6 editor picks in Reykjavik.
6 seafood places in Reykjavik we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Reykjavik | Seafood across every city.
With the fleet landing at the Old Harbour, seafood is Reykjavik's most natural cuisine, and many of its best rooms sit a short walk from the water. Messinn on Laekjargata made its name on the pan-fried fish skillet, while Fish Company and Kopar work the Grandi waterfront on Vesturgata and Geirsgata with langoustine and the day's catch. For something humbler, Saegreifinn's green harbour hut on Geirsgata has poured lobster soup since the early 1990s.
Messinn on Laekjargata built its name on the fish pan, fresh catch fried in butter and served sizzling in a cast-iron skillet to half of Reykjavik.
OrderA fish pan, the cast-iron skillet of butter-fried catch with potatoes.
TipLunch is the value sitting and the room is small, so arrive early or expect a wait at dinner.
Sjavargrillid, the Seafood Grill, plates grilled Icelandic fish and langoustine on Skolavordustigur, a colourful Reykjavik room with full a la carte choice.
OrderThe grilled langoustine, or a mixed seafood skewer off the open grill.
TipA short walk down from Hallgrimskirkja. Good for a la carte when you want fish without a set menu.
Kopar sits over the water at the Old Harbour on Geirsgata, a Reykjavik seafood room that leans on local langoustine and cod with vegan plates too.
OrderThe langoustine, or the signature cod with whatever is in season.
TipAsk for a window table over the harbour. Lunch is the cheaper way into the same kitchen.
Hofnin, The Harbour, fills a 1930s house on Geirsgata with family-run Icelandic seafood, a Reykjavik room for shellfish soup and plokkfiskur by the marina.
OrderThe shellfish soup, or plokkfiskur, the creamy Icelandic fish-and-potato stew.
TipWindow tables look out on Mount Esja across the water. Popular, so book ahead in summer.
Fish Company, Fiskfelagid in Icelandic, cooks Reykjavik's most awarded seafood in the 1884 Zimsen house, a five-course menu of local fish landed that day.
OrderThe five-course gourmet menu, which changes with the day's catch.
TipVoted the Grapevine's best seafood for over a decade. The downstairs room under the bridge is the one to book.
Green fisherman's hut by the old harbour on Geirsgata since 1992, world-famous lobster soup plus grilled fish and lamb skewers; Sea Baron of Reykjavik.
TipSeating is communal on barrels and benches. The langoustine soup with bread is the only order you need.
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