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Askur Brasserie
Close to the big hotels on Suðurlandsbraut, this relaxed family restaurant is popular with tourists and locals alike. Despite its noncentral location, it's wise to book on Friday and Saturday. There's a long menu of burgers, steaks, pasta, lamb, fish and sizzling fajitas, many of which come with soup and a free visit to the salad bar (loosen your belts). The weekday lunchtime buffet is good value.
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Hereford Steakhouse
This modern 1st-floor steakhouse grills up top-class steaks (of beef, lamb, turkey, veal, whale), priced by weight and cut. You can pick from fillets, T-bones, rib eyes and entrecôtes, and watch as they're cooked at the grilling station in the centre of the dining room. There's a good red-wine list. [Whale meat served.]
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Kebabhúsið
When you've overdone the fried meat, Kebabhúsið offers falafel and fish and chips (around Ikr800 ).
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Lauga-Ás
For 27 years this small, friendly restaurant, close to the City Hostel, has been quietly cooking up great-tasting grub. It's particularly well-known for its seafood soup and lobster but also serves deceptively large portions of pasta, steaks and lighter meals. Book ahead on Friday and Saturday night.
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Litli Ljóti Andarunginn
Descend into this old wooden building to sample home-style cooking in cosy candle-lit surroundings. This relaxed bar-restaurant serves hearty Icelandic food at reasonable prices. Between May and October its nightly all-you-can-eat fish buffet is good value.
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Lækjarbrekka
This top-notch restaurant has built up its reputation over 20 years, cooking traditional Icelandic dishes (game, lobster, juicy pepper steak and mountain lamb) with half an eye on the tourist dollar. From June to August it puts on a high-quality fish buffet every evening from .
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Perlan
Perched on top of the city's water tanks is the revolving restaurant Perlan, which spins at one sedate revolution every two hours. The views are superb, and, if you can tear your eyes away from the city-and-mountain vista, the grub (reindeer, lamb, flounder, guillemot) isn't bad either. [Whale meat served.]
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Siggihall
Run by Iceland's most famous TV chef, this upmarket seafood restaurant is regarded as one of the finest in Reykjavík. The menu features plenty of fishy favourites, with Icelandic-Mediterranean fusion dishes taking precedence. Siggihall is best known for its bacalao , served in different styles.
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Sjávarkjallarinn
Currently the best dining experience to be had in Reykjavík, this atmospheric subterranean restaurant serves up exotic dishes. Shimmering fish and succulent crustaceans are combined with the unexpected - pomegranate, coconut, litchi and chilli - and presented like miniature works of art. It's at the top end of the price scale but worth every króna - go on, treat yourselves.
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Sægreifinn
Eccentric Sægreifinn serves up fresh seafood in what looks almost like a 1950s English chip shop…except for the stuffed seal. The owner is a sprightly old gent who buys and cooks all the fish himself - lobster soup (around Ikr650 ) and fish kebabs (around Ikr600 ) are specialities. He only speaks Icelandic, so make sure you know what you're asking for! [Whale meat served.]
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Tveir Fiskar
Right on the harbour, with a great view of the boats, this is one of Reykjavík's most famous fish restaurants. It's an upmarket place serving everything from langoustine and caviar to bacalao (salt cod). Its chef has won prizes for his delectable seafood, as fresh as it comes and highly recommended. The speciality here is bouillabaisse. [Dolphin and whale meat served.]
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Vín og Skel
Tucked inside a courtyard off Laugavegur, this simple restaurant (which feels like a French seaside eatery) devotes itself wholeheartedly to perfect seafood. Bouillabaisse soup, scallops, langoustines, cod and mussels all feature on its menu, chalked up on a big Gallic-looking blackboard. [Whale meat served.]
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Við Tjörnina
People return again and again to this famed seafood establishment, tucked away near Tjörnin. It serves up beautifully presented Icelandic feasts such as guillemot with port, garlic langoustine, or the house speciality marinated cod chins (far more delicious than they sound!). The restaurant itself is wonderfully distinctive - it feels like a quirky upperclass 1950s drawing room.
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Þrír Frakkar
Owner-chef Úlfar Eysteinsson has built up an excellent reputation at this snug little restaurant - apparently a favourite of Jamie Oliver's. Specialities include salt cod, anglerfish and plokkfiskur (fish stew) with black bread. You can also sample nonfish items, such as seal, puffin…and lovingly prepared whale steaks. [Whale meat served.]
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