Fine Dining in Reykjavik

Dill

• ★ 4.8
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Creative
• $$$$
• 101 Reykjavik

Order Free-range Icelandic pork cheek with warm spiced cream, or belly with pine, cabbage and mushrooms.

Dill is a contemporary restaurant at Laugavegur 59 where you climb a spiral staircase to an open kitchen and cooking that is not showy or overcomplicated.

Ox

• ★ 4.8
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Icelandic
• 101 Reykjavik

Order The multi course tasting menu, a modern rendition of traditional Icelandic cuisine.

Ox is a 17-seat restaurant at Laugavegur 28 where Chef Thrainn Freyr Vigfusson serves a multi course tasting menu of modern Icelandic cooking.

OTO

• ★ 4.5
• Italian-japanese
• $$$$
• 101 Reykjavik

Order The lobster cappelletti with yuzu kosho, or the chicken thigh skewer with scallions.

OTO at Hverfisgata 44 in Reykjavik blends Italian and Japanese cuisine, with a menu inspired by the flavors of Japan and Italy, and well-made cocktails.

Tides

• ★ 4.3
• Modern Icelandic seafood
• $$$$
• 101 Reykjavik

Order The evening tasting menu: 1,000-day aged Feykir cheese, Nordic salmon, North Icelandic lamb.

Tides at Austurbakki 2 in The Reykjavik EDITION hotel celebrates seafood from the pristine waters of Iceland, cooked on a Josper Charcoal Grill.

Fish Company

• ★ 4.6
• Scandinavian
• Grandi

Fish Company is in the old Zimsen building, built in the 19th century, serving gourmet cuisine seasonally influenced with ingredients from land and sea.

Grillmarkadurinn

• ★ 4.5
• Icelandic Grill
• $$$
• 101 Reykjavik

Order Ale-fed beef from Hvammur, with the cut chosen daily, or the lightly smoked Arctic char.

Grillmarkaðurinn at Lækjargata 2A cooks Icelandic produce over fire, smoke, wood and coal, buying most of its main produce straight from the farm.

Fish Market

• ★ 4.5
• Icelandic-asian
• 101 Reykjavik

Fish Market is a restaurant at Adalstraeti 12, 101 Reykjavik.

Apotek Kitchen + Bar

• ★ 4.1
• Icelandic and European
• 101 Reykjavik

Order Charcoal-grilled beef tenderloin with celeriac purée, or char on a salt block from the Himalayas.

Apotek Kitchen + Bar at Austurstraeti 16 serves a tasting menu of 6 dishes chosen by its chefs, mixing meat and seafood and ending with a dessert, 16.900 kr.

Matur og Drykkur

• ★ 4.4
• Icelandic Heritage
• $$$$
• Grandi

Order The menu, which changes constantly so the freshest and best ingredients are served each time.

Matur og Drykkur at Mýrargata 31 takes its name from a book by Helga Sigurðardóttir and cooks with local ingredients, wild herbs and seaweed.

Sumac

• ★ 4.4
• Middle Eastern
• $$
• 101 Reykjavik

Sumac Grill + Drinks is a restaurant at Laugavegur 28 in downtown Reykjavik, inspired by Beirut, serving Middle Eastern cuisine and Mediterranean cocktails.