All 8 Michelin-starred restaurants in Finland in 2026, plus the 3 Lapland rooms worth the drive: opening hours, booking windows and what to order.
Michelin stars in Finland,: 8 restaurants are starred in the 2026 Nordic Guide: 6 in Helsinki, 1 in Turku, 1 in Porvoo. Up here the best food is in 3 small rooms in Rovaniemi and Inari. This page has both, with what to order and when to book.
Finland's eight starred restaurants. The 2026 selection was announced on 1 June 2026: Grön rose to two stars, Boreal earned its first, and every other Finnish star was retained. The list changes every year, so check the Guide before you book.
8 starred restaurants in the south, 3 rooms in the north: Helsinki to Rovaniemi is 800 kilometres.
Palace: Finland's first star in 1987 and a second since 2022. Tenth floor above the South Harbour: Nordic clarity with French technique.
Grön: Starred since 2018, two stars from 2026. Toni Kostian's tiny room with an open kitchen: vegetables from the restaurant's own garden, everything else from within Finland.
Boreal: New star in 2026. Pasha Demin's menu is built on the short northern seasons: wild produce, fermentation and preserving.
Demo: Starred since 2007. Finnish and European produce, polished cooking in a classic structure.
Finnjävel Salonki: Finnish classics rebuilt as modern fine dining. Salonki is the house's starred tasting-menu room.
Olo: Starred since 2011. Modern Nordic tasting menus from northern seasonal ingredients, on the Esplanade.
Kaskis: Starred since 2022, the first outside Helsinki. Erik Mansikka and Simo Raisio's tasting menu: big flavours in a small room.
Vår: Starred since 2023 and the first in Porvoo, about an hour's drive east of Helsinki.
The Guide's good-value mark went to three Helsinki restaurants: Nolla, 305 and Bona Fide.
Kvitnes Gård: In the 2026 Nordic guide a star went to a restaurant north of the Arctic Circle for the first time. Chef Halvar Ellingsen's organic-certified farm grows much of what it serves, dinner is a single evening seating, and guests sleep in cabins on the farm.
Helsinki is 800 kilometres south of Rovaniemi, so it is a different trip from this one. Book directly with the restaurant.
Where you eat best in Lapland. These three source their ingredients close by and do more with them than reindeer and potato. Opening hours and menu details were checked on the restaurants' own sites on 25 September 2026. The star figures are Google user ratings, not our own scores.
Restaurant Nili: The best-known restaurant in Lapland, and the reputation is earned. The reindeer comes from local herders and the berries from pickers. The room is timber and warm, and the house turned 20 in autumn 2026.
Reindeer. It is the whole point of the place. The menu changes with the season.
11 Sep–31 Oct: Mon–Fri 16:00–23:00, Sat 14:00–23:00, closed on Sundays. 30 Nov–28 Feb: daily 12:00–23:00. Other seasons at nili.fi.
Table booking at nili.fi. In September 2026 a four-course menu was 45 euros per person.
Restaurant Aanaar: Wilderness Hotel Juutua, Saarikoskentie 2, Inari
The restaurant sits on the bank of the Juutuanjoki in the middle of the Sámi homeland, and it shows on the plate: fish from Lake Inari, reindeer, and herbs from the fells. About 7,000 people live in Inari, and this is still a room worth the drive.
Kitchen daily 17:00–22:00, menu orders by 21:00. Bar open 09:00–23:00. Closed for renovation 7 Oct–20 Nov 2026.
Book a table online at restaurantaanaar.fi. In winter and during the midnight sun, book well ahead.
Rakas Restaurant & Bar: Arctic TreeHouse Hotel, Tarvantie 3, about 8 km from the centre
The hotel's main restaurant, open to non-guests as well. The kitchen turns Lapland ingredients into modern à la carte, and the restaurant opened in 2016. Come by taxi or your own car.
À la carte daily: until 8 Nov 18:00–22:30; from 9 Nov 17:00–23:00, with lunch 12:00–16:00 as well. The kitchen closes half an hour earlier.
The rooms are small. From mid-December to February and under the midnight sun, tables go weeks ahead.
Four things worth knowing beforehand. These rooms are small and the evening is long. This is how it turns out the way it should.
A multi-course menu runs two and a half hours, sometimes three. Do not book a table right before you have to be somewhere else.
The rooms offer wines matched to each course alongside the menu. It is usually the best addition of the evening, and it often costs as much as the menu itself. Ask the price when you book.