A visit to restaurant Nili is a combination of tastes, scents and atmosphere. In the restaurant you can watch our skilled and cheerful staff at work through the open kitchen shutters. Our cornerstones are pure Lappish and Finnish ingredients and the food is prepared with heart and soul from start to finish in our kitchen.
The tasty portions will not leave you hungry. On our menu you will always find for instance fish caught in the pure Lappish lakes, game, berries and mushrooms. Upon request we will make menu suggestions just for your group. If you want to know more about the food feel free to as our chefs, the kitchen shutters are always open…
Did you know we also have another restaurant just across the road?
Restaurant Nest Welcome to visit!
Nili’s porcini kuksa L,(G) 12,90
Porcini mushrooms from Kainuu braised in sour cream with herb rye
Nili classic since 2006
Rivenman´s salmon soup L,(G) 14,80
In creamy fish broth cooked Arctic Ocean salmon with potatoes and chive dill oil
Lapland’s whitefish L,(G) 16,20
Whitefish tartare, whitefish roe mousse, malt bread and pearl onions
Tasty reindeer tartare L,G 16,90
Mushroom mayonnaise, pickled button milk-cap mushrooms, balsamic onions and egg yolk
Rovaniemi market L,G 25,20
A plentiful selection of the best delicacies from Lapland, Nili classic since 2006
(prepared for minimum of two persons, price per person)
Local bread and churned butter L 1,50
Price per person
Bear kuksa L,G 21,80
Bear meat in braising stock, served in a wooden kuksa cup
Willow grouse from Enontekiö L
Pan fried willow grouse breast with battered tender braised leg, deep fried Lapland’s puikula potatoes, and Väinö’s porcini mushroom sauce
Autumn harvest L,G 24,90
Chantarelle risotto, arugula, parmesan, and crispy root vegetable chips
Breeze from the Arctic Ocean L,G 28,90
Alder smoked Arctic Ocean`s salmon, roasted Puikula potatoes, and crab foam
Arctic pike perch L.G 31,60
In sage butter fried pike perch fillet, butter mashed puikula potatoes, caramelized fennel, and nettle white wine sauce
Traditional sautéed reindeer from Enontekiö L, G 29,70
Mashed puikula potatoes with melted butter, home-made lingonberry jam
and pickled cucumbers from Sauvo
Kangasniemi’s hearty beef steak L, G 35,90
horseradish-potato gratin, roasted root vegetables with forest honey, and spruce shoot sauce ennobled with Jaloviina brandy Nili classic since 2006
Reindeer roundup L, (G) 39,00
Grilled topside roast of reindeer, reindeer groat sausage, bacon potato terrine and dark thyme sauce
Nili classic since 2006
Chocolate and lingonberry LL,G 13,60
Warm chocolate fondant, lingonberry sorbet, white chocolate mousse, and spruce shoot caramel with nuts
Sea buckthorn crème brûlée L,G 12,90
Cloudberry jam and oat crumble
Dream of Nili L,G 13,90
Traditional Lapland’s squeaky cheese in kuksa cup with chef’s cloudberries
Arctic coffee L, G 14,80
Coffee, Jaloviina brandy, cloudberry liqueur and whipped cream
L=lactose free, LL=low lactose, G=gluten free, (G)=Available gluten free, D=dairy free
