Landscape restaurants for private events
Are you looking for a restaurant or a party place for your group, where you can enjoy good food and drink in wonderful scenery? See our tips for restaurants with gorgeous views! Do you prefer archipelago and sea views, the calming atmosphere of a Finnish forest or views from the upper air?
Restaurant Paven
The maritime restaurant Paven is located right by the water on the picturesque Pentala Island in the Suvisaaristo archipelago area. The restaurant's over 100-year-old banquet hall is a beautiful and versatile space with a capacity of 60 people. It can be combined with the Veranta space, increasing the capacity to 100 people. Additionally, the restaurant has a large terrace right by the sea.
At Paven, you can enjoy modern, relaxed, and high-quality dishes skillfully prepared from the season's best ingredients. Behind Paven's food is Hiiohoi's kitchen team, which offers high-quality seafood experiences. The team is led by Jacek Kukielka, who has worked in Michelin restaurants around the world, and Simo Harrivaara, who has been awarded many times.
The buildings of the Pentala Archipelago Museum are located near the restaurant, making it easy to combine a museum visit with a lunch or dinner event.
Capacity: Seated dinners for 60-100 people inside the restaurant.
Location: on Pentala island, Suvisaaristo, southwestern Espoo.
How to arrive: By charter boat (water taxi, sailboat, RIB boat), your own boat or by Espoo's archipelago boat. The sea transfer can be booked separately or through the restaurant Paven.
Lucy in the Sky
Lucy in the Sky is a rooftop restaurant and bar located at the top of the historic Accountor Tower, a landmark building in the Keilaniemi business area of Espoo. Lucy offers contemporary bistro food and stunning views through the entire restaurant's glass walls. The views extend in four directions, from Nuuksio National Park to downtown Helsinki and the beautiful Espoo archipelago.
The restaurant can be rented for private events such as dinners and cocktail parties. Lucy is perfect for seated dinners for up to 100 people and cocktail receptions for up to 150 people. Additionally, one of the glass terraces is also available for private events.
Capasity: 100-150 people.
Location: In Keilaniemi business area, 20 minutes from the Helsinki city centre. The closest metro station is just outside the restaurant (100 meters).
Restaurant Haltia
Restaurant Haltia is a beautiful, nature-inspired restaurant designed by architect Rainer Mahlamäki. It is located at the gate of the Nuuksio National Park in connection with the Finnish Nature Center Haltia. The choice of your event location always has a strong message in itself, and Haltia is a modern wooden building, a sustainable and responsible event centre that lives under the conditions of nature.
Restaurant Haltia values the rich flavours of Finnish nature. It serves food made from clean, domestic ingredients and seasonal flavours, taking special diets into account with care and skill.
Haltia seats 180 guests and has stunning panoramic windows overlooking Lake Nuuksio Pitkäjärvi. The restaurant hall can also be divided into two private rooms, Päivölä and Boassu, which are well suited for smaller occasions. The 80-seat terrace, open from spring to late autumn, offers extra space and a delightful setting for lunch or coffee break — the kind one can only dream of in the city!
Capacity: Seated lunch or dinner for 150-180 people.
Location: Gate of the Nuuksio National Park, in the same building as the Finnish Nature Centre Haltia, 40 minutes drive from Helsinki city centre and 20 minutes from Espoo Centre.
Sustainability: Restaurant Haltia holds an EcoCompass certificate.
Restaurant Korpilampi
Restaurant Korpilampi is situated in the wilderness of Northern Espoo. Groups can enjoy dining either in the main hall, which offers beautiful views over Lake Korpilampi, in the restaurant's cabinet with forest views, or in the Club Restaurant, which includes access to a 40-seat terrace right by the lake.
The main restaurant can accommodate approximately 300 diners and features a stage for an orchestra and a dance floor. The Club Restaurant can be reserved as a private dining space for about 70 people and serves buffet dinners for approximately 80–100 people.
Location: At Hotel Korpilampi in North Espoo. 25 minutes from Helsinki Airport and 40 minutes from Helsinki.
Sustainability: Hotel Korpilampi holds Green Key and BREEAM environmental certifications.
What if the view was a work of art? At EMMA this is possible!
One of Finland's largest art museums, the Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA) at the WeeGee Exhibition Centre in Tapiola, offers unique settings for various corporate and private events. Here, you can forget the traditional concept of a scenic restaurant, as an art-infused ambience accompanies dinners at EMMA.
EMMA's Aitio is an event space surrounded by art and exhibitions. It can host a cocktail event for 100 people and a seated dinner for 50. Tapio Wirkkala's striking large plywood sculpture, "Ultima Thule," enhances the atmosphere. You can also book a guided museum tour alongside your dining experience.
You can choose your preferred provider or use Café Zoceria WeeGee's services for catering.
Capacity: 50-100 persons.
Location: in the cultural heart of Espoo, in Tapiola, and only 20 minutes from the Helsinki city centre.
Sustainability: EMMA is an EcoCompass certified museum.
Main image: Antti Rastivo.