Ämmilä
Restaurant Ämmilä offers traditional local food with a modern twist since 2007. Over the years, the restaurant has become famous for its honest and authentic Laplandic á la carte menu as well as its home-cooked lunch buffet.
Traditional local food with a modern twist
Over the years, Restaurant Ämmilä in Levi has become famous for its honest and authentic Laplandic á la carte menu as well as its home-cooked lunch buffet.
The á la carte menu is based on guaranteed clean and excellent raw goods from producers in the nearby areas.
Depending on the season, the menu includes trapped willow grouse, game from nearby reindeer herder communities and fish in many different forms, not to mention Laplandic berries and the world’s best puikula potato (almond potato) and more. The excellent wine list or a Hullu Poro schnapps will complement your dinner will make your experience perfect.
Lunch Buffet & Lappish Buffet
During lunch time Ämmilä serves ‘home-cooked style’ lunch buffet. On Sundays the buffet is served on a Lappish way, being a Lappish Buffet.
Served when the restaurant is open.
Check opening hours below.
Lunch
Mon – Sat from 11 to 15.
Price 16 €
Lappish buffet
Sundays from 11.00 to 15.00
Price 21 €
Starters: Sumptuous Salad Buffet, Bread and Spreads.
Main courses: Sautéed Game, Kammi’s Reindeer Sausage, Glow-Fried Salmon and Mashed Potatoes
Dessert: Bilberry Pie & Vanilla Sauce and Sweetened Lappish Berry Soup with Whipped Cream.
Contact info
Tel. +358407148894
Address: Rakkavaarantie 3, FIN-99130 Levi
Opening hours
Open from 1 May 2024 all summer long
* Lunch Monday – Saturday 11.00 – 15.00
* Lappish buffet on Sundays 11.00 – 15.00
* A la carte daily from 15.00 – 21.00
Closed on Mon 13.5.2024
Menu
Restaurant Ämmilä
Menu – May 2024
Starters
Creamy morel mushroom soup served with fermented white asparagus (L, G) 16 €
Reindeer carpaccio (L, G) 19 €
Served with egg yolk crème seasoned with lovage herb, lingonberries, pickled onions and Lappish potato crisps
Blini (L) 19 €
Traditional buckwheat blini served with roe of your choice, marinated red onion and sour cream
• Cold smoked rainbow trout roe
• Pike roe
• Seaweed caviar
Extra blini 5 €
Salad
Ämmilä’s salad (L, G)
Salads, melon, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, pine nuts, pickled onions, and raspberry vinaigrette
• Naturel 15 €
• Grilled chicken breast 18 €
• Fried goat cheese and balsamico 18 €
Main courses
Sauteéd wild mushrooms (Vegan, G) 26 €
Served with sweet potato & lentil purée, lingonberries and pickled cucumbers
Pan-fried arctic char (L, G) 30 €
Served with mashed potatoes, fried vegetables, cauliflower purée and dill Beurre Blanc sauce
Beef tenderloin (150 g) 54°C (L, G) 39 €
Served with celeriac purée, potato confit, fried vegetables, red wine sauce and “smoked butter”
Sautéed reindeer (L, G) 32 €
Served with mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers and lingonberries
This is Lapland’s most traditional dish
Lappish style grill combo. (L, G) 31 €
Reindeer ribs glazed with spruce pud teriyaki and reindeer bratwurst sausage served with lingonberry coleslaw, aioli and fries
Smash Burger (L) 20 €
Potato bun, 2x smash patties (90g), cheddar cheese, onion, pickles, house ketchup and mustard aioli
Oklahoma Smash Burger (L) 20 €
Potato bun, 2x smash patties (90g), jalapeno cheese, fried onion, pickles and chili mayonnaise
Poro Burger (L) 20 €
Potato bun, reindeer patty (150g), Lappish cheese, salad, pickles, Fat Aslak cranberry compote and mustard aioli
Desserts
Chocolate cake (L,G) 13 €
Served with raspberry crumble and vanilla ice cream
Rhubarb & Lemon (L,G) 14 €
Rhubarb and strawberry curd, lemon gelée and crispy oats
Lappish cheese (L, G) 14 €
Served with mocca caramel and cloudberries from the Raittijärvi Village
Homemade Ice cream sundae scoop 6 €
Ice cream sundae scoop. Our staff will help with the daily assortment
Kids menu
Fried chicken, vegetables and fries (L, G) 13 €
Sautéed reindeer, mashed potatoes, lingonberries and pickled cucumber (L, G) 15 €
Fried artic char served with vegetables and mashed potatoes (L, G) 15 €
Update 3.5.2024
Wine list
White Wines
FRANCE
Chablis
Regnard Chablis Saint Pierre, Régnard 82,00 €
Chardonnay
Chablis
Chablis 1er Cru Montmains, Jean Collet & Fils 135,00 €
Chardonnay
ITALY
Veneto
Dal Cero Ramato Pinot Grigio, Dal Cero 48,00 €
Pinot Grigio
PORTUGALI
Vinho Verde DOC
Casal Garcia Vindo Verde 39,00 €
Azal, Loureiro, Pederna, Trajadura
Vinho Verde
Anselmo Mendes Muros Antigos Alvarinho, Anselmo Mendes 58,00 €
Alvarinho
AUSTRIA
Kamptal
Jurtschitsch Grûner Veltliner Stein, 61,00 €
Weingut Jurtschitsch
Grûner Veltliner
Rheingau
Prinz Von Hessen Riesling Feinherb 56,00 €
Riesling
Pfalz
Villa Wolf Gewürztraminer, Villa Wolf 52,00 €
Gewürztraminer
That’s Pink Riesling 51,00 €
Riesling, PInot Noir
CHILE
Bio-Bio Valley
Cono Sur Single Vineyard Block 23 Riesling, Cono Sur 55,00 €
Riesling
USA
Lodi, California
3 Finger Jack Chardonnay 66,00 €
Chardonnay
NEW ZEALAND
Marlborough
Mud house Sauvignon Blanc, Mud house 50,00 €
Sauvignon Blanc
Red Wines
FRANCE
Bordeaux
Regnard Bourgogne Pinot Noir, RegnardBordeaux Regnard 66,00 €
Pinot Noir
Rhône
Guigal Saintes Pierres de Nalys Châteauneuf-du-Pape 100,00 €
Grenache Noir, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Syrah
ITALY
Veneto
Tommasi Ripasso Valpolicessa, TOmmasi 70,00 €
Rondinella, Corvina, Corvinone
Tommasi Amarone, Della Valpolicella Classico, 115,00 €
Tommasi
Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Oseleta, Rondinella
SPAIN
Rioja
Coto de Imaz Gran Reserva, El Coto 82,00 €
Tempranillo
Toro D.O.
Termanthia, Bodega Numanthia 250,00 €
Tinta de Toro
PORTUGALI
DOC Douro
Casal Gancia Douro, Aveleda 39,00 €
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Rorix, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca
ARGENTINA
Mendoza
Norton Reserva Malbec, Bodega Norton 54,00 €
Malbec
CHILE
Central Valley
Cono Sur Bicicleta Cabernet Sauvignon 46,00 €
Cabernet Sauvignon
USA
California
3 Finger Jack Old Vine Zinfandel,Delicato Family Wines 66,00 €
Zinfandel
NEW ZEALAND
Central Otago
Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir, Mud House 58,00 €
Pinot Noir
Sparkling Wines / Champagne / Rosé
Casa Canevel Prosecco DOC Brut, Italy 45,00 € / 75cl
Jaume Serra Cava Brut, Spain 40,00 € / 75cl
Casa Canevel Prosecco Rosé Brut, Italy 50,00 € / 75cl
Veuve Clicquot, France 17,40 € / 12cl // 109,00 € / 75cl
Dom Pérignon, France 340,00 € / 75cl
Zenato San Benedetto Rose, Italy 46,00 € / 75cl
Dessert Wines
Tommasi Recioto Valpolicella, Italy 66,00 € /37,5cl
Dreissigacker Riesling Auslese, Germany 120 € / 75cl
Lakka Fortified vväkevä viini, Finland 56,00 € /75cl
Graham’s Late Bottled Vintage Port, Portugal 75,00 € /75cl
Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sweet Sherry, Spain 60,00 € /75cl
Updated 3.5.2024