Reykjavik: Guided Foodie Walking Tour with 6 Tastings
Learn about the culture of Reykjavik and Iceland through its tasty food on a guided walking tour. Visit 5 different Icelandic eateries as you explore the Icelandic cap...
What to order at Baejarins Beztu Pylsur
- Must order
- One with everything, eina med ollu, with raw and crispy onion, ketchup, mustard and remoulade.
- The dish to know
- Icelandic lamb hot dog
- Editor tip
- Bill Clinton ordered his with mustard only in 2004, so that is now called a Clinton. Open very late.
CuisineStreet food
Price$
Neighborhood101
HoursDaily from 09:00, late
Phone+3545111566
The dishIcelandic lamb hot dog
Last verified
Must order: One with everything, eina med ollu, with raw and crispy onion, ketchup, mustard and remoulade.
Tip: Bill Clinton ordered his with mustard only in 2004, so that is now called a Clinton. Open very late.
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Savor the flavors of Reykjavik on a food tour of the city. Try traditional and modern Icelandic dishes, and see the Hallgrímskirkja Church.
Location
Address: Tryggvagata 1, 101 Reykjavik
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Lobster Hut ★ 4.1
Lobster Hut is a food cart on Kalkofnsvegur near Harpa, serving Icelandic langoustine sandwiches, soup and salad far cheaper than a sit-down Reykjavik room.
Try: Lobster sandwich and soup
Order: The lobster sandwich, loaded with Icelandic langoustine for far less than a restaurant.
Tip: A summer operation that may close in bad weather. Cheap fresh langoustine, eaten standing by the harbour.
Voffluvagninn ★ 3.9
Voffluvagninn is a bright yellow waffle wagon parked near Hallgrimskirkja, serving warm waffles with sugar, chocolate and cream as a Reykjavik street snack.
Try: Waffles with cream
Order: A waffle with jam and whipped cream, eaten on the steps below the church.
Tip: A seasonal cart that parks by Hallgrimskirkja in good weather. A cheap sweet stop between the sights.
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Saegreifinn ★ 4.4
Saegreifinn, the Sea Baron, on Geirsgata serves a langoustine soup many call the world's best, plus grilled fish skewers in a tiny harbour shack in Reykjavik.
Try: Lobster soup
Order: The langoustine soup with bread and Icelandic butter, the dish that made it famous.
Tip: Started in 2003 by a former fisherman. Communal benches and barrels for seats; cosy and very small.
Banh Mi ★ 4.1
Banh Mi at the Hlemmur food hall on Laugavegur 107 stuffs crisp baguettes with marinated proteins, pickled veg and herbs, a fast Vietnamese street counter.
Try: Vietnamese banh mi sandwich
Order: A pork banh mi with extra chilli, eaten standing at the food-hall tables.
Tip: Inside Hlemmur Matholl, the old bus terminal turned food hall. Quick, cheap, takeaway-friendly.
Lobster Hut ★ 4.1
Lobster Hut is a food cart on Kalkofnsvegur near Harpa, serving Icelandic langoustine sandwiches, soup and salad far cheaper than a sit-down Reykjavik room.
Try: Lobster sandwich and soup
Order: The lobster sandwich, loaded with Icelandic langoustine for far less than a restaurant.
Tip: A summer operation that may close in bad weather. Cheap fresh langoustine, eaten standing by the harbour.
Fish and Chips Vagninn ★ 4.2
Fish and Chips Vagninn is a red food truck at Vesturbugt harbour on Grandagardur, frying super-fresh Icelandic cod and chips British-style in Reykjavik.
Try: Cod and chips
Order: Cod and chips, made from fish landed only hours earlier by the family's own boats.
Tip: Run by a fishing family with their own vessels, so the cod could not be fresher. Eat it by the water.
Voffluvagninn ★ 3.9
Voffluvagninn is a bright yellow waffle wagon parked near Hallgrimskirkja, serving warm waffles with sugar, chocolate and cream as a Reykjavik street snack.
Try: Waffles with cream
Order: A waffle with jam and whipped cream, eaten on the steps below the church.
Tip: A seasonal cart that parks by Hallgrimskirkja in good weather. A cheap sweet stop between the sights.
Valdis ★ 4.3
Valdis at Grandi on Grandagardur scoops some of Reykjavik's most inventive ice cream, with over four hundred flavours tried since 2013, from rye to liquorice.
Try: Icelandic ice cream
Order: Ask for the rye-bread or liquorice scoop, two flavours that taste like Iceland.
Tip: Queues out the door on summer evenings despite the cold climate. Cash or card both fine, no seating.