Restel

Restel Oy is a Finnish restaurant company belonging to Tradeka Group.

Restel

Owner	Tradeka-Yhtiöt Oy
Subsidiaries	Restel Fast Food Oy Restel Casual Oy Restel Ravintolat Oy Restel Mexican Food Oy Restel Fresh Food Oy

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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)^[2]

• Cumulus
• Holiday Inn (Offices in Finland)
• Crowne Plaza Helsinki
• Hotelli Seurahuone Helsinki
• Hotel Indigo Helsinki - Boulevard