy baked salmon, and and a lingonberry/carrot relish that paired well with the pork stew.More

During summer the restaurant serves buffet lunch, which consists of both traditional and modernized local dishes. There is gravlax, smoked salmon, local smoked fish, mushroom salad, sauerkraut, marinated cucumbers, Karelian meat stew etc. The buffet includes fresh from the oven hand made Karelian pastries -...heavenly! If you order in advance (details on restaurant website), you can have a take away package of the pastries. All food is fresh, well prepared and presented, and the service is friendly. The only reason for not giving a 5 is that if you pay 23e per person for a buffet lunch, you do not expect to have a plastic table cloth! Even a bare table is better in my opinion. As a side note, the building looks to need some external maintenance to keep the environment beautiful at the top of Parppeinvaara.More

Food was very tasty, especially the "säräjuurekset" were really tasteful. And all food and also the Carelian pies you can get gluten free! The scenery from the terrace is stunning! Only negative point is that you can smoke on the terrace while other people are...still eating!!! Had to take our plates and finish our dinner inside.More

Very nice lunch. traditional Carelian food prepared with care. A lot of choices! The only trouble is that the restaurant stops serving food at 4 o´clock in the afternoon.

Enjoy authentic traditional Carelian cuisine! This place was picked by the Lonely Planet guide for a reason! Best Karelian pastries in the world!

I am pretty sure this restaurant serves the best Carelian cuisine in the world. I ate from the buffeet table and everything served in there was top notch. This restaurant is for those who want to enjoy authentic traditional Carelian cuisine.

We were guests of Finnish friends from Helsinki, Turku and Somero who treated us to lunch in this lovely place. The buffet was very colourful, lavish and delicious ( twice ). Karelian specialities abounded and were outstandingly good. We were even shown by charming local...ladies how to make the special pastries of Karelian fame. Starters, salads, entrees, and vegetables were varied and interesting. Desserts were local, fruity and fresh. Non alcoholic drinks including wonderful home made beer were freely available. The building itself was traditional log built open and airy with a wonderful aroma of pine forests. Facilities were modern and spotless. Altogether very highly recommended. Can'e comment on value as we were guests - but the place was very busy with Finnish familes and lots of well behaved little Finns.More