Is it already July? Halfway into the year, we have picked 7 eatery newcomers in Copenhagen. We have deliberately kept the list short and light, so you can eat your way around all of them.
Eattoday Tapasbar & Takeaway Waterfront
The restaurant is located right next to The Lakes, and probably offers the best tapas in Europe outside of Spain. In this small, cozy restaurant you can buy a mix of everything and a beer – or two, and every dish costs the same when you mix different tapas.
Address: Strandvejen 112, Hellerup 2900. Tel.: +45 39 40 28 00
Gro Spiseri på ØsterGRO
On top of a former car auction house, you’ll find Denmark’s first rooftop farm, ØsterGRO. Now you can even have an organic meal at its eatery and experience the farm’s special atmosphere.
In the kitchen, four guys work closely together to shape the menu and select natural wines to accompany the food. Here, there’s no head chef and no hierarchy. GRO spiseri is not like many other restaurants, and in the few square meters they have you can immediately feel the passion from the people working there.
Enjoy beautifully flower-decorated dishes in the evening.
Guldkroen
(meaning Tavern of Gold) is located just north of The Lakes in a melting pot of small, quirky clothing stores and dozens of pizzerias and eateries of all types. At Guldkroen you can enjoy classic Danish food with lots of sauce and potatoes in a homely atmosphere.
Enjoy their shrimp cocktail, Ad Libitum Tartelettes, Wienerschnitzel or English beef. Don’t miss their homemade Rainbow ice cream.
Address: Fredensgade 11A, 2200 Copenhagen N. Telephone: +45 31 32 34 14
Hooked
is a new seafood restaurant, located in the trendy Nørrebro. The chefs demonstrate a passion for cooking, and all delicious bites are made-to-order, promising the freshest experience. Hooked is tucked at a corned close to the famous assistant Kirkegården.
Hyggestund
(meaning “time of hygge” – Hygge is a Danish word meaning coziness, and from this year on the word hygge is incorporated in the New Oxdord Dictionary).
This is Copenhagen-s new all day breakfast spot in an old beautiful building at Vesterbro. The atmosphere is in fact cozy and the service simple. You simnply place your order and pick up your food at the counter. Throughout the summer there are seats outside so you can enjoy the peasant Copenhagen sunny days.
Jordnær
(meaning ‘down to earth’) is housed in the historic, 350-year-old Gentofte Hotel, situated in Gentofte, just outside Copenhagen.
Gastronomically speaking, Jordnær is not very close to the earthy sphere. The ambitions are high, and the reviews since the restaurant opened in May this year have been positive indeed.
The host couple consists of Tina Kragh and Eric Vildgaard, who can plot in three years at Noma, the gastronomic flagship of New Nordic Cuisine, on his resume. Both of them have a past at Fredensborg Store Kro.
The evening menu gives you the opportunity to go a la carte or choose between a 3-, 5- or 7-course menu, where you will visit almost all the pleasantries of the menu. Restaurant Jordnær is open for lunch guests.
Table reservation is recommended.
Nærvær
(meaning presence) is Copenhagen’s new wine bar & restaurant, situated at Christianshavn on Krøyers Plads, overlooking the canal with a beautiful view over Copenhagen´s old city centre. The restaurant, Norm Architects can only seat ten people, and the space is divided into different areas to help enhance the intimate experience. Nærvær has the ambition of being a local non expensive wine bar as well as a restaurant serving guests from around the world.
P Eatery
located next to Skt Petri Hotel. has created a Nordic Mediterranean cuisine. The atmosphere is intimate for two, but offers plenty of space for socializing. The servings are composed of many small dishes including vegan choices, heavenly desserts – and they offer more than 100 wines served by the glass.
Featured image (on top): Dessert at Nærvær Restaurant
New Restaurants in Copenhagen, compiled by Tor Kjolberg