The Best Restaurants with 2 Falstaff Fork(s) in Norway

A gem of a restaurant, this spot formerly housed a brothel and later on a cocktail bar, situated on the gallery of a pizza restaurant in the area of Ila. The tasting menu made by Chef Carlos De Medeiros combines Norwegian and Portuguese flavours and ingredients. Bar Amour was recently awarded a well-deserved Michelin star.

The menu at this newly opened Bergen restaurant and wine bar is created after the chefs get the seasonal produce from the local fishermen, divers, hunters and farmers. Focus on sustainability and animal welfare are important factors for head chef Calle and his team. The menu is Nordic à la carte with a nice selection of fish, meat and vegetable dishes. Chicken liver mousse with lingonberries, vegetarian Wellington and whole roasted duck are among the specialities. 

Run by charismatic chef Reneé Fagerhøi, this eclectic restaurant serve 5- or 10- course menus, also offers a small bar menu. It’s a fun, unpretentious and tacky (as Reneé herself puts it) restaurant serving fine dining hot dogs and other surprises accompanied by loud music and a bathtub filled with drinks on ice.

Lars Erik Underthun won silver medal in Bocuse d’Or in 1991 and was the first Norwegian to climb the podium at the competition. His restaurant Feinschmecker is located in a quiet street in the Frogner neighbourhood. The classic French style fine dining restaurant uses mostly Norwegian produce. You can choose between a set menu or à la carte. The wine bar LilleSchmecker is located in the same building and also has outdoor serving in season.

As its’ Jacques Tati-referencing name suggests, Mon Oncle is all about French cuisine. The one Michelin starred restaurant serves oysters, langoustines, duck à l’orange and similarly luxurious produce you might expect, both in a set menu and à la carte. It’s expensive, but when you sink your teeth into the perfectly made Beef Wellington, you kind of forget the price.

A wine bar and bistro in the heart of Oslo, beautifully decorated with shelves full of vinyl and wine in a retro style at St. Olavs plass. Head Chef Anders Erlandsson used to work at Geranium and Alchemist in Copenhagen, and along with his excellent team serves both a set menu and à la carte with Asian flavours, combined with music from the expensive sound system.

The restaurant and wine bar is divided into two departments. The new location in Fjordgata is beautiful decorated with lovely art and a wine room behind clear 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 really good selection of dishes and wine by the glass.

Seasonal and local are key words at this fine dining Harstad restaurant celebrating the fifth taste – umami. Chefs Sigrid Rafaelsen and Kim-Håvard Larsen have worked in some of the best restaurants in Oslo, and Umami was named best restaurant in the north of Norway in 2017 by the White Guide Nordic. Unsurprisingly Umami focuses on the excellent seafood from the cold waters to be found almost right outside their doorstep.

The place to go for open face Danish sandwiches during lunch hour, and at night Vintage Kitchen turns into both a wine bar and a restaurant. The former serves different, tasteful snacks alongside a great wine selection, the latter a set 4 course menu or à la carte. The menu is simple, but proper, with dishes of both French, Italian and Spanish origin, made with excellent local produce.

Fjellskål’s choice of seafood is vast, as it stems from the fishmonger bearing the same name and ownership. The access to the freshest produce imaginable – shrimp, scallops, turbot, halibut and loads more – secures a menu that makes you salivate, and you can go for both a set menu or à la carte. The one thing you can count on, is that you’re in for a real treat.

Hallingstuene is a classic restaurant run by renowned chef Froda Aga and his wife Berit Kongsvik, located in Geilo, a small mountain village, between the equally awe-inspiring Hardangervidda and Hallingdal, showcasing Norwegian nature at its rawest. The food of course reflects this, and you can expect the very best mountain trout, reindeer, venison, lamb or grouse to name some eternal highlights of the region.

Peder is head chef Peder Salomon Blid Børstad. With a little help from his uncle, he opened the restaurant featuring excellent produce and techniques learned from all over the world. Norwegian ingredients, sustainability and animal welfare are important focus points for the chefs at Hos Peder (meaning At Peder’s Place). The wine selection is both classical and natural. 

It used to be a grocery shop, but Kolonialen (grocery shop in Norwegian) has turned into a cosy neighbourhood bistro close to Bislett Stadium serving oysters, charcuterie and a variety of delicious dishes, as well as a good selection of wines by glass. Kolonialen is run by Pontus Dahlström (one of the founding partners at Maaemo).

No trends and no style is the motto at Kraft Bodega in Trondheim. The chefs want to make food they want to eat themselves with flavours from around the world. The menu offers the choice of a 4 or 7 course serving. Tucked away behind the Central Station this restaurant is literally a hidden gem in Trondheim.

This French bistro in the Grünerløkka neighbourhood is extremely popular, and it can be difficult securing a table, but cancellations occur and it’s therefore worth trying. Le Benjamin is famous for piles of langoustines on a plate, the excellent wine selection and reasonably priced menus. Menu of the day will feature an entrée, main dish and dessert. It’s also possible to order à la carte at this atmospheric restaurant.

As the name suggests this is a small French bistro, to be found in the heart of Trondheim. Power couple Mette Beate Julius Evensen and Martin Julius Hovdal, along with Ida von Stoltz, are the trio behind this lovely and relaxed bistro that has captured the hearts of the citizens, serving classic dishes like Paté en crôute, entrecôte and crème brûlèe. The produce is mainly local.

Oslo is known for a range of high-quality Indian restaurants and Mantra is no exception. You can expect more than the classic dishes, more of a modern twist featuring the wonderful Indian flavours and spices. The first thing you see when entering are two big tandoori ovens where the chefs prepare their dishes over hot coals. The restaurant offers a 5 course menu and à la carte.

By the riverside of the idyllic city Fredrikstad, Restaurant Slippen serves dishes of high quality using local meat, fish and shellfish. The choice is between à la carte or the 3- or 5-course menu. When the weather permits, you can enjoy the delicious dishes on the patio, or otherwise inside the lovely space. Fredrikstad is a one hour and 15 minute train ride from Oslo.

This Trondheim bistro was established by the people of Chez Colin in Oslo, dishes are served in the old wooden wharves near Gamle Bybro (The Old Town Bridge) by the river Nidelva. Expect lovely oysters, escargots, entrecôte and crème brûlée in this cosy and very popular restaurant in Trondheim. The turbot is served on the bone with a fennel and mussel sauce, and is of course divine.

Hans Petter Klemmetsen started this restaurant in 2011 before opening in Kristiansand in 2020. The menu is set when the local, fresh produce arrives at the restaurant every day. Guests choose between a set 3-course menu or à la carte. This relaxed and cosy restaurant is located in the idyllic town of Grimstad in the south of Norway, worth a visit in itself.