Restaurant Roavvi
Discover seasonal northern dining at Aurora Hill Resort. Head Chef Gordon Yam and Culinary Advisor Toni Kostian bring their shared experience from Helsinki’s two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Grön to a new table in Lapland—where carefully crafted food meets a warm, relaxed welcome. Opening 31st October 2026.
Reserve a table
Online booking system will open soon, while that, you can make a booking by contacting us by email roavvi@staylapland.com or by phone: +358 40 146 0980
Opening
31st October 2026
Where
Aurora Hill Resort, Rovaniemi
Chef
Head Chef Gordon Yam
Menu
Seasonal à la carte
Two chefs. One kitchen. A hill in the north.
Eight years of working together at Restaurant Grön have shaped a shared approach: respect the ingredients, give the details your full attention, and do not make good things complicated. At Roavvi, that approach finds a new home.
Gordon Yam, Head Chef
Gordon Yam has cooked for more than seventeen years across Singapore, Malaysia, France and the Nordics. For the last eight of them he stood beside Toni Kostian at Restaurant Grön in Helsinki, helping lead the kitchen through its first Michelin star in 2018, its Green Star in 2021 and its second star in 2026. In 2025 he was a finalist for Finland’s Chef of the Year and took home its Best Sauce Award. What he brings north is not a style but a way of working: discipline in the morning, curiosity at the pass, and a belief that a kitchen is only as good as the people it grows. At Roavvi, Gordon leads the daily work of the kitchen.
Toni Kostian, Culinary Advisor
Toni Kostian is the owner and Executive Chef of the two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Grön in Helsinki. Named Finland’s Chef of the Year in 2016, he is known for a seasonal, ingredient-led approach to cooking, built around Nordic ingredients, wild produce and responsible sourcing.
His cooking draws on preservation, fermentation and close relationships with producers and the surrounding Nordic landscape. His connection to nature extends beyond the kitchen: away from the restaurant, he also works as a fly-fishing guide on Finland’s waters.
At Roavvi, Toni sets the culinary direction, while Head Chef Gordon Yam leads the kitchen’s daily work. His guiding principle is simple: do not make good things complicated.
Roavvi’s Culinary Offerings
À la carte
The north, served in season.
Our menu follows the seasons and what our producers can offer. Reindeer and fish from northern waters. Rye and barley.
Every element has its place, creating food that feels connected to the north.
The guiding principle
“Do not make good things complicated.”
Toni Kostian, Culinary Advisor
A word from the northern forest.
Roavvi is a Northern Sámi word for a hill where fire once passed and the forest slowly returned. The same ancient root is thought to live on in the name Rovaniemi.
Today, that story continues on another northern hill, at Aurora Hill Resort. It is more than the origin of our nam, it shapes the identity of the restaurant itself.
The flame in our logo represents the fire that once transformed the landscape, while the ridge within it reflects the hill where Roavvi now stands. Together, they tell a story of nature, renewal and the wild north,the same elements that inspire what we bring to the table.
At Roavvi, the story of the north begins before the first plate arrives.
Bookings
Make a reservation
Online booking system will open soon, while that, you can make a booking by contacting us by email roavvi@staylapland.com or by phone: +358 40 146 0980
Location: Olleronvaarantie, Aurora Hill Resort