Buffet
Salad bar
European
Honey
Finnish

Est. Dec 2012. Serves a vegan lunch buffet which consists of soups, salads and warm dishes. Note that honey is offered for drinks. Also sells some packaged foodstuff. Space can be reserved for parties and events. Open Mon-Fri 11:00-15:00. Lunch until 3:00pm, fast food until 4:00pm.


Venue map for Kasvisravintola Karpalo
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15 Reviews

First Review by Pitaya

TimiVincze

Points +562

Vegan
02 Jan 2025

Great place!

I didn't expect to find an all vegan buffet in this town so it was a complete surprise! Food is very good and reasonably priced.

Taino

Points +42

Vegetarian
18 Oct 2024

A vegan oasis!

In this region of Finland a vegan/vegetarian restaurant is like an oasis in a desert. It was worth planning my drive down south in eastern Finland so that I’d be in Kuusamo around lunch time to have their enjoyable buffet meal. Not just was this for my benefit but also a tangible gesture of support for an endeavour that needs our support to continue in business!

By the way, I was told by one of the staff ladies that they no longer provide honey as an option to add as a sweetener for their dessert; so consequently it should more accurately now be reclassified as a vegan establishment.

Pros: That it is there!!! , Good value for money, 5 different flavoured water options!

Cons: Only open at lunch😒

Sinikka

Points +152

Vegan
23 May 2024

Vegan lunch buffet

Very delicious salad buffet and mushroom soup for starters, vegan spreads for homemade rolls, vegan soft Ice for dessert.

Pros: Spreads and rolls, Salad buffet, Soft icecream

Cons: The fava bean patties were dry, The seitan bolognese sauce was too light at taste

Egexe

Points +66

Vegan
07 Dec 2023

Best in the north

Amazing food, great price and friendly staff

Pros: Changing daily menu, Comfy vibes, Great taste

Jenni_jlo

Points +44

Vegan
18 Jun 2023

Healthy vegan lunch

We used to live in Kuusamo for five years, and went there several times a week to have a delicious, nutritional buffet meal. A must when you visit Kuusamo! They use local produce from the forest and from their own garden.

jofiskare

Points +790

Vegan
25 Mar 2022

Vegan restaurant

I went here with my non-vegan friends to get take-away food. They had a fully vegan lunch buffet with delicious beetroot patties, potatoes and carrots, and a salad bar. We came quite late so there was no soup left but we also got a chia pudding as a dessert. Can definitely recommend, we all liked the food :-)

Updated from previous review on 2022-03-25

Muikkunen

Points +39

Mostly Veg
22 Jul 2021

Super tasty lunch

Great lunch place! A must for any vegan visiting Kuusamo.

Pros: Affordable lunch (only 9 euros without soup)

Cons: Few parking spaces

SannaP

Points +75

Vegan
06 Jul 2020

Excellent lunch

Cozy place with simple but tasty vegan food buffet. Have few options of different salads and main dishes, bread. Dessert cake was bit dry, could have used something with it but otherwise good. Friendly service

Emma&Sonja

Points +1348

Vegan
14 Jun 2019

Tasty food

Such a cute little place and very tasty food! I hope I lived closer to Kuusamo just so I could come here more often!

Hylyls

Points +45

Vegetarian
09 Aug 2018

Fresh and delicious

I went here with my meat-eating partner (who is happy to eat vegetarian) and my 12 month old son. I was skeptical on what the quality would be being so far North and not many restaurants around! I should never have worried. My son LOVED the soup, and we all loved how fresh the salads were and that the hot options were tasty and had some good protein options. The dishes all had different flavours. I would eat here again in a heartbeat! A must if you are tired of the same old food when on a road trip holiday.

Pros: Cold and hot food served, Simple atmosphere, Plenty of options

Cons: Menu not in English

reissausta ja ruokaa

Points +1917

Vegan
19 Jul 2018

Simple and fresh buffet

Karpalo (means cranberry in English) is an unusual find in such a small northern town. We had buffet food which included salads (quinoa-broccoli salad, beansalad, rice salad, sauerkraut), warm food (pasta, stroganoff, beetroot patties and white sauce), soup (beetroot soup with vegan smetana), bread, drinks and dessert.

The food was simple, something like in traditional vegetarian restaurants and also pretty ordinary Finnish home food. Still they had some twists that school or home food does't traditionally have and it was way better.

The price of buffet was 10,50 euroa including soup, so the price was ordinary lunch buffet price, but the food was better and ingredients were better than normal.

Pros: Eat as much you want, Fresh food, Many dishes in buffet

apk

Points +54

Vegan
15 Apr 2018

Fantastic lunch

Very nice vegan buffet, food is locally sourced and seasonal

NellyDrachman

Points +118

Vegan
21 Feb 2018

iso suositus!

Maukasta ja puhdasta ruokaa! Mukava sekä lämmin tunnelma, iso suositus! Food was tasty and healthy. Big recommendation!

Pros: great food

Kokonainen

Points +66

Vegan
18 Aug 2017

Nordic vegan restaurant

Excellent, healthy vegan lunch 😄👍🏻
Suomen pohjoisin vegaaniravintola tarjosi mahtavan lounaan seisovasta pöydässä.

Pros: Nice and pleasent service, Healthy, Well balanced lunch, Fresh and clean ingredients, slow food, local

Pitaya

Points +1278

Vegan
15 Jun 2016

Northern gem

I was so happy to get to visit this restaurant last summer. It must be one of the most northern vegetarian restaurants in the world. We ate hamburger and sandwich and they were both super delicious. They also serve a buffet-type lunch, but it's really nice that they have "burger menu" too. When you are visiting northern/eastern Finland, it's really nice to find a place like this!

Pros: yummy food, great to have a vegetarian restaurant in this part, "burger menu"




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