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The Tavern kitchen is specialized in gastronomy and local food culture in Oulu region.
The tavern menu presents the traditions of North Ostrobothnian cuisine at its best.

Local food is the cornerstone of the Tavern cuisine.
We prepare all our dishes in our own kitchen. The sea salmon comes from the Arctic Ocean in Norway, otherwise we use only Finnish meats and fish. We get our potatoes and vegetables from local producers. We use only carrageenan-free (E 407) dairy products.

Special diets can be taken into account with most of our dishes. Please ask your waiter.

Arctic Food Lab

The Tavern menu items marked with the AFL logo represent the traditions of North Ostrobothnian cuisine at its best.

Arctic Food Lab

Arctic Food Lab is an initiative within the Oulu2026 project. It brings together operators in the fields of gastronomy and food culture in the Oulu region. Arctic Food Lab highlights the uniqueness of the raw materials grown under the northern Finnish sky and the culinary tradition created in Arctic conditions. The Tavern menu items marked with the AFL logo represent the traditions of North Ostrobothnian cuisine at its best.
Sokeri-Jussi and Arctic Food Lab

Arctic Food Lab

The Tavern menu items marked with the AFL logo represent the traditions of North Ostrobothnian cuisine at its best.

Arctic Food Lab is an initiative within the Oulu2026 project. It brings together operators in the fields of gastronomy and food culture in the Oulu region.
Arctic Food Lab highlights the uniqueness of the raw materials grown under the northern Finnish sky and the culinary tradition created in Arctic conditions.

The Tavern menu items marked with the AFL logo represent the traditions of North Ostrobothnian cuisine at its best.

Northern Delicacies to the World

Northern Delicacies to the World

Starters

Rössypottu from Oulu

14,50
a traditional soup made of blood pudding, smoked side of pork and potatoes

Baked potato

14,50
baked potato stuffed with creamy wild mushroom stew

Parsnip soup with bacon

14,60
creamy parsnip soup with smoked side on pork

Arctic char tar tar

15,80
raw cures arctic char, chives, red onion and sour cream on white bread

Arctic reindeer tongue

16,80
cold, boiled and sliced reindeer tongue, wild mushroom salad, lingonberry sauce

Whitefish appetizer

17,50
raw cured whitefish, horse radish sauce, spruce honey, dark bread

Reindeer false morel soup

18,40
creamy soup of cold smoked reindeer roast and false morel

Grandma's Kitchen

Sea Lapland lamb liver

28,50
lamb liver fried in butter, sauteed onion, sugar lingonberries, buttery mashed potatoes

Vegetarian dish

Tavern organic tofu

32,60
fried tofu breaded with flour, nettle spinach sauce, vegetables, baked potato

Organic tofu is available also in all dishes on the menu.

Fish main dishes

Vendace from Oulujärvi

36,80
vendace breaded with rye flour and fried in butter in a cast iron pan, roasted traditional root vegetables, buttery mashed potatoes, melted dill butter

Monastery whitefish

45,80
whitefish baked in butter, butter sauce seasoned with Valamo Monastery white wine, seasonal vegetables, herb potatoes

Arctic char à la Tavern

47,80
Arctic char baked in butter, creamy chanterelle sauce, seasonal vegetables, herb potatoes

Pike perch from Lake Irni

49,50
lightly breaded pike perch fillet braised in butter, boiled quail eggs in traditional dill sauce, seasonal vegetables, herb potatoes

Tavern reindeer specialities

Lappish sauteed reindeer

40,50
thin slices of reindeer roast slowly braised in butter, pickled cucumber, sugar lingonberries, buttery mashed potatoes

Juniper berry reindeer

56,80
roasted reindeer sirloin, over cooked reindeer entrecote, creamy Juniper berry sauce, roasted turnips, cranberry jelly, roasted potatoes

Meat main dishes

Hunter's steak

30,80
battered pork sirloin beef baked in butter, creamy wild mushroom sauce, seasonal vegetables, rustic French fries

Rowanberry chicken

32,50
roasted spring chicken breast, rowanberry sauce, seasonal vegetables, creamy potatoes

Sea Lapland lamb shake

36,50
oven roasted lamb shake, roast sauce, roasted root vegetables, buttery mashed potatoes

Tavern beef pan

36,80
grilled sirloin beef and grill butter, battered pork sirloin beef, Bearnaise sauce, grilled tomato, green beans wrapped in bacon, rustic French fries

Chef's pepper steak

48,60
grilled beef tenderloin steak braised in creamy pepper sauce, vegetables, pan fried garlic potatoes

Garlic beef

51,50
roasted sliced beef tenderloin, garlic butter, honey marinated garlic cloves, tomato with garlic cream cheese, creamy garlic potatoes

Tavern beef steak

52,80
roasted and sliced beef tenderloin, creamy false morel sauce, vegetables, pan fried garlic potatoes

Beef steak Peltola Blue

53,50
grilled beef tenderloin steak crusted with Finnish Peltola Blue cheese, dark blackcurrant sauce, peach, broccoli, creamy garlic potatoes

Desserts

Pikisaari special

16,50
liquorice parfait, tar topping

Summer dream

14,60
Crème brûlée, almond cookie

Cool temptation

14,80
rhubarb sorbet, strawberry

Kainuu nostalgie

17,60
bread cheese in cream, cloudberry

Ice cream

15 / 12
vanilla ice cream, strawberry compote

You can ask the staff for more information on the dishes and ingredients and products that may cause allergies or intolerances.
(Food Information Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011)

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