3 Best Restaurants in Faroe Islands, Denmark

Hotel Hafnia has several restaurants and one café. The main restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch, and offers a generous buffet with a selection of local dishes—with a heavy focus on lamb and seafood—and international classics.

One of the most celebrated New Nordic restaurants in Scandinavia, KOKS is the only Michelin-restaurant on the archipelago. The restaurant is known for its playful tasting menu, the modern takes on local classics and experimenting with ræst, a local kind of fermentation. The restaurant started out in Hotel Føroyar, but is now located in a historic building in a rural setting.

Drawing from the tenets of the New Nordic philosophy, the chef at this "house by the brook" sources his ingredients locally and fills the tasting menu with simple, earthy meals like langoustine bisque, smoked salmon, poached cod, and his famous braised lamb. However, the most special occasion to visit is late March, when, for three days only, Áarstova serves a rare white Faroe Bank cod.