Enjoy dinner at the Lounge Parvi before the performance
Our dinner menus will beautifully complement your night at the opera or ballet. Starting at 5 p.m. on the selected performance days, the dinner is served in the Lounge Parvi.
The menus offered before opera performances, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Autumn Sonata, Winter Story, and The Rite of Spring are themed according to the seasons, showcasing the best seasonal ingredients. The starters are enjoyed from a buffet, while the main course and the dessert are served as plated dishes. A cheerful Pas de tapas menu is served before ballet performances. It is a combination of timeless favorites and the best seasonal flavors. Pas de tapas is laid out as a buffet. On New Year’s Eve, December 31st, we serve a festive three course New Year’s Eve menu. The New Year’s Eve menu is sold out.
We accommodate special dietary requirements as per advance notifications. The price of the dinner menu includes ice water. Other beverages can be purchased on-site. You can also order a wine tasting tailored to the season and dinner menu to be enjoyed before the dinner.
Groups (of 15 or more) can also order the dinner menus for other performance dates by contacting the Opera Restaurant via email: ravintola.oopperabaletti[at]restel.fi.
We reserve the right to make changes. Dinner menus do not include tickets to the evening’s performance.
Please use the Töölönlahti entrance when arriving to dinner.
How to order a dinner menu online
Ordering the dinner menus is easy in our online store. Start by choosing the date, performance, and the size of your party. Then select Evening Pre Show. Dinner menus for performances in spring 2026 will be on sale 7 Oct at 12 a.m.
December Fri 5 Dec The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Pas de tapas Fri 12 Dec Tosca, Winter Story Sat 13 Dec The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Pas de tapas. Notice: the dinner starts at 4.30 p.m. Fri 19 Dec Tosca, Winter Story Wed 31 Dec Tosca, New Year’s Eve SOLD OUT
January Fri 23 Jan Giselle, Pas de tapas Fri 30 Jan Morgonstjärnan – The Morning Star, Winter Story
The starters are enjoyed from a buffet, while the main course and the dessert are served as plated dishes. Special dietary options are also available when ordered in advance.
Starter buffet: Fresh green salad with strawberry vinaigrette (gluten free, vegan) Tomato, mozzarella, and basil (gluten free, lactose free) Seasonal herb and sugar snap pea salad (gluten free, vegan) Honey melon and cantaloupe melon with crispy prosciutto (gluten free, milk free) Arugula and spinach salad with balsamic and berries (gluten free, vegan)
Main course: Butter-fried whitefish, summer potatoes, fresh pea purée, apple-fennel dill salad and lemon buttermilk sauce (gluten free, lactose free)
Dessert: Opera’s summer trifle (gluten free, lactose free) Blueberry marble cake made by Opera´s pastry chefs (gluten free, lactose free)
Autumn Sonata
€42 / person. Ice water is included in the menu.
The starters are enjoyed from a buffet, while the main course and the dessert are served as plated dishes. Special dietary options are also available when ordered in advance.
Starter buffet: Fresh green salad with lingonberry vinaigrette (gluten free, vegan) Roasted beetroot and goat cheese (gluten free, lactose free) Root vegetable and quinoa salad with lime gremolata (gluten free, vegan) Opera’s mushroom salad (gluten free, vegan) Butternut squash, spinach, and pine nuts (gluten free, vegan)
Main course: Slow-cooked venison entrecôte, celery root purée, parsnip, carrot, wild mushrooms, and game sauce (gluten free, lactose free)
The starters are enjoyed from a buffet, while the main course and the dessert are served as plated dishes. Special dietary options are also available when ordered in advance.
Starter buffet: Fresh green salad with blood orange vinaigrette (gluten free, vegan) Roasted yellow and red beets with Alppila washed-rind cheese from Helsingin Meijeriliike (gluten free, lactose free) House skagen on a crispy salad bed (gluten free, milk free) Traditional Opera mushroom salad (gluten free, vegan) Kale and red cabbage salad with roasted chickpeas and orange (gluten free, vegan)
Main course: Winter pork neck with carrot and potato rösti, peas, ham sauce, and sour apple compote (gluten free, lactose free)
Dessert: Crème brûlée with seasonal berries (lactose free) Mulled wine and date cake made by Opera´s pastry chefs (gluten free, lactose free)
The Rite of Spring
€42 / person. Ice water is included in the menu.
The starters are enjoyed from a buffet, while the main course and the dessert are served as plated dishes. Special dietary options are also available when ordered in advance.
Starter buffet: Fresh green salad with lemon vinaigrette (gluten free, vegan) Waldorf salad with Granny Smith apple and blue cheese (gluten free, lactose free) Marinated red cabbage, asparagus and radish (gluten free, vegan) Romesco cauliflower (gluten free, vegan) Basil-infused watermelon (gluten free, vegan)
Main course: Roasted salmon, rösti potatoes, braised fennel, spinach, and hollandaise sauce (gluten free, lactose free)
The wine tasting to be enjoyed before dinner includes 4 different wines in tasting portions and a brief introduction. During the tasting, seasonal red, white, or sparkling wines are sampled according to the season and paired with the dinner menu.
The wine tasting lasts 30 minutes and starts at 4:30 p.m. (on Saturday 13.12, the wine tasting exceptionally starts at 4 p.m.).
New Year’s Eve
The New Year’s Eve menu is sold out.
€55 / person. Ice water is included in the menu.
This menu is served to tables. Special dietary options are also available when ordered in advance.
Starters Scallops, white wine broth, fennel, dill, and balsamic pearls (gluten free, lactose free)
Main course Sous vide duck, butternut squash, charred leek, and madeira sauce (gluten free, lactose free)
Dessert Opera´s pastry chefs’ pumpkin cake, spiced white chocolate mousse, and blackcurrant (low-lactose)
sales terms and conditions
Opera and Ballet dinner menus and wine tastings can be purchased via the Opera and Ballet’s online store, box office, telephone service as well as the Opera&Ballet mobile app. Menus and wine tastings must be ordered no later than 48 hours (two days) before the performance. Menus and tastings do not include tickets to the evening’s performance.
If you are unable to attend, you can cancel your dinner menu or wine tasting in our online store or by
calling our customer service or via email no later than 48 hours (two days) before the show. The value of your cancelled refreshments will be refunded for credit to your customer account. Service and delivery fees are non-refundable. If you cancel later than this, you will receive a 50% refund. Orders cancelled later than 24 hours before the performance will not be refunded. Read more about the sales terms and conditions of the Opera Restaurant.
