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[date=May 2025]
[date=May 2025]{{Infobox company | logo = Restel.svg | owner = Tradeka-Yhtiöt
Oy | subsid = Restel Fast Food Oy<br>Restel Casual Oy<br>Restel Ravintolat
Oy<br>Restel Mexican Food Oy<br>Restel Fresh Food Oy }} RESTEL OY is a Finnish
restaurant company belonging to Tradeka Group.
Until summer 2017, the Restel Group owned a total of 47 hotels and over 230
restaurants across Finland,[1] making it the largest in its field in the
country. Annual turnover in 2020 was just over 178 million euros.[date=May
2025]<!-- Empty reference [1]--> Restel employs approximately 2,000 people
annually.[2]
In June 2017, Restel sold its entire hotel business to the Swedish Scandic and
said it would focus on its restaurant operations.[3] The Finnish Competition
and Consumer Authority approved the acquisition in December 2017.[4]
In 2019, Restel Ravintolat Oy was the fifth largest catering company in
Finland with a turnover of 73.6 million euros, after Compass Group, Sodexo,
Finnair Kitchen and Leijona Catering. Restel Fast Food Oy was the seventh
largest with 63.2 million euros.[date=May 2025]<!-- Empty reference [1]-->
Restel Oy's other subsidiaries are Restel Fast Food Oy, Restel Casual Oy,
Restel Mexican Food Oy and Restel Fresh Food Oy.[5]
The name Restel comes from the Finnish words for restaurant and hotel.[6]
** History
Restel's roots lie in the hotel and restaurant operations of Tradeka's
predecessor companies. When Eka Group was established as a result of a merger
in 1983, it took over the hotels and restaurants of 39 cooperatives.
The business name Restel was adopted in 1989, and Restel became a separate
company the following year.[7]
The chain included one of Finland's oldest restaurants, Foija, which operated
in Turku from the 1830s until 2019.[8] In 2022, Restel acquired the Hanko
Makaronitehdas and Classic Pizza restaurant chains, which included a total of
23 restaurants. They employed a total of 150 employees in 12 locations and
their turnover in 2019 before the corona pandemic was approximately 15 million
euros.[9]
** Restaurants
*** Restaurant chains
- Burger King
- Rax Buffet
- Taco Bell
- Classic Pizza
- O'Learys
- Makaronitehdas
- Wanha Mestari
- Martina
- Food & Events -tapahtumaravintolat (mm. Kansallisooppera , Metro Areena ja messu- ja tapahtumakeskus Paviljonki)
*** Other restaurants
- Ravintola Central, Helsinki
- Kaarle XII, Helsinki
- Ravintola Mestaritalli, Helsinki
- Meritalli, Helsinki
- Muikkuravintola Sampo, Kuopio
- Bastion Bistro ( Suomenlinna ), Helsinki
- Ravintola Keisarinsatama, Kotka
- Kahvila Hyrylä, Tuusula
- Ravintola Lastu, Lahti
- RAITO Sushi, Helsinki
*** Order restaurants
- Tekniska, Helsinki
- Piano Paviljonki, Helsinki
- Koiviston Huvila, Espoo [10] [11]
** Hotels owned
(abandoned in June 2017)<ref name="Lyhyesti" />
- Cumulus
- Holiday Inn (Offices in Finland)
- Crowne Plaza Helsinki
- Hotelli Seurahuone Helsinki
- Hotel Indigo Helsinki - Boulevard
** Sources
[Reflist]
** External links
- Restel (see http://restel.fi)
Category:Restaurant chains in Finland