Restaurants in Oslo
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Åpent Bakerei
A neighbourhood café that serves coffee in deep, cream-coloured bowls and has unbeatable breads and pastries. A freshly baked roll (Nkr14) topped with homemade røre syltetøy (stirred jam) and enjoyed on the bakery’s patio, makes for one of Oslo’s best and least expensive breakfasts.
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Mucho Mas
What it lacks in authenticity, Mucho Mas more than makes up for in cheese and portion size. The full Mexican repertoire is on offer, including tacos, nachos and burritos (which are enormous); all dishes are offered in meat or vegetarian versions. Well-priced beer helps put out the fire.
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Fru Hagen
The low-key and always full Fru Hagen, ‘Mrs Garden’, serves sandwiches and burgers, all with a healthy side portion of vegetables. Its location facing Olaf Ryes plass also makes it good for people-watching.
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Ekeberg Restaurant
An early example of functionalist architecture, the 1929 Ekeberg Restaurant once attracted long lines of spectators eager to be seen enjoying a beer outside this angular, painfully white nonconformist building. After falling into disrepair in the 1980s, the restaurant was renovated and reopened with a classy menu and slick bar. If nothing else, go for the view.
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Delicatessen
One of Grünerløkka's numerous cool-kid cafes, it features sturdy wooden tables and big windows that fold away in the summer to overlook a riverside park across the street. Good Italian sandwiches.
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Stockfleths
Founded in 1895, the award-winning Stockfleths is one of Oslo’s oldest coffee shops. It also serves thick slices of wholegrain bread with brown cheese, a favourite Norwegian snack.
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Tullins Café
This dimly lit café offers a little bit of everything, from salads and burgers to pasta and stir-fry dishes. It’s a favourite among students.
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Hotel Havana
International deli with everything from French cheese to Belgian chocolates. The chorizo and manchego sandwiches (Nkr55) are an especially good bet.
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Villa Paradiso
No-frills Italian food (mostly pizzas), pleasant service and family friendly.
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United Bakeries
Offers quiche, salads and gourmet sandwiches (Nkr89).
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Bagatelle
Eyvind Hellstrøm still remembers the thrill of the day he first hosted the discerning taste buds of the Michelin inspectors at Bagatelle in 1984. Two stars later, Hellstrøm continues to apply lessons learned in the exacting kitchens of Paris and Lyon, to glam up old favourites and create something entirely his own. His restaurant represents the pinnacle of fine dining in Norway, serving modern European cooking with an emphasis on local and, when possible, organic ingredients.
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Markveien Mat & Vinhus and Dr Kneipp’s Vinbar
With a hint of truffle oil or a dash of dill, the cooks at Markveien make Norwegian cooking unforgettable. The restaurant focuses on using local seafood and meat, as well as organic produce, to create their delectable dishes. If you’re not in the mood for the formal dining room, slide into one of the dark wooden booths at Dr Kneipp’s next door for finger food or a sumptuous dessert, not to mention an amazing wine list.
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Sult
The polished green-and-black colour scheme of Sult perfectly captures the Grünerløkka vibe with an imaginative menu replete with superb fish and pasta dishes often using local and organic ingredients. It’s always packed so get there early and wait for a table in the attached bar appropriately called Tørst (meaning ‘thirsty’). There are free tapas on Fridays.
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Smia Galleri
Smia Galleri is one of those places Oslo residents are so fond of they almost hate to share it. The leafy patio is perfect on summer afternoons and there’s jazz on Thursday evenings. If they have it, try the rhubarb crumble with wild strawberry sorbet. It takes about 15 minutes to get there: from Oslo S, take bus 37 towards Helsfyr T-bane station and get off at Vålerenga.
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Frognerseteren Restaurant
There are three good reasons to visit Frognerseteren: the apple cake (Nkr50), the view and the building. The apple cake is billed as the best in Oslo and the view, from over 400m above sea level, is as good as it gets. As for the building, with dragon heads and enough wood trim to rival the most ornate Swiss chalet, it is the epitome of the Viking revival–style popular in the 1860s.
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Fisherman’s Coop
If the weather is nice, the local meal of choice is peel-and-eat shrimp, eaten dockside with a fresh baguette, mayonnaise and just a touch of lemon. In the summer, you can buy shrimp from the Fisherman’s Coop or, on Thursdays, keep an eye out for one of Norway’s richest men, Kjell Inge Røkkes, who can be found selling shrimp from his boat Trygg.
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Grand Café
At 11am sharp, Henrik Ibsen would leave his apartment on Drammensveien (now Henrik Ibsens gate) and walk to the Grand Café for a lunch of herring, beer and one shot of aquavit (alcoholic drink made from potatoes and carroway liquor). His table is still there and you don’t have to eat herring if you go, though it is on the menu (Nkr88).
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Curry & Ketchup
With decorations reminiscent of a Tiki bar or garage sale, Curry & Ketchup dishes out piping hot naan (Nkr23) and fragrant portions of Indian classics such as chicken tikka masala and palak paneer (Nkr74), not to mention good mango lassis for Nkr35. The service is notoriously bad, but the good atmosphere makes up for it.
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Baltazar
Located in the bazaar halls of the cathedral, Baltazar serves up Italian classics, homemade pasta and good wine. During the summer (when the owners are in Lucca, Italy), the main restaurant is closed and lunch is served at Trattoria Cappuccino in the leafy courtyard behind the cathedral.
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Solsiden
Solsiden means ‘sunny side’ in Norwegian, which explains why this place is so popular among sun-craving Oslo-dwellers. Located on the opposite side of Pipervika from Aker Brygge, Solsiden serves up some of the city’s best seafood and has an ideal view over the fjord.
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Theatercafeen
A favourite with Norwegian families during Christmas and on17 May, the Theatercafeen, directly across from the National Theatre, presents Norwegian classics in posh Viennese surroundings. Favourites include the reindeer steak with mushrooms and whortleberries (Nkr305).
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Teddy’s Soft Bar
- Oslo, Norway
- Restaurants › Pub
Teddy’s Soft Bar is a local institution and has scarcely changed since it opened in the 1950s. On offer are light, typically Norwegian meals – try the pytt i panne (Nkr88), which is essent-ially eggs with diced potato and meat.
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Kampen Bistro
Off the beaten track, this former working-class eatery has been transformed into a slightly stodgy neighbourhood bistro. The good-looking room pleases a local crowd. How about some chicken confit and antipasto?
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Rust
On a cobblestone side street, Rust has plenty of outdoor seating and loads of blankets for when it gets cold. Good for a quiet cocktail, burgers (Nkr129), hearty salads (Nrk119) or tapas late into the night.
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Blitz
Inside a barricaded, graffiti-covered building is an activist institution with 25 years of squatting history. Friendly, tattooed volunteers run a cafe serving unbelievably cheap vegetarian and vegan food.
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