3 italian places in Reykjavik we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Reykjavik | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in Reykjavik ranges from a long-running trattoria to kitchens that fold Italy into Nordic and Japanese ideas. Hornid on Hafnarstraeti is the old-school name, while Mat Bar on Hverfisgata works small Italian-Nordic plates and OTO nearby crosses Italy with Japan. All three sit within the compact downtown 101 streets.
Hornid ★ 4.2
101 · Hafnarstraeti 15, 101 Reykjavik
Hornid opened in 1979 as Iceland's first Italian restaurant and still works a yellow corner house on Hafnarstraeti, making Reykjavik pizza and pasta to order.
Mat Bar ★ 4.5
101 · Hverfisgata 26, 101 Reykjavik
Mat Bar on Hverfisgata is a chef-driven Reykjavik kitchen blending Icelandic produce with Italian sensibility, a thirty-seat room of small sharing plates.
OTO ★ 4.5
101 · Hverfisgata 44, 101 Reykjavik
OTO on Hverfisgata is a Michelin Guide listed Italian-Japanese kitchen in Reykjavik, serving a kaiseki-shaped tasting menu that is a hard table to book.