Copenhagen
Café Sorgenfri (meaning 'without sorrow'), serves classic Danish cuisine in the cosy cellar of an 18th-century building. Its traditional interior,…
Must-see restaurants in Denmark
Copenhagen
'Modern Nordic simplicity meets the French temperament' at Leaven, where diners will find menu ingredients ranging from reindeer moss to foie gras. The…
Copenhagen
Hungry bibliophiles fawn over Paludan, a cafe bursting with so many books it feels a little like a library. While the food isn't outstanding, it is tasty,…
Copenhagen
Just steps from Amalienborg Slot, Restaurant Amalie serves up traditional Danish fare in the cosy cellar of a historic building. Open exclusively for…
Copenhagen
The Royal Library's ground-floor cafe delivers a short menu of cheap, fresh bites, with one soup, a couple of salads and sandwiches, and no shortage of…
Copenhagen
Inside Designmuseum Danmark, casual Klint Cafe serves decent salads and smørrebrød. There's usually a soup of the day plus sweet treats, coffee, and a…
Ærø
Half of this terraced, harbour-area institution is given over to selling its delicious homemade ice cream (the apricot flavour is a particular delight)…
Southern Zealand
With hanging beer steins and glass buoys, countless sailing-ship prints and gingham cloths on sturdy wooden tables, Skipperkroen is an archetypal…
Copenhagen
Spilt into a ground-floor cafe and upstairs restaurant space, spacious, light-filled Blox Eats is owned by New Nordic food pioneer Claus Meyer. The cafe –…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
Vinkælderen produces some of the most admired cuisine in Denmark's south islands, offering a very short, monthly changing menu, described and photographed…
Southern Zealand
Just outside the castle gate, this 200-year-old inn is home to an elegant restaurant of crisp white linen serving monthly changing spreads of new-Nordic…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
This large, modern farm shop offers 99kr taster plates selecting four of its excellent homemade cheeses, including a brie that has won international…
Zealand
Behind a series of shaded outdoor picnic tables by the harbour, Adamsens combines three sections. The fiskbutik (fish shop) sells fresh fish plus ready-to…
Liselund Ny Slot Cafe & Restaurant
Møn
Spread over several rooms with some classical features and slightly discordant art, this restaurant occupies the most evocative section of Liselund Ny…
Central Jutland
Molskroen's owners have rejuvenated Femmøller's beach hotel (now known as Molskroen Strandhotel), with high-quality dining choices found here. The all-day…
Odense
You'd easily walk right past its unfussy frontage, but for 100% authentic Vietnamese flavours and recipes, Ben Thanh is a superb discovery. Its short menu…
Ærø
This picturesque outlet shop for local produce was originally set up by volunteers at a time when the old square seemed set to lose its last surviving…
Southern Zealand
At this great-value, unpretentious place for quick seafood dishes, you order at the counter and eat on a (hopefully) sunny terrace watching the boats…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
Decked with engraved portraiture, historic fittings and fireplaces, this superb old house is supposedly where Russian tsar Peter the Great dined in 1716…
Funen
Vegetarians beware: this farm estate's unique shop-cafe is all about top-quality meat, with a large window through which you can often watch a carcass…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
Behind a traditional Maribo facade, this family style restaurant offers reliable Thai flavours but with spice levels reduced to a minimum (unless you ask)…
Helenekilde Badehotel Restaurant
Zealand
This restaurant at historic Helenekilde Badehotel has a wide selection of dining spots dotted about the hotel and out on an open, sea-view balcony…
Funen
Wallowing in over 160 years of history, Central Caféen is the archetype of a lovably old-fashioned cafe. A covered courtyard supplements its slightly…
Zealand
In a stylishly converted movie theatre adorned with mini-chandeliers and rattan chairs, this relaxed cafe is particularly impressive for its Three King…
Funen
Serving a mixture of international and Danish classics from nachos and burgers to salads and herring, this large but lovable multi-roomed pub is…
Southern Jutland
The town's main hotel, in plum position by the cathedral, has two main restaurants: the more refined Restaurant Dagmar (three courses for 385kr), plus…
Møn
If you're heading to Fanefjord Kirke on a weekend afternoon and fancy a taste of 1950s Denmark, try this old-school Danish inn with walls covered in…
Restaurant Gastronomisk Institut
Central Jutland
The ambitious name creates high expectations and this high-end restaurant delivers, with changing menus showcasing regional, seasonal produce (and good…
Zealand
Easy to miss above a shop, just around the corner from the cathedral, Upstairs' dinner cuisine lies somewhere between trad-Danish and gourmet French with…
Southern Zealand
Seasonal Oskar is Babette's less sophisticated little brother, providing a short, simple menu of fresh, homemade dishes in a designer-stressed old salting…
Zealand
Dine in a pretty garden with orchard views of the cathedral, or inside within the modernised ancient cellar of what was once the town hall/hospital…
Funen
Accessible without paying to enter Valdemars Slot, this cafe-restaurant has outside tables with sea views, plus a whitewashed cellar-style room that's a…
Ærø
Ideally placed at the port-side where tall-masted boats dock, this well-pitched restaurant has enviable terrace views and an inviting, clean-lined…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
Tuck into steaming bowls of mussels or deliciously generous smørrebrød lunches on Flamez' sunny floral terrace, then return to sip late-night weekend…
Southern Jutland
It’s hard to go past the lunchtime stjerneskud (one fried and one steamed fillet of fish served on bread with prawns and dressing) at this fish specialist…
Zealand
Highly photogenic in its old half-timbered thatched cottage, Hansens has tables that spill out into front and rear gardens for sunny alfresco lunches,…
Central Jutland
The owners of the lovely Niels Bugges Hotel also have this nearby kro (inn) in lakeside Dollerup. The atmospheric kro houses a traditional restaurant that…
Zealand
In what looks like an oversized kiosk-cube, this restaurant is truly 'under the crown' thanks to a dangling sculpture in its glass topknot, and there's an…
Aarhus
This timeless tearoom makes a most civilised pit stop. There is enough choice here to satisfy the most discerning cuppa lover; consider indulging in the…
Aarhus
Gastromé is the essence of Nordic elegance, all pale timber and sheepskins. It's a calming setting that allows the food to hog the spotlight – and well it…
