Danish restaurants in Denmark
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Post & Tele Museum Café
This modern space does its best to bring the not overtly fascinating story of Post Danmark to life. The chief draw, however, is the excellent rooftop cafe, which serves a reasonable Danish-style lunch and has an outdoor terrace with fantastic views across the city centre to Christiansborg.
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Orangeriet
Enchantingly set in a vintage orangery in Kongens Have, Orangeriet is one of Copenhagen’s newest dining darlings. At the helm is award-winning chef Jasper Kure, whose mod-twist Scandi creations focus on simple flavours and top-notch seasonal produce. Savour the brilliance in dishes such as fried cockerel with thyme, grilled charlotte onions, creamy cauliflower, peas and smoked lard, or rhubarb trifle with macaroons, cherry liqueur, vanilla and yoghurt sorbet. Knowledgeable staff, an al fresco summertime terrace, and good-value set menus (three courses for 335kr) make this a must for midrange gourmands and true romantics.
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Café Ketchup
In the heart of Copenhagen’s pre-club/café nightlife quarter, Ketchup reigns supreme with its split-level bar/dining room, global menu and glitzy-groovy crowd on weekends. Its veal tournedos with pan-fried foie gras on sweet potato roesti with sautéed haricot verts, Serrano ham and Béarnaise butter sounds pretty heavyweight and it is, but it surely won’t do you any harm once in a while. On Friday and Saturday night there’s a DJ.
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Café Ce'Ci
Café Ce ’ Ci Ce’Ci is a trendy, fashionable café right on the main square, with cathedral views. It’s a good place to sit and people-watch, particularly in summer when it sprouts outdoor seating. There’s a sound lunchtime menu of soup, sandwiches, wraps, burgers and salads; and evening bistro-style meals are good too – chicken breast with pesto, braised ham in a Royal Stout sauce, deluxe burgers.
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Rådmand Davids Hus
We loved this place, a popular café with sunny staff contained within a lopsided 17th-century half-timbered house. Traditional Danish food (nothing for veggies) is served up either in the cosy, crooked interior or the cobbled courtyard, bursting with greenery. The special is the ‘shopping lunch’ (75kr), typically a generous plate of salad, salmon pâté, and slices of lamb, cheese and homemade ryebread.
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Peter Lieps Hus
A few minutes' walk north of Bakken, this quintessential Danish country restaurant occupies an historic thatch-roofed house and is good for a nice relaxing meal, with smørrebrød, venison specialities and other Danish food (including children's portions of frikadeller - meatballs - and chips). On sunny days it's a popular place to sit outside and watch the horse and buggy carts go by.
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Schønnemann
Schønnemann has been lining local bellies with smørrebrød (open sandwiches) and schnapps since 1877. Originally a hit with peasant farmers in town peddling their produce, its current fan base includes Michelin-lauded chefs and nostalgia-pining corporates. Not much else has changed, from the sawdust-sprinkled floors to the stoic Danish soul food. It’s a local institution, so book ahead.
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Bistroen KBH
The area immediately surrounding Rådhuspladsen is something of a culinary desert, which makes the arrival of experienced local chef Søren Thyboe in this delightful Franco-Danish café-restaurant all the more welcome. With its light, airy dining room, charming rear courtyard and excellent Modern European/Danish menu, this is a real oasis in a busy part of town.
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Sand’s
If you’re in Denmark on a short break and want to sample traditional cuisine, make a beeline for this classy 100-year-old restaurant and order up big! The menu is an ode to old-school Danish favourites: lunchtime smørrebrød and herring platters, evening fish (try the bakskuld, a fish not unlike a flounder) and plenty of bøf (beef).
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Den Gamle Kro
The atmospheric Gamle Kro spreads through several 17th-century houses, with a glass-roofed courtyard and medieval cellar. Traditional Danish (eg fillet of sole stuffed with salmon and spinach) and French (eg Chateaubriand or pork with Lyonnaise potatoes) recipes are mostly meat-based, but there’s usually one veggie main. There’s also a huge wine list.
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Restaurant Klitgaard
This small gourmet place, noted for its use of fresh, locally grown seasonal ingredients, is one of the best places we’ve eaten in Denmark. The pairings of ingredients are clever (slow-roasted, tender duck breast, with the merest sliver of foie gras for richness) and surprising (like the sensational rhubarb sorbet with pickled rhubarb and lavender oil).
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Café Vivaldi
This popular, relaxed café is decorated in mock ‘French bistro’ style. The coffee’s good, and the food tasty and modern. It ranges from nachos, omelettes, salads and quiches to more substantial evening mains – steaks, burritos and pasta dishes. Live music adds to the buzz at weekends.
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Bastionen og Løven
This charming cafe-restaurant is housed beside a historic windmill on the city ramparts just south of Christiania. Its front garden is the perfect place to enjoy a classic Copenhagen brunch – cheese, smoked salmon, omelette, pancakes, fresh fruit, yoghurt, bacon, coffee, juice etc. – on a sunny Sunday morning.
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Madame Sprunck
A great old building, with seating in a candlelit wooden interior or charming mustard-yellow courtyard. Food is a mixture of Danish, French and Italian – everything from burgers to more sophisticated dishes such as salmon roe with red onions – and there’s usually one vegetarian choice.
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Aamanns Takeaway
Clued-up foodies get their smørrebrød fix at Aamanns, where open sandwiches are seasonal, fresh and contemporary. Variations include a scrumptious beef tartar smørrebrød topped with egg emulsion, tarragon, gherkins, capers, onions and mini-potato chips. Eat in or gobble it up in the neighbouring parks.
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Els
If you're into formal dining, Els dishes out formal food (mind your manners) in a classic upmarket Danish-meets-French setting. Although the decor is solidly (and in some ways, stolidly) 19th century, the menu blends contemporary Danish and French influences to good effect where it counts - the food.
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Cap Horn
Few places really stand out on Nyhavn but this is a perennial favourite. Cap Horn is more refined than some of the other places here and serves accomplished Franco-Danish food with a good range of smørrebrød at lunch. There’s an open fire in winter that turns the hygge meter up to ‘11’.
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Divan 2
Divan 2 is widely considered to be one of Tivoli's finest restaurants. Its location next to the Glass Hall by the Tivoli Lake guarantees an equally prestigious view. In operation since Tivoli opened in 1843, this restaurant serves gourmet French food and has a vintage wine collection.
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Vægterkælderen
The timber-heavy décor down here seems made for cold weather – soft leather banquettes and booths (a touch dated but very cosy). The menu is huge and runs the gamut of small dishes, salads and smørrebrød to quality steaks.
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Ofelia
Waterfront views, al fresco tables and fresh Nordic flavours: Ofelia’s popularity is no surprise. Located inside Skuespilhuset, it’s also a fabulous place to chill with a passionfruit martini.
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Slotskælderen Hos Gitte Kik
This lunchtime smørrebrød restaurant is full of atmosphere and traditional Danish charm. Just point to the sandwich you want, and Gitte will prepare it and send it to your table.
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Grøften
One of Tivoli’s more traditional Danish offerings, housed in its oldest building and with a menu that includes several different smørrebrød.
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Gæstgivergården
A pub-like atmosphere with everything from burgers and salads to traditional Danish fare, including some good-value specials. There’s often live music on Friday and Saurday nights.
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