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, Kammis 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
* Lunch Monday – Saturday 11.00 – 15.00
* Lapland buffet on Sundays 11.00 – 15.00
* A la carte daily 15.00 – 23.00
Menu
Restaurant Ämmilä
Menu
Starters
Ämmilä’s Bread basket (L) 13 €
Sourdough bread served with duck liver mousse and apple compote
Also available with vegan foie gras
Roasted Jerusalem artichoke and wild mushroom soup (L, G) 16 €
Served with pickled wild funnel chanterelle, apple compote and macadamia nuts
Reindeer carpaccio (L, G) 19 €
Served with egg yolk crème seasoned with lovage herb,
lingonberries, pickled onions and Lappish potato crisps
Arctic char ceviche (L, G) 19 €
Served with fermented fennel, dill mayonnaise 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
• Seaweed caviar
Extra blini 5 €
Salad
Autumns finests preservations. (L, G) 20 €
Crispy salad leaves, shoots and herbs from the Kotipelto Farm, pickled vendaces, roasted apples, Jesusalem artichoke, preserved vegetables and nut vinegrette
Main courses
Sauteéd wild mushrooms (Vegan, G) 26 €
Served with sweet potato & lentil purée, lingonberries and pickled cucumbers
Lobster risotto (L, G) 29 €
Served with fermented fennel, crayfish salad and Parmesan cheese
Pan fried arctic char (L, G) 30 €
Served with stewed potatoes, fried vegetables, cauliflower pyre 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 lingon berries
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
Reindeer From Utsjoki prepared in two ways. (L, G) 42 €
Reindeer tenderloin and Ragù served with celeriac purée, potato confit and red wine sauce
Desserts
Chocolate cake (L,G) 13,00 €
Served with rasberry crumble and vanilla icecream
Crema Catalana (L,G) 14,00 €
Served with cloudberry gèle
Lappish cheese (L, G) 14,00 €
Served with mocca caramel and cloudberries from the Raittijärvi Village
Petit fours 12,00 €
Our staff will help with the daily assortment
Homemade Ice cream sundae scoop 6,00 €
Vanilla, chocolate, salted caramel, blueberry yoghurt, strawberry sorbet
Kids menu
Fried chicken, vegetables and fries (L, G) 13,00 €
Sautéed reindeer, mashed potatoes, lingonberries and pickled cucumber (L, G) 15,00 €
Fried artic char served with vegetables and mashed potatoes (L, G) 15,00 €
Update 31.10.2023
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
Loire
Dezat Sancerre Blanc, Stéphanie & Arnaud Cellier des Marnes 85,00 €
Sauvignon Blanc
ITALY
Veneto
Dal Cero Ramato Pinot Grigio, Dal Cero 49,00 €
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
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 31.10.2023