The Best of »Falstaff Restaurantguide Nordic 2024« in Rogaland
Norway’s latest addition to the three Michelin star pantheon was established by Chef Sven Erik Renaa and his wife Torill in 2009. Re-Naa is located inside the Eilert Smith Hotel in Norway’s oil capital Stavanger. Re-Naa focuses on creating the most delicious dishes using regional produce paired with an amazing wine selection. The tasting menu is approximately 25 servings.
As the Stavanger restaurant Hermetikken is actually owned by its sommeliers, needless to say the wine selection is astonishing. Having said that, the food isn’t bad at all, and the restaurant was recently awarded one Michelin star. You can either enjoy a lovely seven course normal menu or a 12 course Oma(K)ase menu.
The name K2 is not related to the famouse mountain, but the two K’s in the surnames of founders Ola Klepp and Elisabeth Kres. A 10-course tasting menu focusing on minimal food waste and the tiniest possible carbon print, featuring organic, local produce; the key factors in this restaurant located in Norway’s oil capital Stavanger. K2 has been awarded one Michelin star as well as the green star.
In addition to three Michelin starred restaurant Re-Naa, husband and wife team Sven Erik and Torill Renaa run a French bistro, serving classics such as Escargots à la Bourguignonne, Tartare de boeuf and Crème Brûlée. The menu changes continuously depending on the seasons, but you’ll always leave smiling from the excellent dishes.
Bellies exclusively serve plant-based food, having humorously named their large menu “Full Bellies”. The menu changes considerably depending on the season and what’s available at any given time, and the restaurant is excellent at utilising Asian flavours, like Sichuan pepper and ssamjang, such delights having earned it a Michelin recommendation.
Omakase Chef Roger Asakil Joya serves a style of sushi called Edomae using locally caught produce, at the 10-seat counter of this lovely restaurant. The Filipino chef has trained to become a sushi chef in Japan, and Sabi Omakase Stavanger was the first sushi restaurant to receive a Michelin star in Norway. The menu is created with whatever produce Chef Roger gets his hands on each day.
This restaurant and wine bar is split in two. The space of the new location is beautifully decorated with lovely art and a wine room behind transparent glass. The 7-course menu made by head chef Fredrik Wickstrøm Engen and his wonderful team is a tribute to local produce from the sea and mountains of Trøndelag. The wine bar offers a very good selection of dishes and wine by the glass.
The latest project from Chef Roger Asaki Joya of Michelin starred restaurant Sabi Omakase offers a unique Nor-Kaiseki sushi experience that may leave you weeping with joy. There are also “ordinary” 7- or 10-course set menus to choose from, and needless to say, they are exquisite, prepared with the freshest produce available.
“Catch of the day” is what it’s all about at Fisketorget (i.e. The Fish Market). Yes, this is an actual fish market, but in conjunction with it lies a wonderful restaurant, serving whatever is at hand on any given day. There are two “classics” on the menu, Fisketorget’s unforgettable open shrimp sandwich and its’ lovely fish soup, as well as an everchanging à la carte menu with the freshest seafood available.
Overlooking the beautiful 12th century cathedral of Stavanger, Söl serves a set menu featuring local ingredients according to season. According to Guide Michelin which has given Söl a recommendation, the Røros butter and sourdough bread is reason enough alone to visit, but you can also expect flavourful food, focusing on the best vegetables, as well as both meat and fish.
Spiseriet (meaning “eatery”) is the restaurant located inside the Stavanger Concert Hall and has a lovely view of the fjord. The locals frequent Spiseriet before and after a show or simply when they fancy a nice plate of food and a glass of wine. You can choose between the menus “Symphony” or "Full Package”, or simply choose from the à la carte menu.
The restaurant started as a small Noodle Bar in 2013 and is now an Asian fusion restaurant using local produce situated in the “oil capital” of Norway, Stavanger. Shirley Chiu and Gary Fong from Hong Kong offer different styles of set menus and also a vegan tasting menu. The à la carte menu is mouth dripping and is inspired by several different Asian cuisines.
The three Michelin starred restaurant Re-Naa also has a few spinoffs. Sirkus Renaa is a small bakery/pizzeria chain with three outlets in Stavanger and one in nearby Sandnes. You’ll find excellent breakfast servings, lunches, brunches and then pizzas in the evening, and you won’t be disappointed coming here.
Chef Daniel Vigdel Hansen and Rakel Helgheim opened this casual restaurant in 2022 serving small dishes for lunch and dinner. The ingredients are seasonal, and the style of cooking is both Nordic and International. Both natural and conventional wines are present on the wine list. Bravo is mentioned in the Michelin Guide.