Nili takes you to enjoy of
pure tastes on arctic nature

Mouth-watering Lapland!

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…

Check Nili´s Christmas Menu!

Did you know we have two other restaurants across the road? Restaurant Nest and Himo

A la carte 2024-2025

Starters

Nili’s porcini kuksa L,(G) 11,90
Porcini mushrooms from Kainuu braised in sour cream with herb rye
Nili classic since 2006

Riverman’s salmon soup L,G 14,80
In creamy fish broth cooked Arctic Ocean salmon with potatoes and chive dill oil

Lapland’s potato pancake L 16,20
Whitefish roe mousse, juniper-cured Arctic salmon, pearl onions, and pickled cucumber

Tasty reindeer rillette L,G 16,90
Reindeer rillette flavored with lingonberry, mushroom mayonnaise, pickled button milk-cap mushrooms, and crispy root chips

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)

Specialities (limited availability)

Keskitalo’s sip L,(G) 11,20
Rich willow grouse broth & rye

Bear kuksa L,G 18,80
Bear meat in its braising stock, served in a wooden kuksa cup

King of the forest L,(G) 69,00
Tender braised bear rillette and reindeer groat sausage with creamy spruce shoot sauce, lingonberry mustard, and porcini mushroom potato cake

Willow grouse from Enontekiö L 59,60
Pan fried willow grouse breast with battered tender braised leg, deep fried Lapland’s puikula potatoes, and Väinö’s porcini mushroom sauce

Mains

Autumn harvest L, G 24,90
Porcini mushroom risotto ennobled with Koskenlaskija cheese, crispy kale, and root vegetables

Breeze from the Arctic Ocean L,G 26,80
Alder smoked Arctic Ocean`s salmon, herb roasted Puikula potatoes, and crab foam

Arctic pike perch L,G 29,50
In sage butter fried pike perch fillet, butter mashed puikula potatoes, caramelized fennel, and nettle white wine sauce

Traditional sautéed reindeer L, G 29,70
butter mashed puikula potatoes, pickled cucumber, and home-made lingonberry jam

Kangasniemi’s hearty beef steak L, G 34,60
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

Desserts

Chocolate and cherry LL,G 13,20
Warm chocolate fondant, cherry sorbet, white chocolate mousse, and spruce shoot caramel with nuts

Sea buckthorn crème brûlée L,(G) 12,60
winter apple compote and biscuit crumbs

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

Nili´s Beverages 2024 (rights for changes reserved)>>

Nili´s Christmas Menu available 7.Nov.-25.Dec.2024

Book your own table online! >>

Aperitif
Kammi Elf Mulled Wine 12,90, non-alcoholic 8,90


From fresh and salty waters
Juniper-cured Arctic salmon, whitefish roe mousse, Lapland’s potato pancake, pearl onions, and pickled cucumber L,(G)
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The finest from reindeer herding
Medium-roasted reindeer calf fillet, bacon potatoes, pine tar roasted root vegetables, and rich thyme sauce L,G
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Chocolate and cherry
Warm chocolate fondant, cherry sorbet, white chocolate mousse, and spruce shoot caramel with nuts LL,G

62,00 per person


Wine package for Christmas menu 29,00 per person
Tornion Panimo’s Christmas Ale gluten-free 4,5% 0,44L 9,90


L=Lactose-free, G=Gluten-free, (G)=Available gluten-free, LL=Low-lactose

Welcome to enjoy!