The best restaurants Østlandet

Don't be afraid to ask for directions - it's not so easy to find! Some say it's the best burger in Oslo! You can come alone, as a couple, with friends or family. The menu is original: sausage burger, fish, vegetarian or classic... If the wait can sometimes be long because the place isn't very big, once the burger is on your plate, you won't regret having waited a few minutes! As for the atmosphere, like most places in Oslo, it's relaxed. Good value for money.

It's a great place for small snacks. There are bagels that Norwegians eat here at lunchtime. There are also many cakes and different kinds of breads to enjoy with a coffee. We have the croissants, the Norwegians have the famous skolebrød, to test if it is not already done. Pronounce skoulebreu by rolling the R if you can, then enjoy! Bread is really part of the daily life of Norwegians at any time of the day.

Olivia is a chain of Italian restaurants in Oslo. The four restaurants are almost identical inside, but our favorite is undoubtedly the one at Aker Brygge. The food is very good, with a wide choice of pizzas (red or white), pastas and antipasti, as well as a fine menu of mixed dishes. As for the service and, above all, the restaurant's location, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the low prices! A good idea for the budget, because as we know in Oslo, it's not always easy to eat for cheap!

An exquisite restaurant hidden in a recess of the street, with a small terrace at the front. This French restaurant offers typical dishes prepared in the greatest tradition, and a wine list selected with particular care. The interior is all stone and wood, and the decoration, made of wine boxes, gives a modern rustic atmosphere. A varied and satisfying choice of starters, main courses and desserts. Also many vegetarian options. An exceptional address.

One of the oldest restaurants in Oslo, dating from the 18th century. The interior is typically Norwegian: huge fireplace, wood and beams, candles on the tables. A superb setting and a smiling and attentive team. At lunchtime, typical Norwegian dishes, such as a slice of bread with shrimp salad with mayonnaise on top, fish soup with organic mussels or avocado toast. In the evening, meat and fish dishes. Their crème brûlée is superb! Online booking recommended.

Kaffistova is one of the best addresses in Oslo, and for good reason it is one of the oldest! Indeed, the café opened in 1901 in the Norwegian capital. Every day Kaffistova offers fresh products from local production and traditional dishes. On the menu, salmon, reindeer, meatballs and a wide choice of side dishes. The setting is bright, modern, spacious and, above all, well located, as it is only a stone's throw from the city centre. A must for those who want to know a little more about Norwegian eating habits!

Still bearing the name of its former life (former steamship) and paying homage to that era in its decoration, Louise is a very pleasant, relaxed, friendly and well-made place. The view is magnificent - located in the former construction site of Aker Mek - the fjord, the boats and the fortress of Akershus are offered to your eyes while your taste buds discover varied menus mixing exoticism and traditional Norwegian cuisine. A chic and rather expensive place, with a subdued atmosphere but where you can eat very well.

The Bakkekroen is an old restaurant from 1936, typically Norwegian. The style of the interior decoration has not changed for 20 years: heavy curtains and red tablecloths that match the wrought iron lamps. The menu includes steak au poivre, veal escalope, halibut and plaice. For dessert, homemade ice cream. On weekdays, the menu offers mushroom soup for about 100 kroner, followed by the famous Norwegian dish får-i-kål, a kind of fragrant Norwegian sauerkraut. The coffee is traditionally accompanied by an egg yolk liqueur.

On a street parallel to Avenue Karl-Johan, it is a theme formula, both a campaign chip (especially for its decoration which abounds in strange objects hung everywhere), restaurant, pub and piano-bar. You can also buy items that have become rare nowadays, such as mustache wax or candy sugar. Hot dishes and a day menu as simple as a salad grill, but also specialities such as dried meat and smoked fish.

In the heart of the Oslo Alps, this large log cabin, blackened by the tar plaster as much as by time, dates from 1892. The roof is spiked with dragon heads that seem to stand guard. Do as everyone else does and have a snack on the terrace or, if the weather is rainy, in the pretty cafeteria, you'll have a feeling of feasting in Viking times! The more athletic can take the metro back to Holmenkollen station, cutting the loop of its route on foot through the Marka forest.

One of Norway's best chefs, Bent Stiansen (Bocuse d'or in Lyon in 1993), has opened his own restaurant in a 17th century rococo house. This was the home of King Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve's representative from 1664 to 1679. Staatholdergaarden is worth a visit in itself. During the renovation from 1985 to 1990 a beautiful stucco ceiling was found. The staff explain in a calm voice the menu items and the list of excellent wines. Great dishes prepared daily according to fresh market products.

A restaurant that seemed a bit expensive but still very good. Interesting culinary proposals, such as crab croquettes with a shellfish emulsion or smoked salmon rillettes with cabbage purée as a starter. For the main course, we are pleasantly surprised too, with halibut with beetroot or duck confit with pumpkin. The wine list is diversified. We would like to have cheese cake with raspberry coulis or baked apples with caramel sauce, pancakes and cardamom ice cream!

Cloister atmosphere then, as its name indicates, almost Gregorian. The building dates from 1899 and the restaurant was opened in 1992. In the basement, impeccable decoration with a myriad of candles, barrels and bottles of wine! Another very good value for money, fish specialities but also very tasty reindeer meat. 3, 5 and 7 course menus which are very nicely presented on the plate and very good! The products follow the changing seasons. The wine list is extensive. Reservation recommended.

This restaurant, which forms the southern tip of the Aker Brygge shopping mall, is a pearl in the fjord! On the menu, fish of course. In winter, a large fireplace lights up the room, and in summer, a beautiful terrace opens onto the sunny fjord. The large windows protect from the sea winds. Almost every table is near a window. Lobsters play in an aquarium near the entrance. The menu does not make special reference to the Lofoten Islands. The fish dishes are accompanied by mushrooms, ratatouille, pasta or artichokes.

The local cuisine, with game and wild berries in season, is good but expensive. The restaurant is housed in this old inn dating from 1640, all in red painted wood, situated in a rural setting with horses, goats and chickens. The large flowery lounge behind lace curtains seats 25 under old white and pink lacquered panelling, but small intimate rooms such as the "doctor's lounge", the "virginal room" and the cosy "grandmother's kitchen" can accommodate up to 4 people, for a dinner by the fire.

In old Oslo, "Lompa" for friends, it is the brownest of the "brown cafés" with an "atmosphere, atmosphere", as Arletty would have said. Local cuisine and Pigalle club on the floor. The dishes are sophisticated, tasty and really well presented. For starters, homemade gravlaks, whale carpaccio or cheese croquettes. For the main courses, quite a few meat proposals, and a vegan one, a bit disappointing, a plate of quinoa with vegetables. The desserts on the other hand are fabulous, like the canole with multe cream, this Nordic berry!

Here we aim for the "top of the top", one of the best restaurants in Oslo. The cuisine brings a fusion of Norwegian dishes revisited in a postmodern fashion and exotic touches delicately spicing up the menu. The service as well as the food is obviously of the highest quality, nothing to complain about on the performances. Needless to say, you'd better have a full purse before entering, but for the quality, it's definitely worth it. Some restaurants in Norway are much more expensive for less tasty meals!

A pleasant place to enjoy a good espresso and homemade pastries or bread. We will take advantage of the large terrace to spend several hours in the sun. A small grocery store awaits you inside, if you are interested in their products. This place is also a restaurant and offers for example halibut served with baked potatoes and a beurre blanc sauce, or vegetarian lasagne with spinach, squash, ricotta and mozzarella which are very creamy. Original children's menus, with fish sticks or quesadillas.

People's is a bar-restaurant with an interesting soviet design. The service is, for once in Oslo, always smiling, and the staff really tries to please its customers. Mexican food and burgers are in the spotlight, and excellent tacos. At lunchtime, slightly cheaper dishes are offered. A good choice of beers on draught (9 different ones) and even cider on draught. An address all the more pleasant as it is located on a vast square preserved from the traffic. Not great gastronomy, but a good option all the same!