Cafe & Bar 21

Enjoyed this quant cafe for lunch. Don't be in a rush as they are busy and do the best they can especially during high season. It is order first and then find a table which is difficult when you have a party of 5. Some patrons were kind to accommodate us but have patience. You are sharing tables and benches community style, so love thy neighbor.Lunch was warm, salmon soup, smoked salmon always a good choice. They have warm drinks, lattes, Christmas hot chocolates, cocktails and lots of desserts and pastries for options. Our party had ordered all of the above. They love their mayonnaise, if you're not a fan, ask for it on the side, a bit heavy on the salads. This was a great option that was not gyro style or day food for the small downtown.

Keep in mind that this place is famous and it’s always packed. Compared to other places where you need to wait for them to give you a table, here you can go to the table by yourself if you find anything free. You can pick a menu from the bar and you also make the order at the bar. They will give you a number and then you’ll get the food and the drinks when they are ready. Note that for the coffee you pay once and you can drink as much as you want. You can just help yourself. I found that to be very nice, we refilled about 2 times and the coffee tastes nice. They have stronger and lighter flavours. We also ordered the salmon waffle, it was delicious. The blackberry and white chocolate it was a bit too much, it’s very filling. My recommendation is not to get the hot chocolate and sweet waffle together. There’s so much sugar your stomach will hurt. The hot chocolate cup is a generous portion. We paid for all the food around €46.

The cakes were great, as was the croissant and ice cream. Pricey place for sure, but well worth it. It was heaving! Super busy, so clearly good for food. The meals I saw looked incredible - we'll be back to come have some lunch here. Very friendly staff too.

We stayed 6 days in Rovaniemi and went there to eat 3 times. A little wait in high times to get a table, but other than that the food is super and really recommended it. We tried salty foods and sweets too, there was nothing we didn’t like.

had breakfast there (~€20+ per pax) salmon soup and crispy chicken waffle is great, portion is enough. as for hot chocolate, marshmallow is sweeter, while Rovaniemi is thicker. the cafe is quite packed, so gotta wait for seats. but we're quite fortunate to get seats very soon after arriving.

Lovely place. Don’t be intimidated by how busy it is. The tables turn fast. We found a table when I was queuing to order. Everything was good - Americano, vanilla shake, chocolate, salmon bowl, chicken waffle and shrimp waffle. They have some toys for the younger kids too. I also bought a coffee mug as a souvenir for myself - made and crafted in Finland.

Beautiful good, surprisingly the fried chicken and waffle is well balanced, not just like your normal fried chicken and waffle. Great portion size. The salmon soup tastes delicious too. Much more variety than your typical 4 dishes at Finland restaurants.

Nice place to eat very tasty food. The environment is cozy and sweet. Portions are good but meat quantity or Salmon quantity is not enough. My reco is to increase the protein a bit We tried Rice Porridge w Cinamon ( amazing ). Rheindeer Sautee ( remarkable and first time to have it on waffle- I loved it. yet meat qty is not enough to enjoy the dish ). You get totally submerged into the taste of the Salmon soap ( yummy ), yet I was looking for more Salmon which spoiled the experience somehow. Overall, loved the place and hope they consider those pts for improvement

This place is pretty chic and seems fun to hang out in time permitting. We went during the day and it was quite busy! I ate too many pastries in the morning so I opted for a Caesar salad with chicken. The salad was very large. The salad overall was not bad. Some of the chicken pieces were quite salty and there was a copious amount of dressing on the salad though. I wanted to try a waffle but the chicken had teriyaki sauce which I don't like that much. The other waffles also seem kind of weird (I don't eat shrimp). My husband did like his shrimp waffle though. He didn't mind the copious amounts of mayo on the waffle oddly enough!

This was kind of our Rovaniemi wi-fi base-camp (in pre-free-roaming times). Great hot drinks, good beers, lovely and healthy breakfast, lunch and snack options. Recommended.

In a word - a very modern-chic bar with the best savory waffles I've ever had so far. I love this place, prices are not too bad for Finland, great food - fresh tasty and nicely served and great service, what else does a person need? Longer version for the brave- after a long day of craving for food we all decided this is where we go. Rovaniemi doesn't have many options, but the ones we tried were really good. This place has a somewhat sexy ambience, with slick b&w design and great staff. The waffles are the main thing here, and there is also an iPad with photos of the waffles and cocktail menu. (Spoiler alert- this will make you even more hungry!) what did we have on the table? "balls of meat" waffle, two types of Risotto [Serrano and Salmon] and one reindeer beed potato which I personally did not try. everything looks and smells delicious, the serving is visually pleasing and so is the taste. I enjoyed every bite of my waffle - the wasabi mayo, the onions, cashew nuts, lettuce and beef combine all together to a wonderful feast of flavors, I was so full but didn't want this to end! The Risotto was good but not as good as the waffle, also, if you're hungry the Risotto is not enough at all. My friend decided to go for a sweet waffle with caramel, bananas and whip cream for dessert, and I couldnt hold myself - had to take a bite! I don't know what they put in the waffle mixture, maybe it's just because they're super fresh - but this is SO good. Another friend of ours joined while we ate, and the bartender gave him an extra glass of water without us asking - they know how to provide good service around here. no doubt.

The mixed drinks are creative, beautiful, and delicious. Their Lattes were excellent. I had the funky chicken waffle and loved it. Favorite place in Rovaniemi so far!

Cafe & Bar 21 is a nice cafe and bar in a town with several similar places that serves typical cafe eats and drinks. Their specialties are their waffles of both the sweet and salty variety, as well as rather expensive salads. It's an ideal place for both a casual professional and younger, more sophisticated crowd; or at least that's what they want you to think. The atmosphere is very haughty and the cost of their drinks and dishes are a little steep when compared to their quality. It used to be a nice place, but now it's more or less a run of the mill cafe. Nothing too special, but nice enough if you don't want a ton of loud and obnoxious teens hanging around you while you're having a casual business meeting or get together with friends.

They have sweet waffles and savory waffles. They atmosphere is really chic and the prices are great!

Considered trendy and hip by our local friend Jaakko, it seemed pretty normal to us, we were clearly hippest people in there despite being beardless. it's December and everyone was eating salads. We lounged on the sofas and drank gloggi, their version sprinkled with almonds, hot ad delicious. A nice place to stop, wifi available.

This place is my favourite ever. The savoury waffles are generous and tasty (asian tempeh and funky chicken are both excellent), as are the sweet dessert waffles (cloudberry fudge!!). Love the free and bottomless tea & coffee. Beautiful, light-filled space, fast internet. If it's not too crowded one can feel free to hang out for a bit there to do some work.

If you are looking for a hearty meal on a frigid winter evening, this is not the place. The pasta (basil & mozzarella) was cold. Found both the Finnish and Asian tapas platter average - nothing you won't get from the local deli. Best thing we're the fried prawns (at least there were temperature hot).

This bar place is not open until late the times given by yelp are wrong I walked there last night. At 1015pm and it was already closed. Call the place before you go. The street are full of ice and snow and you don't want to take that walk for nothing.