Espilä Restaurant
Эспиля
A lakeside restaurant that recreates the menus of 1930s Finland. Signature dishes are rye-crusted pan-fried herring, Finnish salmon soup and lingonberry semolina mousse.
Located at 3A Lenin Avenue, in a park by the bay. It was once a well-known restaurant from the Finnish era, and it now serves Finnish and European dishes based on historical 1930s menus. Recommended dishes are rye-crusted pan-fried herring, Finnish salmon soup (about 800 rubles), meat stew, venison patties (about 1,150 rubles) and lingonberry semolina mousse (about 400 rubles). Prices are moderate. 2GIS gives it a 4.8 rating with more than 1,600 reviews, and the average spend is about 3,000 rubles per person. It is about a 10-minute walk from the Old Town.
Opening hours
Daily 12:00–24:00
Nearby sights
- Vyborg Old Town & Krepostnaya Street
- Transfiguration Cathedral
- Alvar Aalto Library
- Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul
- Round Tower & Market Square
- Hermitage-Vyborg Centre
- Clock Tower
- Old Cathedral Ruins