Hafnarstræti 22, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
This restaurant certainly knows how to cook a fish! All the fish we ordered was perfectly grilled and wonderfully tender. The soup was creamy and warming, just as it should be. The only sour note in the evening were some dubiously strong pickles in the salad, and a slight overpowering of the lemon with vanilla in the (rather daring) vanilla-butter langoustine. We were seated promptly without a reservation at 8pm on a Wednesday. The restaurant seemed about 50% full.
Came as a walk in without reservation after searching for a local fish place for dinner. The waiter and waitress were friendly during order taking and serving. Not a lot of options but they serve one of the best fish I've eaten and the chef sure know how to grill them! Totally recommend the rainbow trout for a sweet tooth and the cod fish dish too!! The catch of the day was fantastic as well, the chef came out to show us a picture of the catch of the day, a wolf fish, before returning to his kitchen. A quiet restaurant with us a family of six and a couple at 7pm on saturday. Although the veg served with the fish was simple, they complemented well with the fishes (we ordered rainbow trout, cod, catch of the day, bottle of wine) Good quality food, no regrets!
Staff wasn't particularly friendly. Food was super disappointing! Quite tasteless except for the lobster soup which was actually a great surprise. Lamb was bland and potatoes tasted like they were just microwaved. Catch of the day was alright but the veggies weren't so great. You have better options for this price in Akureyri.
We had fish soup then the catch of the day in a pan and char. The fish of the day itself was nice, but the creamy sauce killed all of its taste. It was served with a few potatoes and salad vegetables which were in the pan as well. The mix was strange and the salad vegetables became warm which wasn’t very nice. Overall it tasted more like a canteen dish and would have been nicer to have just the fish with some herbs and lemon and some pan fried vegetables. The char was served in a pan with the salad in the pan as well and in a butter sauce. The sauce was not very nice and ruined the fish. Would not recommend having dinner there. Staff was very friendly and we paid around 13.000 ISK for 2 which seems fair for Iceland.
Showed up at 7 with 5 people. There were 9 open tables. After waiting 10 mins for someone to come to the please waited to be seated sign. We got turned away because they were "full" and told to come back at 9, but their sign said the close at nine... we ended up spending couple hundred at greifinn restaurant anyway. Way better environment anyway! - By full I mean only 2 tables were seated and no one in the waiting area waiting for table. The hosts was rude and not very nice. Also the owners review shows he is also a rude disrespectful person.
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