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We've compiled the best of the best in Southwestern Coast and the Ålands - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Indigo is in a brick building in the heart of Mariehamn, with a main restaurant on the first floor, a bistro, and a bar with a lively outdoor patio and weekday lunch menu. Finnish beef and arctic char feature on the à la carte menu, with "tapas of the sea" and Åland beef tartare as starters. The bistro's gastropub menu includes excellent burgers, while the cheese platter includes Åland cheeses. The bistro is especially popular with families.
The name means "mom," and the regulars at this small-yet-airy riverside bistro feel right at home. The bright, light-green-and-white dining room is outfitted with chairs from the 1960s and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river. The menu changes monthly and always includes locally sourced seasonal ingredients in its fresh fish dishes, including charcoaled salmon, grilled whitefish and perch, duck, mushrooms, and local cheeses. There's a four-course set menu in addition to lunch and the à la carte dinner menu.
Housed in a delightful harborside wooden pavilion, this lively summer steak, pizza, and salad restaurant also hosts live music performances and is popular with visiting boaters.
An elegant riverside restaurant, Smör (Swedish for "butter") prides itself on being an ambassador of local food and a master of Nordic cuisine, and has earned a reputation for its discerning wine cellar filled with small vineyard labels. A selection of cold or hot small plates comprise the à la carte menu (four items minimum recommended), but the highlight is an all-Nordic-ingredient prix-fixe menu that includes duck, herring, and venison. Special dietary requirements can be catered to if specified in advance.
