Restaurants Oslo

Easy-going counterpart to adjoining Oro restaurant, featuring a central bar and polished wood tables. Lunch offers a set selection of earthy dishes. Grills feature in the evening, alongside daily specials - try the house dishes of gravadlax and Iberi..

Modern, minimalist dining room with open kitchen, glass-walled wine cellar and friendly atmosphere. Larger tables to the front, with more intimate banquette seating to the rear. Set menu of inventive, international cuisine; this changes every Tuesday..

Smart, compact brasserie with well-stocked bar, leather banquettes and striking modern artwork. Reasonably priced menus offer hearty, filling, flavoursome cooking, which mixes French brasserie dishes with Norwegian favourites. Interesting choice of w..

Warm, elegant restaurant not far from the City Hall; its cosy, modern interior decorated in pale tones. Classically based, seasonal set menus cooked in open rear kitchen. Lively atmosphere and attentive, formal service.

Lively French brasserie in pedestrianised shopping street. Main restaurant and terrace on ground floor; private rooms above. Brasserie classics and an 'eat-as-much-as-you-like' pastry trolley.

Set on the central square, close to the National Theatre. Black façade masks a modern, split-level inner. Cooking focuses on the Sichuan and Cantonese regions, with dim sum offered at lunch.

Prestigious Oslo institution. Charming Viennese 'grand café' interior with pillars, black banquettes and art nouveau lighting. Elaborate lunchtime sandwiches make way for ambitious dinner menu.

Contemporary restaurant opposite the National Gallery. Dimly lit interior with open kitchen, blue glass walls and buffalo horns on the ceiling. Weekly set menu of flavoursome seafood dishes.

Traditional, wood-furnished brasserie with large terrace, not far from City Hall. Counter with bar stools to one side; tables set at black banquettes on the other. Contemporary brasserie menu.

In a former apartment building, with high ceilings and a mosaic floor; its name a reference to a character from the novel 'Hunger'. Set menus of 6 or 9 courses; visually impressive dishes offer innovative combinations. Attentive service.

Brightly painted house dating from 1641. Charming, antique-filled inner with library, open-fired lounge and lovely terrace. Lunch in the bar; classical dinners in the traditional dining room.

First-floor restaurant under the arches of a 19C brick market beside the cathedral. Smart interior with designer chairs and open kitchen. Two set menus of innovative, Italian dishes. Informal, ground floor eatery boasts a terrace and glass-covered wi..

Attractive 17C house in the heart of the city, boasting an elegant interior with a wonderfully ornate stucco ceiling and chandeliers. Expertly rendered, classically based cooking with modern touches; highly seasonal menu lists every ingredient used. ..