Ämmilä
Restaurant Ämmilä
Traditional local food with a modern touch
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 15 €
Lappish buffet Sundays from 11.00 to 15.00 Price 19 €
Starters: Sumptuous Salad Buffet, Bread and Spreads.
Main courses: Sautéed Game, Kammis Reindeer Sausage, Glow-Fried Salmon and Mashed Potatoes
Dessert: Bilberry Pie & Vanilla Sauce and Sweetened Lappish Berry Soup with Whipped Cream.
Rakkavaarantie 3, 99130 Sirkka, Suomi
Contact info
Table reservations tel. +358 16 6510 500
Address: Rakkavaarantie 5
Opening hours
Open daily 11:00 – 23:00
Buffet lunch monday – saturday 11:00 – 15:00
Lappish buffet Sunday 11:00 – 15:00
Á la carte daily 15:00 – 23:00 (kitchen open untill 22:30)
Hotel brakfast is served in restaurant Ämmilä until October
Menu
Starters
Soup made with roasted Jerusalem artichokes, served with potato & Västerbotten cheese -Gnocchis and crispy kale 15,00 €
Blini 15,00 €
Traditional buckwheat blini served with hand peeled prawns, Skagen mayonnaise, marinated red onions and dill
Extra blini 5,00 €
Lightly salted roast of reindeer and reindeer tongue mousse served with pickled roots,wild mushrooms and Juniper mayonnaise 15,00 €
Salad
Salad made with crispy salad leaves and shoots, roasted cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and nut vinaigrette
• Naturel 15,00 €
• Grilled breast of chicken 19,00 €
Ämmilä Summer Snack Specials
Ciabatta bread filled with crispy salad leaves and shoots, marinated red onion, tomato mayonnaise, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. Served with fries. 18,00 €
• Fermented broad bean croquette
• Beef Pastrami
• Grilled chicken breast
Roasted stem cabbages +2,00 €
Cheese burger with 150gr finnish beef patty, cheddar cheese, crispy shallot onion and truffle mayonnaise served with french fries 18,00 €
Reindeer burger made with Lappish cheese, cranberry compote, forest mayonnaise served with potato fries 20,00 €
Elk sausages from Raattama Village, served with Lappish potatoes, pickled cucumber, onion and forest mayonnaise 16,00 €
Main Courses
Pan fried Arctic Char served with King Crab risotto and pickled crab 29,00 €
Pepper steak served with crushed potatoes, pepper sauce, roasted stem cabbages and nuts 35,00 €
Beef sirloin served with smoked reindeer -cream cheese, fried vegetables and potato 28,00 €
Sauteed reindeer served with potato mash, lingonberries and pickled cucumber 28,00 €
Desserts
Madeleine pastry, raspberry-marshmallow mousse, fresh berries and merengue 12,00 €
Rhubarb pannacotta, roasted white chocolate and spelt crunch 10,00 €
Lappish cheese with cloudberries and brown sugar cream 12,00 €
Ice cream and sorbets 3,00 € / Scoop
• Strawberry
• Vanilla
• Chocolate
• Rhubarb Sorbet
• Oat and caramel. Vegan ice cream
Wine list
White wines
Regnard Chablis Saint Pierre, De Ladoucette, France 78,00 €
Chardonnay
Comte Lafond Sancerre, De Ladoucette, France 85,00 €
Sauvignon Blanc
Jurtschitsch Grûner Veltliner Stein, Kamptal, Austria 59,00 €
Grüner Veltliner
Rivaner Premier cru Remich Primeberg 2017, Desom, Luxembourg 51,00 €
Rivaner
Mesta Organic Verdejo, Bodegas Fontana / DO Ucles, Spain 38,00 €
Verdejo
Santiago Ruiz, Bodegas LAN, DO Rias Baixas, Spain 50,00 €
Albariño
Dr. Loosen Dr. L Riesling, Dr. Loosen, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany 48,00 €
Riesling
Irony Monterrey Chardonnay, California, USA 59,00 €
Chardonnay
Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling, Ste Michelle Wine Estate, Columbia Valley, USA 43,00 €
Riesling
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Riesling, Malborough, New Zealand 54,00 €
Riesling
Red wines
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Xavier, Rhone, France 89,00 €
Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah
Guigal Grozes-Hermitage, Etienne Guigal, France 67,00 €
Syrah
Tabali Reserva Carmenère, Chile 46,00 €
Carmenère
Zenato Ripassa Valpolicella Superiore, Veneto, Italy 62,00 €
Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, Oseleta & Croatina
Lan Gran Reserva, Bodegas Lan, Rioja, Spain 69,00 €
Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Garnacha
Torres Mas La Plana, Catalonia, DO Penedes, Spain 99,00 €
Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Julia Organica Malbec, Argentina 39,00 €
Malbec
Norton Reserva Malbec,
Bodega Norton, Mendoza, Argentina 54,00 €
Malbec
Don Melchor, Concha y Toro, Puento Alto, Chile 110,00 €
Cabernet Sauvignon
3 Finger Jack Old Vine Zinfandel,
Delicato Family Vineyards, USA 64,00 €
Zinfandel
Villa Maria Private Bin Pinot Noir,
Malborough, New Zealand 50,00 €
Pinot Noir
Table reservation
You can use the reservations form below to book a table in our restaurant. Reservation will be valid when we have confirmed it to Your E-mail.