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!
Coming Soon:
Nili’s Spectacular Birthday Menu returns from September 11 to October 31, 2026!
During this period, only our Birthday Menu will be available. (Our regular menus and à la carte menu will not be offered.)
The Birthday Menu will be revealed in August – stay tuned!
Nili’s porcini kuksa L,(G) 11,90
Porcini mushrooms from Kainuu braised in sour cream with herb rye
Nili classic since 2006
Fresh maiden’s salad with squeaky cheese L,(G) 13,90/21,90
Glazier’s summer vegetables, flatbread croutons and cloudberry vinaigrette
Salmon soup L,(G) 14,90/22,90
In churned butter baked Maalahti malt bread
Reindeer roast tartare with smoked garlic L,G 15,90
Rosemary salt-seasoned roast of reindeer, lingonberries, crispy potatoes, watercrass and smoked garlic cloves
Local bread and churned butter L 1,50
Price per person
(limited availability)
Pan-seared cod cheeks and nettle tartar sauce L,(G) 15,00
Nili’s vegetable schnitzel L,(VE) 23,90
Warm tomato salad with rose vinaigrette, and béarnaise sauce
Flame-grilled whitefish fillet L,G 29,20
Lightly smoked sour cream sauce, spinach potatoes, seabuckthorn, and grandma’s pickled cucumbers
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 36,60
Beef sirloin steak, game sauce seasoned with spruce shoots, roasted Puikula potatoes, and tarragon butter
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
Children under 12 can enjoy half-sized main courses at half price.
Not valid for special dishes
Nili’s chocolate kiss L,(G) 12,90
House chocolate mud cake, caramel chocolate mousse, fresh strawberries, crunchy nut brittle, and salted caramel
Cloudberry crème brûlée L,(G) 12,90
Cloudberry jam, and oat crumble
Nili`s fresh sorbet duo L,G,D 7,50
Changing selection of sorbets
Arctic coffee L, G 14,80
Cloudberry liqueur, Jaloviina *, coffee and cream
L=lactose free, LL=low lactose, G=gluten free, (G)=Available gluten free, D=dairy free
