Bistro Elli — Restaurant in Turku sub-region

Didn’t want to walk around so we decided to had dinner at the hotel restaurant. The place is cozy and nice ambience. Friendly service. Decent price for a hotel restaurant, especially if you have S-card.

Beef tartar is too big cut, it’s supposed to be small cut so it kind of melts in the mouth. Also too much topping so it’s a little bit overwhelming. Luckily, the meat itself is good quality.

I like the dessert, some lemon cream and sorbet ice cream, it’s refreshing.

I had the same pasta on different day. Overall the pasta is good that’s why I’m having it again, but funnily enough the second day tasted better than the first one. I asked the waitress, she said it was actually two different chef.

They have asparagus as seasonal menu, I try the soup. Tasted sooooo good, it’s just perfect. I usually don’t like asparagus that much. This is the best way to eat...

Congratulations, Sokos Hotel Kupittaa 🥳 You’ve managed to invent the world’s first syrup-free pancake experience. Who knew such a thing existed? Every other hotel in Finland I’ve ever stayed at somehow cracked the complex mystery of “pancake + syrup = happiness.” Not here.

When I asked about it, the host told me with a straight face: “Hotels in Finland don’t have syrup.” Oh really? Fascinating new Finnish tradition I must have missed while traveling around the country enjoying pancakes with syrup at other hotels.

If you’re going to put pancakes on the buffet, please don’t make guests feel like they’ve accidentally walked into a practical joke. A bottle of syrup isn’t rocket science,...

Absolutely delicious food! Pricey but to be expected in a hotel restaurant. I had the butternut squash and lentil ragu the first night which was hearty. Accompanied by an absolutely stellar French Riesling. It’s now one of my favourite wines!!

The bread basket served gratis comes with a gobsmackingly good soft, salted butter.

Two days later I had the excellent grilled trout over a parsnip purée. On this occasion service was not as good: the waitress spent time, with her back turned to us, chatting with...