Restaurant Mange Sud – Southern European

Despite the idiotic name (French for ‘eat the south’, which is completely impossible for a Finn to pronounce) and somewhat ‘challenging’ location in the end of Tehtaankatu this is a place well worth visiting. We locals usually skip the “sud” and call it just Mange, pronounced the Finnish way.

Even if the location is a bit challenging, it’s very easy to get here by bus nr 16, which stops right outside their door, or bus nr 14 which stops just around the corner.

The interior is a sight for sore eyes, light and elegant with an open fire on the wall and Frank Sinatra softly singing in the background. The service is very friendly and professional. The food is modern and traditional Mediterranean, with a local twist. One of Mange’s special signature foods is a traditional bouillabaisse with all the proper trimmings. My absolute favorites are their salads, big and tasty with lovely fresh ingredients!

They also have several fixed menu’s, ‘Maison’, ‘Paysan’, ‘Bourgeois’ and also one called ‘Theatre’ as they have a lot of different happenings going on. Sometimes it’s a theatre performance, sometimes a chamber music concert or a wine tasting evening. Check the web page for what’s going on.

You can also just pop in and have a glass of wine and a little snack in their wine corner, all the wines can be bought by the glass.