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Rioni - EspoonlahdenkatuEspoo, Finland
Restaurant, Vegan Available, A la carte, Traditional Seating, Georgian Style, Outdoor Dining available, Casual Dining
About us
Authentic Flavors and Rich Traditions Served with Heart.
The year was 2016. Sini, who worked happily for years as a sales manager, had not even thought of becoming an entrepreneur, let alone in the demanding restaurant industry. Especially when Sin's own sister had had a rather long working career in the field, and warned a lot (I think she would use the word: ”HULLU!”). Nika did not give up, but brought it up several times during the year. At the turn of the year 2016–2017, Sini got to taste Georgian food for the first time at large tables, when the New Year was celebrated very big in Georgia. The tables were slouching both in relatives' homes and in restaurants. Sini, who was still unskilled in Georgian at the time, was confused not only by more delicious food, but also by the way Georgians really enjoy eating together with their toast traditions. So in the summer of 2017, the right design work started. The first Rioni was opened in a small 60s low shopping center in Espoo's Haukilahti in February 2018. Customers soon found Espoo's first Georgian restaurant, and soon ”hidden pearl” also found media from Iltalehti to Helsingin Sanomat. Both the late Kirsti Paakkanen and our current president Alexander Stubb were regular guests. Since then, Espoo's Rioni has moved to the new shiny shopping center Lippulaiva, but since Haukilahti's time, Sin, Nika and today's employees working in the house have many warm memories. In the beginning, there were only two employees of Rion in addition to entrepreneurs, but more were already hired in the first months. Today, there are almost 50 people – even Sin's crazy sister as a restaurant manager. The first employees hired in Haukilahti, from exams to waiters, are still working at Rion today. And by the way, the heart of our kitchen is Nika's own mother! In the first year, entrepreneurs did not raise their salary at all, and all the extra money was invested in Turku the very next year, 2019. In the middle of the worst corona, in January 2021, the huge Kasarmikatu office in Helsinki with covered courtyards was opened, and in July 2021, the Tampere office also opened. Tampere's Rion's original purpose was to keep Georgian chefs at work, as most of them were not compensated at all for the layoff period. The corona was used to find out how like, and since then, for the second year in a row, Rioni has already received Asiakastieto's Suomen Vahvimmat certificate. We bring our own wines directly from Georgia, we still prepare all the food ourselves from the beginning, and the warm, familiar service concept that originated in Haukilahti by the entrepreneurs themselves is section number 1 of every waiter's textbook.
Self Brand
For All Ages
For All Genders
Authentic Flavors and Rich Traditions Served with Heart.
The year was 2016. Sini, who worked happily for years as a sales manager, had not even thought of becoming an entrepreneur, let alone in the demanding restaurant industry. Especially when Sin's own sister had had a rather long working career in the field, and warned a lot (I think she would use the word: ”HULLU!”). Nika did not give up, but brought it up several times during the year. At the turn of the year 2016–2017, Sini got to taste Georgian food for the first time at large tables, when the New Year was celebrated very big in Georgia. The tables were slouching both in relatives' homes and in restaurants. Sini, who was still unskilled in Georgian at the time, was confused not only by more delicious food, but also by the way Georgians really enjoy eating together with their toast traditions. So in the summer of 2017, the right design work started. The first Rioni was opened in a small 60s low shopping center in Espoo's Haukilahti in February 2018. Customers soon found Espoo's first Georgian restaurant, and soon ”hidden pearl” also found media from Iltalehti to Helsingin Sanomat. Both the late Kirsti Paakkanen and our current president Alexander Stubb were regular guests. Since then, Espoo's Rioni has moved to the new shiny shopping center Lippulaiva, but since Haukilahti's time, Sin, Nika and today's employees working in the house have many warm memories. In the beginning, there were only two employees of Rion in addition to entrepreneurs, but more were already hired in the first months. Today, there are almost 50 people – even Sin's crazy sister as a restaurant manager. The first employees hired in Haukilahti, from exams to waiters, are still working at Rion today. And by the way, the heart of our kitchen is Nika's own mother! In the first year, entrepreneurs did not raise their salary at all, and all the extra money was invested in Turku the very next year, 2019. In the middle of the worst corona, in January 2021, the huge Kasarmikatu office in Helsinki with covered courtyards was opened, and in July 2021, the Tampere office also opened. Tampere's Rion's original purpose was to keep Georgian chefs at work, as most of them were not compensated at all for the layoff period. The corona was used to find out how like, and since then, for the second year in a row, Rioni has already received Asiakastieto's Suomen Vahvimmat certificate. We bring our own wines directly from Georgia, we still prepare all the food ourselves from the beginning, and the warm, familiar service concept that originated in Haukilahti by the entrepreneurs themselves is section number 1 of every waiter's textbook.
Self Brand
For All Ages
For All Genders
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Contact Info
Espoonlahdenkatu 4, 02320 Espoo, Finland
https://www.rioni.fi
+358 50 5131119,
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Working Hours
Espoonlahdenkatu 4, 02320 Espoo, Finland
https://www.rioni.fi
+358 50 5131119,
Ask us
Working Hours
MON,TUE,WED,THU: 1600 – 2200
FRI: 1600 – 2300
SAT: 1200 – 2300
Holidays: Call & Check on Holidays