Where to eat in Tampere

Where to eat in Tampere

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   2h+k

   The name means "two rooms and a kitchen", and the establishment indeed consists of two rooms, one of which functions as an Italian-style restaurant, the other as a pub.

   12:00–23:00 mostly·Restaurant main courses €15–27, pub fare €12–17

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   4 vuodenaikaa

   Les Quatre Saisons

   Authentic French food. This delightful lunch bar-restaurant is one of the best kept culinary secrets in Tampere. Affordable and delicious, topped with a unique market hall atmosphere. Easily the best lunch offers in town.

   Mon–Fri 11:00–16:00, Sat 11:00–15:00·Lunch only €8–18

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   Antika

   Greek neighbourhood restaurant. Very cosy atmosphere and friendly staff.

   Tue–Fri 11:00–14:00 and 16:00–23:00, Sat 12:00–23:00, Sun 13:00–20:00·Main courses €11–22

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   Bertha

   Started in fall 2010 but became very popular almost right away. Received the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs badge after only six months. Fixed-price menu updated frequently - during the first seven months of operation, the menu was updated a hundred times. Reservation is usually needed on Friday and Saturday. Excellent price/quality ratio.

   Tue-Fri 16:30-, Sat 13:00-

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   Bodega Salud

   Spanish restaurant catering to carnivores and vegetarians. Serves also more exotic courses such as Rocky Mountain oysters, horse, gnu, and kangaroo.

   Mon–Fri 11:00-, Sat 12:00-, Sun 13:00-·Main courses €16–30

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   Classic American Diner

   American-themed burger joint. Serving sizes range from mid-size meals to towering behemoth burgers.

   Mon–Wed 11:00–21:00, Thu–Fri 11:00–23:00, Sat 12:00–24:00, Sun 12:00–22:00·Burgers €10–35

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   Coussicca

   The oldest neighbourhood restaurant in Tampere. Known for its large breaded pork escalope, or Coussican vinkkari.

   Mon–Fri 11:00–22:00, Sat Sun 12:00–21:00·Main courses €13–25

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   Diagonal

   A restaurant specializing in pasta and steaks, also serving kebabs, pizza and burgers.

   Mon–Fri 10:30–21:00, Sat–Sun 11:00–21:00

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   Duck's Burger

   There is more to this small roadside grill than meets the eye. Cheap but edible food (and beer) is served all day every day, but the grill's real charm lies in its rugged atmosphere. The grill is visited by both locals and people driving the E12 highway so it's a great place to meet people from all walks of life.

   Sun-Thu 10:00–00:00, Fri Sat 10:00–02:00

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    Finlaysonin Palatsi

    Beautifully located restaurant at the mansion of Finlayson factory complex.

    Tue–Fri 11:00–24:00, Sat 12:00–24:00·Main courses €15–26

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    Gastropub Nordic

    Offers Nordic beers and a few Nordic style dishes. Friendly staff, may be a bit crowded on Friday and Saturday nights.

    Mon–Fri Sun 15:00–02:00, Sat 12:00–02:00·Food €5–10

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    Gastropub Tuulensuu

    Moody gastropub serving super tasty Belgian food. Astounding selection of mostly Belgian beers, French ciders, wines and cigars. Friendly and competent staff.

    Mon–Fri Sun 17:00–24:00, Sat 12:00–24:00·Food €5–17

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    Gopal

    Excellent vegetarian lunch restaurant just outside the centre. While not an actual Indian restaurant, the food is seasoned in Indian style.

    Mon-Fri 11:00–17:00, Sat 12:00–16:00·€1.85/100g

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    H and H Deli

    Fine dining restaurant "Hella ja Huone" hosts a tiny fast food place that serves coffee, salads and tasty subway sandwiches. Early hours and the location in the train station make it a great place to grab a breakfast sub to a train when heading out of town.

    Mon–Fri 06:30–20:00, Sat 10:00–18:00

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    Heinätori

    A fine dining restaurant in its most basic form, with an excellent setting for a company lunch or private functions. Traditional Finnish pork sauce, the restaurant's specialty, is served on Wednesdays.

    Tue–Sat 12:00–22:00, Sun 12:00–17:00·Main courses €18–32

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    Hella ja Huone

    Fancy, experimenting and surprising French-Scandinavian fusion cuisine next to Duck Park.

    Tue-Sat 18:00-·Menus (from one to eight courses) €26-€82

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    Henriks

    A modern Finnish restaurant in a beautiful historic building. They also serve a vegetarian menu and a small supper at €18.

    Tue-Fri 17:00-23:00, Sat 13:00-23:00

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    Hook

    Hot chicken wings and other deep-fried dishes. Local favourite, prepare for a queue.

    Mon–Thu 16:00–24:00, Fri 16:00–01:00, Sat 14:00–01:00, Sun 14:00–22:00·12 chicken wings €6.70

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    Kauppahallin kotilounas

    Simple home cooking for lunch only. Prices include salad buffet, bread, drinks, coffee and dessert.

    Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00, Sat 10:00-14.30·€7.20-€10.50

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    Maruseki

    Japanese restaurant and tea house founded and owned by Marjo Seki, who lived 20 years in Japan as a teacher and interpreter. Maruseki had the first tea house in Finland, and you can experience real Japanese dinner kneeling in front of a kotatsu-table wearing a kimono.

    Tue-Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri 11:00-22:00, Sat 11:00-21:00·Sushi and warm dishes from €6 to €20

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    Masuuni

    Local ingredients turn into fancy but still comfortably laid-back dishes at the bottom level of Hotel Ilves.

    Mon-Thu 18:00-23:00, Fri 18:00-24:00, Sat 17:00-24:00·Main courses from €22 to €28, menus from €44 to €50

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    Nanda Devi

    An excellent Indian curry restaurant. A popular buffet lunch on weekdays.

    Mon–Thu 11:00–22:00, Fri Sat 11:00–23:00, Sun 12:00–22:00·€12–19

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    Näsinneula

    Revolving restaurant atop the sightseeing tower. It's expensive, but they specialize in Finnish ingredients and the results are above average.

    Open now · closes 11:30 pm·Main courses from €20 to €30

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    Pancho Villa

    Mexican restaurant. Tasty dishes and stylish Mexican decor, but a bit pricey.

    Mostly 11:00–22:00·Main courses €11–25

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    Patarouva

    The restaurant with full of relaxed atmosphere, and on the pub side you can experience exciting sports moments and enjoy the day in the company of friends.

    Main courses €18–36

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    Paulikki

    Light lunch. You can also read the daily newspaper in the café.

    Mon-Fri 11:00-13:30·€5.90

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    Piha

    A restaurant with a bright and modern space. Especially specialized in organizing various corporate and private events, from meetings to evening parties.

    Mon–Fri 11:00–14:00

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    Pizzeria Napoli

    The oldest and most loved pizzeria in Tampere. Pizzas vary from ordinary to exotic (for example, ostrich meat, or Finlandia vodka with fried game)

    Mon–Thu 11:00–23:00, Fri 11:00–24:00, Sat 12:00–24:00, Sun 13:00–23:00·Pizzas €10–13

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    Pyörykkäbaari

    A local favourite serving meatballs (hence the name "Meatball bar") and sausages by the pound! Be sure to have their famous creamy pepper sauce on the side. It's a treat.

    Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00, Sat 08:00–16:00

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    Ravintola C

    Restaurant C

    An excellent restaurant that values great ingredients, uses a lot of local, seasonal ingredients, and is well known for its wine list. Awarded with the Finnish Restaurant of the Year award in 2011.

    Tue-Fri 11:30-14:00, Tue-Sat 17:00-24:00

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    Ravintola Kierto

    Lunch includes salad, main course, bread, drink and coffee. Lunch also includes a vegetarian option.

    Tue-Thu 12:00-14:00·€3/€6, dessert €1.50

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    Roka Sushi & Robata

    Authentic hand-made sushi and robata-grilled food. Very broad variety of products in a cosy ambience.

    Tue–Fri 14:00–22:00, Sat 12:00–22:00, Sun 12:00–18:00·Around €20

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    Siipiweikot

    This restaurant is concentrated mainly on hot chicken wings. Although the restaurant itself is in central Tampere, it delivers its famous hot sauces to other restaurants in Finland too. The dishes range from 6 wings all the way to 100 wings. There are seven different kinds of sauce available: mild, medium, hot, X-hot, XX-hot, kamikaze and Vampyree Wing (medium hotness, smoked garlic). The "hot" kind is usually enough to satisfy the need for hot sauce, the sauces above that are scorching hot and for die-hard enthusiasts only.

    Mostly 14:00–22:00·Main courses starting from €6

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    Silta-Lounasravintola Viinikka

    Only lunch. Lunch includes salad, bread, food, dessert and coffee or tea.

    Mon-Fri 11:00-12:30·€8.30

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    Sitko Pizza & Bar

    Real artisan pizza in the centre of Tampere. Known for the delicious sour dough base and quality ingredients. Also good selection of craft beers and wines.

    Tue–Thu 11:00–22:00, Fri 11:00–00:00, Sat 12:00–00:00, Sun 12:00–9:30·Pizzas €11–16

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    Speakeasy

    A restaurant themed after the early 20th-century American prohibition era. The menu is very meat-oriented, but there are fish and vegetarian options available. The entire menu concentrates mostly on thick, greasy diner food. The restaurant is famous for its chicken wings, and the biggest option available consists of no less than 200 wings. There are four different choices of sauce – mild, medium, hot, or extra hot. Try the mobster sandwiches – there's a chicken, bacon and fish option available, each with vegetables and spices, served with French fries. This is usually the last restaurant open in the Finlayson factory building.

    Mostly 10:00–23:00·Main courses €10–20 – not counting the chicken wings; 200 wings will cost over €100

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    Stefan's Steakhouse

    A steak restaurant opened up by American-Finnish Stefan Richter, an American Top Chef finalist who owns a couple of restaurants in Santa Monica. Serves also Wagyu beef steaks.

    Mon-Thu 16:00-23:00, Fri 16:00-24:00, Sat 13:00-24:00, Sun 14:00-22:00

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    Tapolan mustamakkarabaari

    Get the freshest possible black sausage straight from the Tapola factory's oven at their "black sausage bar".

    Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–17:00

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    Thai Golden Chang

    The first Thai restaurant in Tampere. Stylish Thai decor, extremely friendly staff and good food.

    11:00–21:00·Main courses €12–20.

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    Tiiliholvi

    In the basement of a beautiful 19th-century building is this very attractive red-brick restaurant. Menu consists of classic French with a Scandinavian twist.

    Mon-Fri 11:00-15:00 and 17:00-24:00, Sat 13:00-24:00·Main courses from €20 to €26

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