Restaurant Isä Camillo — Restaurant in Kuopio sub-region

Came here twice May 2021 and recent is March 2025 i can say that thier Isä Camillo's Menu for 2025 which includes creamy fennel & salsify soup, steak and carrot muscovado cake which is 59€, as whole meal it is decent but not extra ordinary. Plating can be improved as you would expect for this kind of restaurant to have. 2021's order was steak with potato gratin and i remember it liking those before than at present. Interior was ok but some parts needs more improvement like thier room catered for 14 pax which is not so welcoming. Ambience thier could be improved. Staff is quite confused of the kinds of doneness of the steak. I order medium well. Well, there are only 5 official doneness of a steak (even when you googled it) which are: 1.rare 2.medium rare 3.medium 4.medium well 5.well done and as the steak is about to be served the staff is saying "medium plus" which i don't understand why he keeps on saying that when medium plus is not even doneness. You don't see it in the 5 official doneness of a steak. I believe in this kind of steak restaurant, staffs should be fully aware of what kind of doneness a steak has/have because that's gives a bad impression as whole to...

The restaurant is located in a old bank, you can see the vault in the back. The building gives the restaurant a nice ambiance.

I had a risotto for starter, and it was one of the best risottos I've ever had - matching and exceeding many I've had in Italy. Roasted tomatoes, roasted pine kernels and feta cheese were nicely offset by jerusalem artichoke. I would have chosen this as a main any day.

The steak I had for mains was well prepared and I enjoyed the crunchy seasons vegetables and new potatoes. It didn't rise above the risotto, but then again, how could it.

Service was friendly and attentive, the waiter deserved a nice tip.

Would come again....

My wife and I are visiting from New Zealand 🇳🇿. We went to this restaurant with local friends. My wife and I are vegan, so no meat, dairy products, or eggs. The chef's produced our meals from the menu and adapted our meals for us. I had the Kirsikkatomaattirisotto, and my wife had the Fetageatinoitua. The meals were absolutely delicious. Our friends also enjoyed their meals. Table service was superb, and the staff spoke English 😊. Background music was very pleasant. We do intend to visit Kuopio again in Winter. We will definitely visit this...