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Restaurant car

Enjoy good food as the scenery passes by

Our restaurant cars and sales trolleys are at your service throughout your train journey and you can also buy takeaway food from both the restaurant cars and sales trolleys. You can enjoy your own snacks at your seat.

Is there a sales trolley on the train instead of a restaurant car? Get to know the trolley's wide selection!
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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.

€13.60

Creamy 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.

€13.90

Meatballs & mashed potatoes

The all-time favourite, with over 80,000 portions sold each year.

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.

Find out how to order

Pre-order a takeaway coffee

FROM THE VR MATKALLA APP

Avoid unnecessary queuing in the restaurant car by ordering a large takeaway coffee in advance with the VR Matkalla app. During your journey, you can simply pick up your coffee from the restaurant car. Order coffee from our app!

Various payment methods

You can pay for food and drink in the restaurant car easily with all Finnish and international payment cards. Edenred, Smartum, Epassi and Eazybreak lunch cards & apps 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.

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 2,80 € (normally 3,20 €)
  • Tomato-pesto pasta (V) 10,90 € (11,90 €)
  • Larger meat ball portion (L, G) 15,90 € (16,50 €)
  • Pie with tomato & broad bean (V, G) 6,90 € (7,90 €)
  • Organic chocolate or Vanilla Ice Cream 2,90 € (3,50 €)
  • Mineral water 2,80 € (3,30 €)
  • Tarapacá wines (18,7 cl) 9,90 € (10,90 €)

Offers are valid until further notice. The discounted price is listed in bold, the normal price in brackets.

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Upstairs of the restaurant car

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.

A cheerful group is toasting with sparkling wine in the upstairs of the restaurant car.

On the train with kids

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 advance

Does 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. 

Order meals in advance

2,160,000 cups of coffee

Finnish coffee lovers drink an amazing 2.2 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 trains

Enjoying 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.

More information about allergens

You can get more information about allergens of the restaurant car products from the staff during your journey or in advance from customer service.

Read the Oiva reports regarding our restaurant services.
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