Restaurants in Akureyri

1. Staðurinn

Akureyri's latest coming of age is this health food restaurant, a welcome antidote to Iceland's heavy diet. Choices are limited to soups, salads,...

2. Friðrik V

Owner and head chef Friðrik Valur is north Iceland's leading food pundit, with frequent newspaper columns, lectures, and TV appearances. Service...

3. Friðrik V Deli

This casual offshoot of Akureyri's best restaurant is perfect for a soup, salad, or sandwich lunch. Check the chalkboard specials: the dish of...

4. Strikið

Perched on a fifth floor overlooking the harbor, this buzzing restaurant is better than the casual atmosphere suggests. Familiar dishes come with...

5. Karolína

Karolína is a good illustration of current trends in Iceland's high-end restaurant business. First, attention is drawn to the creative mind behind...

6. Bautinn

Right on Akureyri's busiest corner, this crowd-pleaser is reasonably priced and the food is comfortingly predictable. The ambience is more for...

7. Restaurant Kría

Grímsey's hangout by default, Kría serves up burgers, sandwiches, crepes, fish, lamb, and puffin. No pizza, surprisingly; locals with pizza cravings...

8. KaffiBrennslan

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9. Peng's

The food is what you'd expect from the one Chinese restaurant in a place like Akureyri: none of it is particularly authentic or subtle, but most...

10. Karolína

This fashionable cafe-bar, adjoining the upscale restaurant of the same name, serves tasty bagels and sandwiches.