Hotelli Kalevala
  • Väinämöinen 9
  • 88900 Kuhmo, Finland
  • 24h +358 8 6554 100
  • 8am - 8pm +358 40 707 8911
  • info@hotellikalevala.fi
  • sales@hotellikalevala.fi
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    • Traditional tastes

    Our cuisine is designed for international taste while proudly using local products like fish, meat and berries.

    The dining room can seat up to 200 people and you can enjoy your meal at our beautiful landscape restaurant.

    For groups there are available several different theme dinners such as the Kalevala Buffet or a historic Old Time Dinner for those who wish to experience traditional Finnish food in the old fashioned way.

    You are most welcome to enjoy our hospitality.

    Opening hours
    Form Tuesday to Saturday 5 pm - 9 pm (please, make your order before 8.30 pm)

    Menu

    A la carte

    Appetizers

    Caesar salad 11,00 / 17,00 L (G)
    With chicken 14,00 / 20,00 L (G)
    With crispy bacon 13,00 / 19,00 L (G)
    With chicken and bacon 17,00 / 22,00 L (G)

    Forest mushroom soup 12,00 / 18,00 L (G)

    Fish soup a la Kainuu 13,00 / 19,00 L (G)

    Mains

    Beetroot patties 24,00 L, G
    Beetroot patties with green asparagus, hummus and honey glazed
    goat cheese on salad bedding

    Pike-perch parchment 34,00 L, G
    Restaurant Kanteletar’s most popular classic dish
    Pike-perch from local lake, smetana potatoes, season vegetables

    Kainuu salmon 29,00 L, G
    Baked salmon from Kainuu region with butter-dill potatoes,
    lingonberry sauce

    Kanteletar burger 22,00 L (G)
    Patty with brioch buns, ketchup, caramelled onions, pickles, salad,
    house dressing, cheddar, lettuce, fries
    - Patty options: beef / salmon / vegetable
    Extra: goat cheese / bacon / dip 2,00

    Oven baked chicken 24,00 L, G
    Chef’s special: oven baked chicken with tomato vegetable
    sauce and basmati rice

    Minute steak 30,00 L, G
    Beef minute steak, seasoned butter, oven baked
    root vegetables, fries

    Traditional reindeer stew 35,00 L, G
    With potato mash, pickles and lingonberries

    Desserts

    Finnish blueberry pie 12,00 L
    Warm traditional blueberry pie with vanilla sauce

    Finnish squeky cheese 12,00 L, G
    Cheese oven baked in cinnamon cream, served with cloudberry jam

    Tar ice cream 12,00 L, G
    Tar flavored homemade ice cream with cloudberry jam

    Three course menus

    KANTELETAR'S FAVOURITE FLAVORS L, (G)
    In this menu we serve the best local flavours made with local incredients.

    Tradition splint
    Tasters of local food: rönttönen (lingonberry pastry), Finnish cheese with cloudberries, mushroom salad in rye cup, local fish
    ***
    Pike-perch parchment
    Pike-perch from local lake, smetana potatoes, season vegetables
    ***
    Tar ice cream
    Homemade ice cream flavoured with local tar

    59,00 / person
    55,00 / person for a group of 2 - 4
    49,00 / person for a group of 5 - 8

    Drink package 24,40 /person
    - House cocktail Tellervo
    (Kalevala Gin, Campari, cranberry liqueur)
    - Haapala beer, blonde ale (Sotkamo)
    - Finlandia Coffee (coffee, Finlandia vodka,
    cloudberry liqueur)

    TOUCH OF EASTERN BORDER L
    Our location next to borderline affects our kitchen. Taste traditional treats of neighbouring country.

    Blini platter
    Blinis are tasty year round. With blini patties we serve onions, smetana, honey, pickles and seaweed caviar.
    ***
    Pelmeni
    Classic of Eastern European kitchen.
    dumplings with meat filling are served with smetana
    ***
    Syrniki
    Slavic quark pancakes with cranberry and vanilla sauce

    59,00 / person
    55,00 / person for a group of 2 - 4
    49,00 / person for a group of 5 - 8

    Drink package 18,00 /person
    - Vodka
    - Vodka
    - Vodka