Fresh and home-made – new UniCafe Biocentre to open on Viikki Campus
Opening on Monday the 26th of August at Biocentre 1 on the Viikki Campus, UniCafe Biocentre offers food made in-house from scratch using local ingredients.
UniCafe’s newest restaurant is a combination of everything that makes the Viikki Campus so special and unique: pure Finnish ingredients, the rich but unpretentious selection of rural marketplaces and the cutting edge of the latest food innovations.
All the food served in the restaurant is prepared in-house from scratch. Its delicious baked goods – such as the sourdough bread and rolls served at lunch – are prepared by the restaurant’s own baker.
“We want to prove that a high degree of self-preparation and the use of fresh local ingredients is also possible in a large student restaurant,” says Anne Immonen, Business Director of Ylva.
“Our aim is to continue to find more opportunities for cooperation with local providers and further increase the share of local produce in our offerings. Local produce is at the heart of our concept, and we warmly welcome everyone living in Viikki to our restaurant,” Immonen continues.
Quick and easy self-service restaurant, plus fresh delicacies at a price per kilo from the food market
UniCafe Biocentre has a self-service system for quick and easy access, allowing you to choose your favourites from the day’s hot lunch options.
You can pay for the products in the self-service buffet at the self-service checkout, which is at the restaurant entrance. Students get a discount on lunch by showing the QR code in the Frank app when paying. As with all UniCafés, we offer the staff of the University of Helsinki a special, affordable staff rate.
The restaurant’s food market serves a delicious breakfast with a variety of scrumptious options to choose from in the morning from 8 to 10 am. Our breakfast crowd-pullers include oatmeal porridge cooked slowly overnight, homemade crispy waffles and sourdough rolls.
Alternatively, you can choose from our pre-packed hearty breakfast buffet, which includes oatmeal porridge, savoury or sweet waffles, eggs, rolls, a yoghurt bar and tea or coffee.
At lunchtime, the food market offers a selection of delicious filling salads, a pickle bar and freshly baked products from our bakery. Lunch at the food market works like this: you choose what you want, weigh it, pay for it and enjoy.
Affordable lunch for all Viikki residents
A normal-price lunch of the day costs €8.70 at UniCafe Biocentre. Our basic lunch costs students €2.95 and students in a doctoral programme €5.55. The price for University of Helsinki staff for lunch of the day is €7.00. Our vegan meals are 10 cents cheaper than other options for all customers.
The products at the food market cost €14.90 per kilo, and customers can put together their favourites and choose how much they want. The breakfast buffet is €16.00 for all customers, and you can also choose from a selection of separately priced items. There is no student discount on the products sold at the food market.
UniCafe Biocentre is open from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm. Lunch is served on weekdays from 11 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm. Breakfast in the food market is served from Monday to Friday between 8 and 10 am.
The restaurant is open to all customers, and you can also buy lunch and bakery products as take-away.
Later this autumn, we will open a separate service point in Biocentre 2, offering quick savoury and sweet snacks.
UniCafe Biocentre is located at Viikinkaari 9.
You can find the lunch menus of all UniCafés and their up-to-date opening hours on our mobile app at menu.unicafe.fi and on our website at www.unicafe.fi/en
Additional information:
Anne Immonen
Business Director
+358 40 512 5008
anne.immonen@ylva.fi