City: Northern Ostrobothnia
Top Restaurants in Northern Ostrobothnia
Top Things to do in Northern Ostrobothnia
Top 10 restaurants in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Northern Ostrobothnia (Finnish: Pohjois-Pohjanmaa; Swedish: Norra Österbotten) is a region of Finland. It borders the Finnish regions of Lapland, Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as the Russian Republic of Karelia.
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1. Crecian
Overall Ratings
4 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By mWrite - Helsinki, Finland
Restaurant is located some hundred meters from main walking district. Decoration is greek with white and blue table clothes.
Menu is mainly highlighting Crecian specialties or house specialities. We Afrodite Chicken, which comes with haloumi cheese and pepper sauce. The other one was chicken souvlaki. Both portion came with option of different potatoes or additional salad. My with potato wedges didn't feel very Greek, more American. Entire portion was bit dry, they recommend to have souvlaki with pita and tzaziki. Honestly that makes portion too big for Europeans to consume. Size vs price, make good deal, you are full when you leave.
Staff was nice.
2. Ravintola Istanbul Oriental
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 120 reviews
Istanbul, a Turkish restaurant established in 1993, has street level dining and a picturesque patio where one can enjoy a fresh breeze. Located on Rotuaari Street in the centre of Oulu, Istanbul provides a Turkish dining experience.HOSTING PRIVATE EVENTSOur facilities can be reserved for private events including parties and business meetings.GENUINE GRILLED CUISINEOur chefs have created a traditional Turkish menu prepared on a charcoal grill. Using traditional Turkish recipes, we use fresh ingredients and create most of our dishes to order.MORE THAN A REGULAR NIGHT AT THE RESTAURANTOn special nights, our guests can sit at the chef’s table in our kitchen and participate with preparing their dinner.GENUINE, ORIGINAL AND AWARDEDIn addition to recognition from our loyal customers, the restaurant has received numerous awards. Bahri Karagümüs received the rank of “Les Rôtisseurs” in 2002 and in 2003, the restaurant received the “Chaine des Rotisseurs” shield. Istanbul was also recognized as Finland´s cleanest restaurant in 2007.
Reviewed By Anne Y
Homemade, and you can taste it. Meze-dishes are very good, fresh and strong flavours. Perfect place to have a date.
3. Ravintola Uleaborg 1881
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 156 reviews
Reviewed By SafetyPro-VA - Falls Church, Virginia
No reservation, so came here early. I have been turned away before because the restaurant was fully booked. Had a scallop appetizer and catch of the day. Both were excellent. Great wine selection. Very comfortable restaurant. Wait staff is professional - just the right amount of attention. No problem for two English speakers - menu in Finnish and English. Wish I had room for dessert!
4. Ravintola Hella
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 123 reviews
Reviewed By Esa P
Excellent ! We drank as an appetitive Joiku Cocktail With Lingonberry Mousse And Vodka, Excellent! The homemade bread was good but maybe the butter could have been with rock salt?
SalmonRoll with three variations of salmon was excellent, especially the salmon mousse! Duck risotto with mushrooms and redcurrant was good, only the method of cooking misses the real fire, like for example in Catalonias traditional restaurants.
The red wine Chateau De Cayx Cahors, Malbec was excellent and we were the lucky ones to taste it and recommend it to the wine list: wide and deep taste that in the end kept the taste very soft in the mouth
The dessert was Yoghurt Ice Cream with lime: great way to end the dinner: maybe 1-2 leafs of mint could have made it higher ending for the excellent gastronomic experience in Oulu!
Thank you Auli for the excellent service and Chef Marko Kesti for the good and tasteful quality food! We recommend this place with pleasure!
5. Restaurant Hugo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 80 reviews
Restaurant Hugo’s Scandinavian-French cuisine uses only the very best of the season’s ingredients.The favourites of Hugo’s chef - fish and shellfish - is the basis of the menu. There are also delicious meat dishes on the menu.Different seasons and local ingredients can be tasted on the regularly changing menu. The menu will never fail to surprise even the most devoted gastronomes.In the name of good food, we recommend Hugo to you and your guests!
Reviewed By Pauli30 - Oulu
Actually in top two in my home city. Hard to judge is it the best and I admit that five stars given (I give it really rarely) because wanted to recommend this restaurant for visitors in Oulu. I had to visit here five times before giving five stars - just to be sure about this...
Good things: Located at the market square near by Toripolliisi-statue (it is not poliisi in Oulu :) ), building is old and renovated with taste and honored the traditional style, this restaurant really tries to give fine dining-experience using local fish,vegetables,berrys etc., creative menus and very good taste components found in every bite, probably the best wine selection in Oulu - and they've done good job with the menu pairings, the staff is friendly.
Something I would do differently: We like to focus in food when dining - specially in winter's dark nights the big televisions on the wall are not giving anything but too bright environment. Okay there is coming artpictures from Finnish nature but if you enjoying fine dinner with company - this is not my thing.
Price is a little more than average restaurants but totally worth it. So if you are looking for quality dinner in Oulu this place must be considered. Seasonal menus gives well hints and flavours of traditional dishes near by.
6. Colorado Mts. Bar & Grill Ruka
Overall Ratings
4 based on 179 reviews
Colorado Mts. Bar& Grill serves you the biggest portions in Rukatunturi.Our bar shows all kind of sports and live music during the winter.Colorado is laid back and easy to come, like a livingroom.
Reviewed By Maxine A - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Visited the bar here several times during our recent Christmas ski holiday in Ruka. Lovely traditional cosy bar right in the centre of resort just metres from the front slopes with rustic decor and a range of comfortable Seating from soft leather sofas and arm chairs to bar stools.
There are bar snacks such as nachos available or if you want something more filing the adjoining restaurant is highly recommended but seems to be very popular so would suggest booking a table in advance - good menu range including burgers, pizzas and ribs etc or more traditional grilled meats such as steaks and reindeer. Average prices for a main course in the restaurant if about 30 - 35 Euro per person.
7. Classic Pizza Ruka
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 127 reviews
Reviewed By veronique d - Noordwijk, The Netherlands
I'm not a fan of pizzas but our son is, so we went in for lunch. it was a great choice, the pizzas are very different, you can have classic style pizzas but the best are the other ones.. the Bangkok was brilliant ! Fresh ingredients, very friendly staff, it was a very good surprise to me and I would recommend to anybody to try it.
8. Pizzeria Ruka
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 123 reviews
WELCOME TO ENJOY Restaurant visit contain a story of unique events and process from food, service, milieu, people, atmosphere and special details. The story of Pizzeria Ruka is affected by a traditional receipt to bake pizza dough in addition to the highest quality of ingredients. Delicious and crispy pizza dough is made by restaurant bakery. The Pizzeria Ruka has captured the hearts of gourmets with local recipes since 1988! We hope that you are satisfied with your experience to the story of Pizzeria Ruka: food, drink and service. People who concern food and service sincerely and passionately are creating the story of Pizzeria Ruka! We welcome you to enjoy the story, food and service of Pizzeria Ruka!
Reviewed By ristosan - Espoo, Finland
Ordered pizzas by phone and they were ready in ten minutes to fetch. And they were delicious, especially the house pizza. More cheese on the top would have been nice.Hi, Thank you for review and welcome again. Next time we're happy to add some more cheese on request! :) Best Regards, Henrik, Pizzeria Ruka
9. Viikinkiravintola Harald
Overall Ratings
4 based on 119 reviews
Viking Restaurant Harald. Located right in the heart of the city centre, Viking Restaurant Harald serves up the very finest the forest and waters have to offer - just like in the days of the ancient Northern adventurers. The menu has meat and fish in its many forms, but not even the Vikings would have been to make their epic journeys without a healthy dose of vegetables, not to mention a mouthwatering
Reviewed By Red3886
Ordered the "normal" portion of beef, which tasted pretty good, although the amount of beef given is quite little for the normal portion. But it is still filling, as the dish comes with a generous serving of fried slices of potatoes which I really enjoyed. Came with a nice combination of sauce which really added to the flavor of beef and potatoes.
10. Kauppuri 5
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 257 reviews
Reviewed By Keijo N
These were supposed to be the best burgers in town. What we got was: - Cold Sandwich - Over fried french fries - Buns were chewy - Unbalanced taste (too much blue cheese) Service was OK
