Restaurants in reykjavik

[Roger645]

Off to reykjavik on Wednesday for a few days. Any recommendations for places to eat whils there? We are staying at the Hilton if that makes any difference for location.

Thanks

Roger

[calibrax]

Make sure you have some grated puffin

And of course, this...

http://www.gadling.com/2008/01/02/iceland-s-putrid...

[Matt80M]

When I was there we had an evening in "The Pearl"

It's a revolving restaurant on top of a geothermal powerstation just outside of the town - great views at night and the traditional Icelandic buffet is interesting.

Make sure you remortgage first mind...

[Podie]

"Icelandic Fish & Chips" in the harbour is pretty good. The place itself is a bit quirky, but the fish is good. Not that expensive either.

There was a cafe on the hill serving Minke whale if you fancy that...

[Blown2CV]

the icelandic tapas place is good
caruso also

tbh i wouldn't worry too much as the standard is very high

[Podie]

Blown2CV said:

tbh i wouldn't worry too much as the standard is very high

Not cheap, but good.

[Roger645]

ok, thanks all, looking forward to trying some different dishes!

[jamiebae]

Another vote for the fish & chip place in the square at the bottom of Laugevegur, probably the cheapest meal you'll get in the city. We found a fairly nice veggie place called Á Næstu Grösum on the 1st floor of a building on Laugevegur too, opposite the tin shack style coffee place but its appeal does depend on you wanting a meat and fish free meal...

[Blown2CV]

there is a place down bankastraeti that does about a gallon of thick chunky soup in a bread (well, entire round loaf) bowl, and beer. Cheap as anything (relatively) and to be honest awesome if you've been up a glacier all day. Can't remem the name but it's upstairs and looks a bit like a pub/bar

[jamiebae]

Oh, there are no McDonalds anymore either! Their franchise standards are so strict that the owner was having to import onions from Germany because there were no approved suppliers in Iceland so they binned it and now run their own burger joints (and make much better margins!) sourcing from local suppliers instead.

[Podie]

jamiebae said:

Oh, there are no McDonalds anymore either!

This can only be a plus point.

Surprised by the number of Subway franchises though...