Vegan-friendly
Lacto
International
Beer/Wine
French
Fusion
Gluten-free
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Bistro offering clearly marked vegan dishes such as focaccia with olive oil & balsamic vinegar, plant camembert with white wine & herbs, onion soup, desserts and more. Open Mon 11:00-16:00, Tue-Wed 11:00-20:00, Thu 11:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-23:00. Closed Sun.


15 Reviews

First Review by CandyLee

Tessavirallinen

Points +91

Vegan
15 Jan 2026

The snails!

The snails!!!!!!!!!!!!
🐌🐌🐌

GreenPea!

Points +218

Vegan
12 Dec 2025

Lovely vegan friendly bistro💚

Bistro Vilja is one of my favourite places in Tampere. It is a very special place.💚

At lunch, they always have a vegan option and a really good salad bar! Coffee and dessert are also included.☕

My favourite dish in Bistro Vilja's ala carte menu is "vetanat" (vegan snail pan) made from mushrooms.

The service is super friendly and the place has a nice cozy and warm atmosphere.💚

Sinikka

Points +171

Vegan
21 Aug 2025

Full list of vegan desserts!

Very vegan friendly, only few dishes with fish or cheese, mostly vegan.
Had the vegan escargots which was awesome, and then the

Pros: Vegan snail pan is must (it's mushroom!), Full list of vegan desserts, Atmosphere

JenkuPie

Points +315

Vegan
05 Aug 2025

Five stars, must go place in Tampere!

Very vegan friendly place. Vegan dishes are clearly marked on the menu and most of the dishes you can order vegan by request. All of their desserts are vegan too, which is rare! I highly recommend two dishes: vegan escaragots (vetanat) and creme brulee. You can't find anything like them anywhere else (at least in Finland). Pure perfectness. ❤️ This place is known about those dishes. As a main course I ate gnocchi from the summer list and it was very delicious too.

Pros: Vetanat, Creme brulee, Clearly marked vegan options

Cons: Restaurant gets quite hot during summer

Meri-MaijaNäykki

Points +50

Vegan
16 Jul 2025

Child and dog friendly

Vegan escargots is an amazing dish! They also did a vegan platter for our two ears old and our dog was welcome both indoors and terace!

Pros: Vetanat (vegan escargots), Vegan platter for a kid, Vegan candy as a small dessert

SeitanSeitanSeitan

Points +3433

Vegan
19 Oct 2024

Must go in Tampere

So beautiful place! Service is super friendly and the food is very good. I had vetanat (vegan escargots) with vegan blue cheese and potato flat bead with soy beef. Very tasty.

myrsky

Points +894

Vegan
17 Aug 2023

Came here for the snails ;)

Snails? Vetanat? Yes, you got that right, they offer a vegan snail plate.😄It's just mushrooms in the end, but damn the sauce in which those were gratinated was just fabulous. We had some potatoes on the side, also excellent, can't wait to come back to try out more. On their weekly menu all dishes appear to be available in a vegan version as well. Nice atmosphere, cute back yard, great & friendly staff!

Pros: Those snails!, Lot of choice for vegans!

Emma&Sonja

Points +1857

Vegan
14 May 2023

Five stars!

We had a lovely late lunch at Bistro Vilja ❤ All the appetizers sounded so good that we decided to take four appetizers and one salad to share. The broth served with focaccia and herb mayo was excellent, really hearty and tasty. The potato dish and the turnip with hummus were alright, but the star of the day was definitely the mushroom dish!! They were a piece of heaven - definitely one of the best dishes we've ever had in any restaurant. The salad with vegan 'nduja was lovely as well. Definitely will be returning to enjoy the mushroom dish again!

The space was really cozy and we had excellent service.

Pros: The mushroom dish is a must!!, Great service, Cozy and inviting atmosphere

Laurihyo

Points +25

Mostly Veg
11 Mar 2023

Cozy small restaurant with delicious food

Amazing service and delicious food. Almost all dishes can be made vegan and its not like they are missing anything. They had three different vegan cheeses to choose from… We went here two nights in a row

Pros: Almost every dish had vegan option, So delicious food, Service

Gastropapu

Points +595

Vegan
26 Nov 2022

Nice place with delicious food

If you visit Vilja you must try the vegan snails, they are awesome!

ducklover56

Points +360

Vegan
03 Nov 2022

Cosy bistro with lots of vegan options

Would have liked to give five stars as I understood all of the dishes at Bistro Vilja were available also as vegan😄We especially loved some of the starters: Jerusalem artichoke with yummy creamy sauce and vegan snails made of mushrooms served with vegan blue cheese. Also the main course, mushroom pie was delicious. And the vegan creme brulee for dessert

Pros: Everything available also as vegan, Lots of gluten-free options, Really nice and genuine staff

Cons: Fake flowers

LeenaKorteniemi

Points +50

Vegan
14 Aug 2022

Soooooo delicious

Food here is amazing. Would have given 5 stars but that was not possible because it is not fully vegan bistro. Even though it is not fully vegan there are so many vegan options and most of non-vegan dishes are possible to get vegan.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Amazing staff and venue, Food is amazing

jmz2

Points +60

Vegan
14 Jul 2022

Excellent focaccias

Both the food and the service were excellent. Parking behind the building.

Pros: Service

Cons: Few options

Sarkku

Points +409

Vegetarian
02 Apr 2022

Enjoyed my visit

Good vegetarian options. I ate the vegetarian focaccia which had a good balance of flavors. Portion was big. Great atmosphere!

Pros: Great atmosphere, Nice staff

Cons: Quite expensive

CandyLee

Points +402

Vegan
10 Mar 2022

Need to go again!

Vegan garlic ”escargots” and tofu focaccia were amazing! This place has mind blowing starters and I would want to try them all ✨

Updated from previous review on 2022-03-10




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