Where Reykjavik shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Reykjavik shops, snacks and lunches.
Kolaportid fills the old customs house on Tryggvagata each weekend, Reykjavik's flea market where food stalls sell fermented shark, dried fish and rye bread.
Go for: Fermented shark, Dried fish, Rye bread
Tip: This is the easiest place to try hakarl fermented shark and harkfiskur dried fish. Weekends only, cash helps.
Hlemmur Matholl on Laugavegur was Reykjavik's first food hall, opened in 2017 in an old bus station, with stalls from Icelandic lamb to Flatey pizza and Skal.
Go for: Icelandic lamb, Neapolitan pizza, Cured meats
Tip: A good rainy-day option to graze across cuisines under one roof. Braud and Co bakes at one end.
Grandi Matholl on Grandagardur is a harbourside Reykjavik food hall near Harpa, its stalls running from Korean and Nepalese to pizza and Icelandic plates.
Go for: Korean, Indian, Icelandic plates
Tip: Quieter than Hlemmur and good for groups who cannot agree on a cuisine. Right by the Old Harbour.
Posthus Food Hall on the corner of Austurstraeti was voted the Grapevine's best Reykjavik food hall in 2024, with sushi, Indian fusion and pizza stalls.
Go for: Sushi, Indian fusion, Italian pizza
Tip: The most central of the food halls and the newest. Funky Bhangra's Indian-Nordic fusion is the standout stall.
The Grandi harbour strip on Grandagardur is Reykjavik's open-air food cluster, where Valdis ice cream and the fish-and-chips truck draw a steady crowd.
Go for: Ice cream, Fish and chips, Bakery
Tip: Walk the strip from Valdis to the fish truck to graze. Best on a rare sunny Reykjavik afternoon.