Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Oslo actually eats.

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Asylet

  • ★ 4.1
  • $$
  • Gronland

Order Kjottkaker with brown sauce and lingonberry; reindeer stew in winter.

Asylet on Grønland in Oslo's old town is the wood-panelled 1730 merchant-yard timber building, one of the city's oldest, serving kjottkaker.

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Engebret Café

Order Lutefisk in the November-December season; reindeer fillet year-round.

Engebret Café at Bankplassen 1 is Oslo's oldest continuously operating restaurant, founded 1857 by Engebret Christoffersen, in a 1760s listed building.

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Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri

Order Lutefisk plate October to Christmas; smorbrod at the cafe in summer.

Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri at Grensen 1 occupies a 1699 listed building one corner from Stortorvet square, with a la carte Norwegian classics, a courtyard.

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Theatercaféen

Order Smorbrod at lunch with a glass of Norwegian aquavit.

Theatercaféen on Stortingsgata is the 1900 art-nouveau brasserie opposite Nationaltheatret, in the same family for four generations, with a portrait gallery.

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Frognerseteren

  • ★ 4.5
  • $$$
  • Holmenkollen

Order Apple cake at Kafé Seterstua; reindeer at Finstua upstairs.

Frognerseteren at the top of Holmenkollen is the 1891 dragon-style mountain restaurant 30 minutes by metro from central Oslo, with traditional Norwegian.

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