About

The dream of Metsäketun Pizzeria is to offer our guests an unhurried, holistic dining experience — one in which the customer can follow the entire journey of their dish, from the cultivation of the ingredients all the way to the moment it is served at the table. And all of this takes place right where the ingredients are grown and prepared: at the heart of our farm, in the atmospheric loft space above the barn. We farm in our fields according to ecological organic farming principles. High-quality ingredients are the heart of our restaurant, and respecting and preserving nature and its biodiversity is one of our core missions. We use no pesticides or fertilizers that are not permitted in certified organic farming, and we minimize waste in everything we do. Circular economy and zero waste are central parts of our restaurant’s philosophy. All bio waste and excess organic matter is composted and returned to the fields as nutrient-rich compost to nourish future crops. We purchase many of the items we need second-hand — for example from recycling centres — and we have e.g built all the restaurant tables ourselves from old doors and reclaimed wood. Although we do not yet grow all our own ingredients, our goal is that in the future almost everything served in the restaurant will be grown by us or foraged from our surrounding forests. For anything we cannot produce ourselves, we always source as locally as possible, and prefer always organic.

 

In our opening year, 2023, the fields and greenhouse were still being prepared with green manure, so the only ingredients we produced ourselves were honey and wild game.
In 2024, our own ingredients at the pizzeria included: herbs, honey, wild game meat, rhubarb, lingonberries, blueberries and gooseberries.
In 2025 we began farming again ourselves. That year, in addition to the previous year’s own produce, we also grew: tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, chillies, potatoes, beans and pumpkins.

 

Everyone is welcome here exactly as they are. We want every guest to feel like a friend who has come to visit us at home. Our staff is very knowledgeable about different allergies and dietary restrictions, and we strive to provide an incredible food experience for every single guest, as far as we can — regardless of their dietary needs. When you dine with us, you never have to hesitate to ask about these things.