Eat in Grunerlokka, Oslo

Hot Shop

• ★ 4.6
• Modern Nordic
• $$$

Order The chef's choice menu with the natural-wine pairing.

Hot Shop on Københavngata in Grunerlokka is the Michelin-starred neighbourhood room named for the sex shop that once stood on the site, with seasonal small.

Tim Wendelboe

• ★ 4.8
• Café
• $

Order A filter brew from the daily-rotating origins; the cortado is the bar order.

Tim Wendelboe on Gruners gate in Oslo's Grunerlokka is the World Barista Champion's tiny espresso bar, the room that rebuilt Norwegian specialty coffee.

Supreme Roastworks

• ★ 4.6
• Café
• $

Order Pour-over of the day from the rotating origins.

Supreme Roastworks on Thorvald Meyers gate in Grunerlokka is the 2013 roastery-with-cafe from World Brewers Cup champion Odd-Steinar Tollefsen.

Babbo Collective Øvrefoss

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order Omelette on sourdough at the morning counter.

Babbo Collective at Øvrefoss took over Grunerlokka's former Liebling cafe at the top of Markveien in 2023, a working bakery counter by day and an Italian.

Vespa and Humla

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $

Order Pan pizza and pastry plates

Vespa and Humla on Københavngata in Grunerlokka pairs a Detroit-style pizza oven with a working bakery and microbrewery, with seasonal pastries.

Tim Wendelboe Roastery

• ★ 4.9
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Tim Wendelboe's roastery and lab on Toyengata in Oslo's Toyen district is the World Barista Champion's working roast house, with retail bag pickup.

Territoriet

• ★ 4.7
• Wine bar
• $$$

Territoriet on Markveien at the lower end of Grunerlokka opened in 2014 with 100-plus wines by the glass, and has become the neighbourhood institution Norway.

Skaal Matbar

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• $$$

Skaal Matbar on Olaf Ryes plass in the middle of Grunerlokka is the natural-wine matbar with creative small plates, with an expansive Friday-Saturday wine.

Bettola

• ★ 4.4
• Italian retro cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Negronis and Italian aperitivi

Bettola on Trondheimsveien in Grunerlokka is the Italian retro cocktail room beside Schouskjelleren, with a Negroni list and aperitivo small plates served.

Syverkiosken

• ★ 4.8
• Street food
• $

Try Hot dog in lompe potato flatbread

Syverkiosken near Alexander Kiellands plass is the last independent 1930s pølsekiosk in Oslo, with the classic hot dog wrapped in lompe and the loaded Norsk.

Schouskjelleren Mikrobryggeri

• ★ 4.8
• $$

Schouskjelleren in the vaulted brick cellar of the original Schous brewery on Trondheimsveien is Oslo's second-oldest microbrewery, with a massive open.

Crow Bar and Brewery

• ★ 4.6
• $$

Crowbar on Torggata at the lower edge of Grunerlokka is Oslo's largest microbrewery across two floors, with the brewery in plain view of the taps and a menu.

Nedre Foss Gård Bryggeri

• ★ 4.2
• $$

Nedre Foss Gård on Nordre gate by the Akerselva river runs the brewery wing of the 13th-century farmstead, with house-brewed Nordic ales pulled.

Vespa and Humla Microbrewery

• ★ 4.0
• $$

Vespa and Humla on Københavngata in Grunerlokka brews on site behind the Detroit-style pizza oven, with rotating in-house taps poured beside sourdough pan.

Bondens marked Birkelunden

• ★ 4.5
• Market
• $

Bondens marked Birkelunden is the Grünerløkka producer farmers market at Seilduksgata 23B, with rotating small-farm producers, Norwegian heritage cheese.

Secret Food Tours

• ★ 4.4

Secret Food Tours' Grünerløkka walk runs 3.5 hours across 7 stops, with cardamom buns, smoked fjord trout, fishcake burgers, reindeer stew and game.

Ravioli Art Pasta Class

• ★ 4.4

Ravioli Art runs hands-on fresh pasta workshops in Grünerløkka under chef Viktoriia. The public class covers tagliatelle, pappardelle and ravioli; the private programme adds wine, antipasti and team-building flexibility.

Nedre Foss Gård

• ★ 4.4
• $$

Order Seasonal brunch platter

Nedre Foss Gård on Nordre gate by the Akerselva river runs an all-day weekend brunch out of one of the oldest buildings in Grunerlokka, with seasonal.

The Nighthawk Diner

• ★ 4.0
• $$

Order Bottomless coffee and the stack of pancakes

The Nighthawk Diner on Seilduksgata is the Grunerlokka all-day American diner that opened in 2010 with gas-fuelled flat-tops and bottomless coffee.

Blå

• ★ 4.6

Blå on Brenneriveien by the Akerselva is the Grunerlokka jazz and indie venue opened February 1998, with an outdoor terrace on the river and a DJ programme that turns the room into a club after the live set.

Kafé Hærverk

• ★ 4.2

Kafé Hærverk on Hausmanns gate 34 opened June 2017 as a bar, concert venue and record shop on Akerselva, with experimental and independent music and a courtyard with hi-fi sound on summer nights.