Restaurant services
Enjoy good food as the scenery passes by
Our restaurant cars and sales trolleys are at your service throughout your train journey. Whether you're after a nice lunch, a little snack or even a glass of bubbly, we've got you covered! The restaurant car's unique atmosphere welcomes you to enjoy your trip with tasty treats.
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 €10.90–13.50. 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 from the conductor and we deliver them straight to your sleeper cabin.
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 is closed for a few hours during the night but opens to serve you again early in the morning.
From the home kitchen to the restaurant car menu
Vegetable-stuffed spinach pancakes won the Söisin! recipe competition and will feature the menu of VR’s restaurant cars. Read the story behind the winning dish and watch a video from the finale that was held in February.
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.
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.
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.
Where would you like to travel?
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.
Tasty provisions from sales trolleys
In some of the long-distance trains, restaurant cars are replaced by sales trolleys. The sales trolley visits the coaches and offers a diverse range of snacks for your journey. The selection includes tasty breakfast and sweet and savoury snacks. The sales trolleys are open for the whole train trip.
Which trains have a sales trolley?
Trains with sales trolleys travel on several routes
Most of these routes also have trains with a restaurant car. All the trains with sales trolley are IC trains. Pendolino, Allegro and night trains always have a restaurant car. Railbuses have no restaurant services. You can check from the trip search if the train you selected has a restaurant car or a sales trolley.
Did you know that the entire train with a sales trolley is licensed for alcohol consumption?
The entire train with a sales trolley is licensed. This means that you can enjoy the wine or beer you buy from the sales trolley at your own seat.
Please note that if the train has a restaurant car, only the restaurant car is licensed. You may not take alcoholic beverages from the restaurant car to your own seat.
Sales trolley menu
Breakfast, snacks and cold and hot drinks. The sales trolley selection offers treats for all tastes. Trolley goods can be purchased with a card.
Travelling between Russia and Finland
The Allegro train service is discontinued for now. We will refund the price of the Allegro tickets purchased for the cancelled departures.
Allegro Bistro
Start your journey to St. Petersburg already on the train
Get in the mood for your journey to St. Petersburg with bubbly champagne and by tasting the Russian favourites, such as pelmeni and borsch.
All dishes available at your own seat
Did you know that you can buy food and non-alcoholic drinks from the restaurant car and enjoy them at your seat?
Pesto pasta with tomato
Rich and hearty vegan pasta dish
Meat pelmeni in herb sauce
Allegro’s tasty, classic dish
Luxury in the 1st Class of Allegro
The 1st Class ticket price includes a meal, with several delicious options to choose from. The restaurant staff will serve the meal to you at your seat.
Restaurant services on Tolstoi
The Tolstoi night train to Moscow has an atmospheric restaurant car. In addition, you can order coffee, tea and snacks from the designated train attendant in each coach. The ticket price includes a small meal or snack that you can enjoy.
