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RESTAURANT
RUKAN KUKSA

Restaurant is open in November from Monday to Saturday from 2pm to 9pm.

Rukan Kuksa is high quality à la carte Restaurant, serving wild food in Ruka town center

Our Meals are representation of traditional as well as modern dishes prepared from the local and wild ingredients.

Book Table

Chef’s recom­mended menu

Rainbow trout tartare

Reindeer sirloin with dark game sauce

Cloudberry brûlée

72 €

Cheese platter 8 €

Wine package 35 €

The pure nature of the North, local high-quality ingredients,
and wild herbs have inspired the flavors of our menu.
Whether you join this journey of taste on your own or
together with friends and family, our wish is to create a truly
unique experience for you. For us, wild food is more than
just food – it is a way to honor nature and its gifts. This year,
Rukan Kuksa proudly celebrates its 10-year anniversary,
and we are grateful to share this milestone with our guests.

With hearfelt passion,


Chefs de cuisine
Laura and Sonja Määttä

À la Carte Menu

Starters

  • HOUSE BREAD

    8€

    Housemade wild herb bread and rye crispbread

  • SMOKY BLACK SALSIFY SOUP

    14€

    Crispy juniper-flavored Kuusamo aged cheese, house malt bread

  • GRATINATED BOLETE PAN

    15€

    Bolete mushrooms gratinated with Kuusamo cheeses,
    house wild herb bread

  • RAINBOW TROUT TARTARE

    16€

    Dill cream, pickled parsnip, lemon caviar,
    crispy birch leaf

  • CURED REINDEER AND ELK RILLETTE

    17€

    Spruce shoot mayonnaise, pickled chanterelle, cranberry

Main courses

  • fried vendace

    24€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • FRIED WHITEFISH FROM KUUSAMO

    33€

    Funnel chanterelle–buckwheat risotto, smoked carrot,
    birch leaf hollandaise sauce

  • SAUTÉED REINDEER

    33€

    Mashed potatoes, lingonberry, pickled cucumber

  • REINDEER SIRLOIN 150g

    43€

    Roasted arctic potatoes, smoked turnip purée, spruce–cranberry jam, dark game sauce

  • OVERNIGHT BRAISED LAMB SHANK

    36€

    Nettle–potato cake, roasted beetroot, garlic oil, dark game sauce

  • KUKSA’S REINDEER BURGER

    26€

    160g reindeer patty, spruce mayonnaise, smoked onion,
    Kuusamo aged cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled cucumber,
    country fries

  • Vegetarian burger

    23€

    Crispy Finnish squeaky cheese, spruce shoot–beetroot relish, spruce mayonnaise, lettuce, pickled cucumber, country fries

  • FUNNEL CHANTERELLE–BUCKWHEAT RISOTTO

    23€

    Smoked carrot, birch leaf hollandaise sauce

Children’s Menu

  • Fried vendace

    12€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • KUUSAMO WHITEFISH

    14€

    Breaded whitefish, mayonnaise, country fries

  • Sautéed reindeer

    15€

    Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber

  • REINDEER BURGER

    14€

    Reindeer patty, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, country fries

    Add-ons
    Mayonnaise 2€
    Cheese 1€

DESSERTS

  • Cloudberry

    13€

    Cloudberry crème brûlée

  • Spruce

    15€

    Spruce shoot chocolate ganache, milk chocolate ice cream,
    roasted white chocolate, crispy caramel

  • Blackcurrant

    15€

    Blackcurrant macarons, blackcurrant ice cream,
    blackcurrant leaf–flavored crispy almond, fireweed flower

  • Cheeses

    13€

    Selection of Finnish cheeses, blueberry–meadowsweet jam, birch leaf crispbread

  • KUKSA’S OWN ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS

    6€ / scoop

    Please ask Your waiter for the available flavors

Pyhäpiilo
Pyhäpiilo
Rukansalonki

We are part of the Määttä family business