The Best of »Falstaff Restaurant & Bistro Guide Nordics 2026« in Troms
With 18 seats and an open kitchen, this husband-and-wife restaurant is among Tromsø's most personal addresses. Chef Espen Ramnestedt cooks Northern Norwegian flavors, while Eva-Linda leads service and wine.
Founded in 2011, this tasting-menu restaurant showcases seasonal ingredients. Some produce comes from staff families, berries are foraged nearby, and an open kitchen lets guests watch the cooking up close.
Chef Damian Plawski brings international flavors—including Japanese touches like miso—to Arctic seafood at this restaurant, opened on the harbor in 2009. The menu follows the seasons and the catch of the day.
Atop St. Elisabeth Hotel, this sky bar restaurant focuses on locally sourced ingredients and includes reindeer among the mains. Panoramic views stretch across Tromsø and the surrounding landscape.
Local and international artwork covers the walls of this bistro near the harbor, with drawings even on the tables. Homemade cooking spans from fish soup and king crab bisque to reindeer and lamb stew.
Founder Anne Brit Andreassen named her 1998 restaurant after an imaginary kitchen companion from her childhood. Menus may change weekly based on the availability of ingredients from local suppliers.
This nine-room lodge above the Arctic Circle includes meals in its accommodation packages. The kitchen highlights seasonal, local ingredients, with seafood often taking the lead. Two hours from Tromsø.
Next door to their successful restaurant Smak, Eva-Linda and Espen Ramnestedt added this harborside spot in 2024. Local ingredients are prioritised, including organic salmon. View towards the Arctic Cathedral.
The restaurant at Lyngen North’s glass-igloo hotel serves three-course dinners with views across the fjord to the mountains. The menu features traditional Norwegian dishes, elevated with a mix of global influences.
Housed in a wooden building from 1868, this restaurant feels like a private home, with books lining the walls. The kitchen focuses on Arctic bistro cooking, sourcing most ingredients from regional suppliers.
This gastro bar is in a building dating to the early 1830s. The kitchen uses Arctic ingredients from the sea, shore, forest, and its own garden, preserved through smoking, fermentation, and pickling.
At this “machine workshop”, which seats up to 130 on two floors, old machines and exposed steelwork evoke the building’s industrial past dating to 1911. The kitchen is inspired by North Norwegian food culture.
Grilled stockfish is a signature dish at this seafood restaurant on the second floor of Vertshuset Skarven, a waterfront complex with several dining concepts. Nautical décor sets the scene for North Norwegian coastal cooking.
Inside Kystens Hus, this 150-seat restaurant overlooks the harbor and the Arctic Cathedral. The menu highlights local and Arctic produce from sea and land. A large aquarium adds a distinctive backdrop to the modern setting.
Freshness defines the cooking at this central restaurant, where everything is prepared to order. The menu uses line-caught fish, Finnmark reindeer, and other northern ingredients, refined with an international touch.
This Norwegian bistro is located in a former bank, completed in 1915. The kitchen refines local seafood, reindeer, and stockfish with modern techniques. Plus: cathedral views and outdoor seating on the terrace.
Storytelling about the local fishing history runs through this harborside restaurant, located in a 1902 fish factory with a small museum. Cod comes in many forms: tongues, stockfish, and fresh dishes.
Eritrean cuisine, often served by the owners themselves: homemade injera, stews, and spiced lentils follow authentic recipes from the Horn of Africa. The vegan options include a popular sharing platter.