Ravintola LiV

We celebrated our wedding anniversary at Ravintola Liv this year! 🤴🏻❤️👸🏻 The feast started with poached quail with celery and apple base, chicken broth sauce with sherry, and sliced jerusalem artichoke chips as topping. Quail was so tender that you could almost eat it with a spoon! Next followed a two-way salmon : poached in lemon and tea, and raw. Accompanied with salmon-potato croquette, pickled cucumbers, rice paper and ginger majo. I loved the raw salmon the most! As main dish , we had white fish with beurre blanc, potato puree, and vegetables such as carrots, onions and spinach. Highlight was the beurre blanc sauce. Next, a cheese platter of blue cheese, cantaloupe jam and parmesan choux followed. Parmesan choux was interesting, and cantaloupe jam was very surprising - we haven’t tasted a melon jam before! Best of all was the wonderful pairing with semillon-sauvignon blanc dessert wine (no, not Sancerre! But Loupiac!). Loved the petroleum and honey flavors of this wine! Finally the desert plate had hazelnut-milk chocolate brownie, almond foam and coconut ice-cream. I think this was the best plate of the day. The foam was so fresh and exploding (but still delicate!) with almond flavour and accompanied the heavier brownie well. The coconut ice cream was excellent on its own! Again delicate and flavourful. And yet the accompanying Brachetto multiplied the experience with its rose and honey flavours. First time I’m hearing this wine; it is a sparkling sweet wine made with Asti method but from red Brachetto grapes (instead of Moscato). The service was very polite and friendly, and our waiter was extremely knowledgeable, especially regarding wines. It is always a delight when you find great waiters like this and the small chats multiply the already great experience. Will visit here again!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A small note: The menu in the website when English language is selected, is different than what it shows in Finnish - you might want to update the English website ☺️

Unreal experience from the wine pairing to the attention to detail combined with knowledge of wines I have never encountered before. If in Tampere and you can choose one place to eat out in, it has to be this.

The experience is amazing. Every meal I had was served with dignity and well thought of. Definitely going back again. So far one of my top restaurant in Tampere. This one is leading.

We had a wonderful meal. The service was friendly, attentive and informative. My wife particularly appreciated being able to get a couple options to taste when she was choosing wine to accompany her meal. Portion size was perfect for my wife but I would have enjoyed slightly more. The vitello tonnato was beautifully presented and was delicious. The dessert can only be described as a triumph! Looking forward to our next visit.

Have been here a few times. Quality has risen a lot! Small and cozy restaurant. Service was more professional than previous times. The 4 course menu was paired with wines that suited the food excellent. Food was delicious. Would actually do the whole menu again. Great value for the food & experience!