Restaurant Guide Norway 2024: The 10 Best Seafood and Fish Restaurants in Norway
Sven Erik Renaa’s kitchen sits at the center of this 22-seat dining room, erasing the divide between guests and cooks. Founded in 2009, the restaurant earned its third star in 2024. Seafood-oriented tasting menu.
Chef Christopher Haatuft opened this modern Norwegian restaurant at KODE 4 in 2013. Ten-course menus feature scallops from a local supplier and vegetables grown on city rooftops through MatTak.
Edomae sushi, the Tokyo style created about 200 years ago, meets Nordic seafood at this ten-seat counter. Chef Roger Asakil Joya trained in Japan and opened his place in 2015, taking guests on an 18-course journey.
Located in the same building as the Michelin-recommended restaurant "Saga" (formerly "Spontan"), this bar run by Oskar Sköld is the top address for wine lovers in Trondheim. The extensive and award-winning wine list is identical to that of the restaurant and has been voted Norway's best medium-sized wine list three years in a row. The food on offer ranges from artisanal charcuterie and cheeses to creative small dishes - the chicken liver mousse is an absolute must.
Roar Hildonen has shaped the local food scene for four decades and opened this restaurant in 2005. His son Eskil now co-leads the kitchen, refining Trøndelag ingredients with Mediterranean accents.
Since 1976, the Fjellskål family has run this restaurant at the Fish Market. Guests select from more than 70 fish and shellfish species, with sheltered waterfront seating overlooking the harbor.
Karl Erik Pallesen runs the kitchen at this fishmonger-restaurant on a site where seafood has been sold for more than 150 years. The menu depends on what’s in the fish counter and the day’s catch from local fishermen.
This scenic spot is part restaurant, part seafood bar and delicatessen, part wine bar. In a live tank, lobsters await their brief moment in the spotlight. A terrace by the fjord invites guests for drinks in summer.