Turku Restaurants

This is another boat restaurant by the river, maybe this one is a bit more stylish, anyway, they are all next to each other, just pop in and check out the menu and place if it is something for you, sometimes for me it is just a good place to have a cold drink in and sunny deck.

I would probably wouldn't pay much attention to this restaurant Kyoto if it wasn't that I just return back from Japan the week I visited Turku. Also because it was just opposite of the hotel I stayed in. However, this place can be a good choice if you want something Asian for a change.

This place is in the heart of the city, its a bit hard to define, its a coffee place, restaurant as well as a club as it is open late at night during weekends. In the summer it has very nice sunny terrace.

Cafe Brahe is relatively new and they have few in town already, the main one situation in the city center on the pedestrian street where in the summer you can enjoy delicate food and drinks on the warm terrace.

During the summer there are many Boat Restaurants by the river, some are better then the others but that might also change from year to year, anyhow Cindy is one of the boats I visited that seems fine to me.

Although this is a restaurant, the 2 times I visited this place I only drank cider or coffee and sat down for a short while to chat with my friends, so I can't really recommend (or not) the food they serve here. I've always thought of Blanko rather as a place where people meet to have a drink in the evening and as a "nightlife" spot -- at least my friends have told me that the environment is cool in the evening and people like to hang out there to have fun at night.

Anyway, this is a place with several small tables inside, decorated in a very minimalistic (= simple) style and with a few tables in the terrace/sidewalk too, which are often all taken. It must be nice to sit down outside during the spring/summer months because the restaurant is located on a busy street and next to the river, so you can see a lot of people passing by and enjoy the view during the long afternoons. The local is rather dark inside and not very fun, so maybe that's also why we haven't stayed there long. But it's ok if you want to make a pause in your visit and relax while having a drink at one of the most popular spots in town.

This is a small place where you can eat many kinds of kebab dishes and pizza at very reasonable prices. It's in the downtown area and believe me, a meal here will keep you satisfied for quite a while!!

Not everyone at this restaurant speaks English but they do have a menu in this language in case you don't speak Finnish and have no idea of what they serve in here ;)) There are several options to choose from, the place was clean and apparently it's popular among the locals.

Favorite Dish: Kebab was really good and BIG! I prefer the one with pita bread but they also had big rolls (which my friend says are really tasty and HUGE), kebab meat with rice, etc.......

Popular place for pensioners and unemploiers, because the price is reasonable. Here you see tourists very seldom.

Favorite Dish: AIV beer (stronger one, about 5.2%), 1/2 liter for 2.80 euros (In the beginning of 2006) in the morning and before 2 o'clock pm.