Restaurant car
Enjoy good food as the scenery passes by
Our restaurant cars and sales trolleys are at your service throughout your train journey. The sales trolleys are at your service on trains that lack the restaurant car.
The restaurant car now offers an even wider range of pasta dishes
Would you like a pesto pasta with Finnish alder-smoked rainbow trout or a hearty pasta carbonara?
Our chicken pesto pasta is topped off with parmesan and a grilled chicken fillet. Our rich tomato pesto pasta will surely charm both vegetarians and flexitarians.
Pasta dishes from the restaurant car cost €11.70–14.40. All the pasta dishes are lactose-free. The tomato pesto pasta is also vegan.
Restaurant car favourites to your sleeper cabin
You can order selected meals from a restaurant car to your cabin . Order the goodies online when buying your ticket or by adding the order to your booking at least 5 days prior to departure or on the train from the conductor.
Various payment methods
You can pay for food and drink in the restaurant car easily with all Finnish and international payment cards. Smartum and Eazybreak lunch vouchers are also accepted. In the restaurant car, you can also pay for your purchases in cash, but the sales trolley only accepts payment by card.
Restaurant car opening hours
Tasty food all dayThe restaurant car on our day trains is at your service for the entire journey. On night trains, the restaurant car closes at 2 am (alcohol service ends at 1:30 am) but opens to serve you again at 4 in the morning.
Enjoy delicacies in the comfort of your own seat
Restaurant car takeaway service
Did you know you can buy food and non-alcoholic drinks from the restaurant car and enjoy them in your seat? Read a book, watch a movie or enjoy the scenery as it passes by in comfort while you eat.
Find out how to orderCreamy salmon soup & bread
Mouth watering and delicious salmon soup.
Extensive drink selection
The restaurant car’s proprietary Kisko lager is a refreshingly simple thirst quencher.
Meatballs & mashed potatoes
The all-time favourite, with over 80,000 portions sold each year.
Autumn treats in the restaurant car
Season's treatsThe autumn season brings warming soups to the restaurant car. Try the curried vegetable soups as such, or add salmon or chicken for a more filling feed. Quench your thirst with Karhu's fresh NEIPA or Pale ale brew.
Restaurant car menu
Welcome to the restaurant car! Our wide selection of tasty dishes is updated twice a year and is complemented with seasonal and new products.
Benefits with the VR Matkalla app
When you have the VR Matkalla app on your phone, you get a discount from selected meals, drinks and snacks in the restaurant car.
Show the app at checkout and enjoy these treats a little cheaper:
Large coffee 2,70 € (normally 3,20 €)
Tomato-pesto pasta (V) 10,70 € (11,70 €)
Larger meat ball portion (L, G) 15,20 € (16,20 €)
Pie with tomato & horse bean (V, G) 6,90 € (7,90 €)
Mansikka- tai vaniljajäätelö 2,90 € (3,30 €)
Mineral water 2,90 € (3,30 €)
Jacob's Creek sparkling wine (20 cl) 13,90 € (14,90 €)
Gato Negro wines (25 cl) 10,90 € (11,90 €)
Offers are valid until further notice. The discounted price is listed in bold, the normal price in brackets.
Enjoy the night train restaurant atmosphere
You can enjoy dinner while the scenery changes and eat breakfast when approaching your destination. All our night trains have a restaurant car.
Read moreMake a table reservation
You can make a table reservation for a train. When you reserve a seat upstairs in a restaurant car, you can buy meals and drinks downstairs and enjoy them at your seat. The entire restaurant car is licensed for alcohol consumption.
Take the kids to the restaurant car
The kids will also love restaurant car selection. On InterCity trains, the restaurant car is conveniently next to the coach with a play area. If you prefer, take your drinks and meals and enjoy them in comfort of your own seat.
Customised meal service for your group
Order meals in advanceDoes your group want morning coffee, a tasty lunch or perhaps dinner with sparkling wine? Browse through our diverse selection and reserve our customised meal service for your group in advance.
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2,160,000 cups of coffee
Finnish coffee lovers drink an amazing 2.1 million cups of coffee each year. Cinnamon rolls are the perfect partner coffee. A variety of sandwiches, smoothies and yoghurts are also popular snacks available in the restaurant car.
The restaurant car’s number one choice
With over 80,000 portions sold each year, meatballs and mashed potatoes is clearly the all-time favourite meal in the restaurant car. In total, over 200,000 different meals are served in our restaurant cars each year.
Alcohol service on our trains
About alcohol use on our trainsEnjoying alcoholic beverages is allowed only when purchased from the restaurant car or the train's sales trolley. The serving area includes the restaurant car & its upper floor. On sales trolley trains, there's service throughout the train.