Must-see restaurants in Central Norway

  • Brimi Bue

    Central Norway

    This flashy establishment is the new home base for the town's top chef, Arne Brimi, and it's where everyone wants to eat when they pass through town. It's…

  • Halling-Stuene

    Central Norway

    This crimson-clad restaurant is just about as traditional as restaurants get in Norway, but it's been going strong for 25 years and seems as popular as…

  • Lom Bakery

    Central Norway

    Lom's other culinary star is master baker Morten Schakenda, who makes all his breads using only natural ingredients and wood-fired ovens. You can buy…

  • Vertshuset Røros

    Central Norway

    The town's best food is served at the Vertshuset Inn, with a strong focus on local flavours: mountain trout, Arctic char, local beef, pork and a great…

  • Lykellige Dager

    Central Norway

    In a hard-to-miss glass-and-steel box on the main street of Storgata, this excellent cafe serves a range of tempting, on-trend lunch dishes – açai bowls,…

  • Kaffestugu Cafeteria

    Central Norway

    Set in one of Røros' classic timber buildings, with a small outdoor courtyard, this perennially popular cafe has the air of an old Norwegian tearoom, and…

  • Pillarguri Kafé

    Central Norway

    This downtown diner in the middle of Otta is the pick of the places to eat here, and it turns out a decent menu of elk burgers, salads, grilled chicken,…

  • Fossheim Turisthotell Restaurant

    Central Norway

    Specialities like wild trout, reindeer, elk and ptarmigan feature on the menu at this hotel restaurant, and while it constitutes a memorable meal for…

  • Heim

    Central Norway

    This warm and welcoming gastropub has fast become one of the town's most frequented hang-outs since opening its doors in 2014. It attracts all kinds of…

  • Kai & Mattis Café

    Central Norway

    If you've ever wondered what an art-deco boudoir looked like (don't pretend you haven't!) then this place, with its burgundy red walls and over-the-top…

  • Moskusgrillen

    Central Norway

    The pick of the limited dining options in Dombås, the Musk Ox Grill turns out decent dishes such as elk burgers, roast trout, salt lamb and potato balls,…

  • Oliven

    Central Norway

    A little bit of the Mediterranean has travelled north to Norway thanks to this attractive cafe, where you can tuck into spanakopita, fresh olives and…

  • Frøyas Hus

    Central Norway

    A blissed-out garden courtyard cafe serving good waffles and rømmegrøt, a traditional, slightly sour porridge eaten with cured hams in the evening.

  • Peder Hiort Mathus

    Central Norway

    A relaxed restaurant at the Bergstadens Hotel serving a mix of pasta, burgers and pizzas, as well as outdoor barbecues in summer.

  • Trygstad Bakeri

    Central Norway

    This standout cafe and bakery will treat you to the town's most popular coffee and baked goodies.

  • Nikkers

    Central Norway

    Everyone's favourite winter hangout in central Lillehammer: a brewpub-bar-bistro where a moose has apparently walked through the wall (look outside for…

  • Møllen Restaurant & Pizzeria

    Central Norway

    In the town centre alongside the E6, this jack-of-all-trades kind of place has a huge menu spanning everything from pasta to fish to steak and, just in…

  • Kuba–Kafe Isbar

    Central Norway

    Basic hot dogs, pizzas and sandwiches form the core of this diner's menu, but occasionally there are a few Norwegian dishes on offer too. Don't get too…

  • Café Opus

    Central Norway

    Hugely popular for its baguettes, rolls and cakes (and for its outdoor tables in summer), Café Opus gets the simple things right – tasty food, friendly…

  • Øverlie Café

    Central Norway

    Filling, inexpensive meals (with Turkish dishes the mainstays) are the order of the day at this pleasant pavement-side cafe. It also does pizzas, salads,…

  • Forstmann

    Central Norway

    The fish-and-game restaurant at the Forestry Museum serves traditional Norwegian cooking and has views over the swishing river waters.

  • Galleri Thomasgården

    Central Norway

    Half cafe, half art gallery – and a pleasant spot for post-viewing coffee and cake.