Ravintola Kerubi, gay bar in City Centre, Joensuu
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Ravintola Kerubi

Google (1688) 4.2
Tripadvisor (68) 3.8
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Siltakatu 1
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Website
kerubi.fi

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About this place Ravintola Kerubi

Kerubi is a restaurant, concert and club venue on the Ilosaari islet in central Joensuu, on the Pielisjoki river. It is a mainstream, gay-friendly venue, not a gay bar. Most of the year it runs gigs, club nights and a restaurant. For queer visitors it matters because it hosts the official afterparty of North Karelia Pride (Pohjois-Karjala Pride), with drag performances and DJs. Outside Pride it is simply the city's best-known live-music venue. Check the programme at kerubi.fi for dates. Google reviewers rate it 4.2 from about 1,700 reviews.

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Food served Drag scene Dance DJ sets Gay-friendly (straight venue) Drag shows

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4.2
★★★★☆
1,688 reviews

Based on 1,688 Google reviews.

Jukka Niiranen Sep 2026
★★★★★
Henri Hyvönen Sep 2026
★★★★★

The place is really rustic. I really enjoyed staying here. I didn't eat or drink anything, but the food looked really rustic from the outside. Some of the people were drunk in the middle of the day, so apparently the drinking side is also at play. So the place deserves a full five stars.

Jose Piñeiros Sep 2026
★★★★★

Hamburger buffet was on point

Mika Po Aug 2026
★★★★☆

Recommend

Mika Auramo Aug 2026
★★☆☆☆

Kerubi's grill platter contained a couple of credit card-sized, thin, mouthwateringly good pieces of brisket and a couple of thin strips of chicken meat. More than half of the meat on the so-called grill platter was one hot dog. I've never eaten such a small grill platter, so I asked the waiter to ask the chef how much meat was in the portion. It was 120 grams including the hot dog?! The frozen fries didn't taste good at all. The mayonnaise was probably bought in bulk and seasoned a little more. My friend ordered a hamburger, and the meat tasted old, like it had been reheated twice and overcooked. Usually, in a similar dish like the one in the picture, the grilled food is the main part and the vegetables are side dishes, but at Kerubi it's the opposite...🤦‍♂️

iika hartikainen Aug 2026
★★★★★
Mika kokko Aug 2026
★★★★☆

Good place great job

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Last updated on 12 November 2026

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