Best Fine Dining
in Copenhagen
23 spots, all visited and vetted before they made this list.
Last updated July 12, 2026
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ESSE Restaurant
Chef Matt Orlando's (ex-Amass, ex-Noma) restaurant in a restored 1895 Nordhavn warehouse, built around regenerative-organic and seasonal Danish produce.
Restaurant Lille Mølle
A restaurant set in a 17th-century mill on Christianshavns Vold, serving a modern Nordic, fermentation-driven menu.
Restaurant Kadeau København
A New Nordic restaurant rooted in the flavors of Bornholm, serving a 16- to 18-course tasting menu paired with wine in Christianshavn.
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The Samuel
A one-Michelin-star restaurant from chef Jonathan Berntsen in a red-brick villa from 1891, serving mostly French, Spanish and Italian cooking.
Parsley Salon
A six-table, Michelin-starred restaurant in the basement of the Park Lane hotel, where chef Allan Schultz cooks a set 10-course menu built on Nordic seafood and foraged ingredients.
Texture
An intimate six-table basement restaurant near Sølvgade from French chef Karim Khouani, awarded a Michelin star months after opening in 2024.
Restaurant JATAK
Michelin-starred Nørrebro restaurant from chef Jonathan Tam (ex-Relæ), pairing New Nordic technique with his Cantonese-Vietnamese heritage in a single tasting menu.
Tèrra
A Michelin Green Star restaurant on Ryesgade built around a zero-food-waste ethos, with chef Valerio Serino's tasting menus drawing on locally sourced ingredients.
Restaurant Aure
A seafood-focused fine dining restaurant on Refshaleøen, housed in an 18th-century former gunpowder store.
Alchemist
A tasting-menu restaurant on Refshaleøen known for an extensive multi-course menu that blends food with art and social commentary.
Restaurant Palægade
A lunch spot near Kongens Have focused on traditional Danish smørrebrød, open since 2016 with a Danish-French dinner menu in the evening.
Salon
A French-leaning restaurant and wine bar on Bredgade serving Danish smørrebrød at lunch and a multi-course tasting menu at dinner, including its turbot-and-lobster signature dish.
Restaurant Alouette
Michelin-starred restaurant opposite the King's Garden, where chef-owner Nick Curtin serves a surprise multi-course tasting menu built around hand-picked, traceable ingredients.
HIDDEN DIMSUM
A dim sum restaurant on Nytorv run by siblings Mak and Mai, serving Chinese dumplings with Scandinavian touches in a converted historic bookstore.
Väkst
A Cofoco restaurant in a two-storey indoor greenhouse near the Latin Quarter, cooking vegetable-forward Nordic dishes alongside steak and seafood.
Restaurant Marv & Ben
A Bib Gourmand-listed spot on a cobbled Indre By street, plating locally sourced Nordic cooking with a wine list that leans natural and biodynamic.
Restaurant Geranium
Rasmus Kofoed's three-Michelin-star tasting-menu restaurant on the 8th floor of Parken stadium, named world's best by The World's 50 Best in 2022.
Restaurant Radio
A Bib Gourmand-rated restaurant near Forum Station serving seasonal Danish cooking with organic produce grown in its own fields.
Restaurant Mielcke & Hurtigkarl
Fine dining in an 1744 orangery inside Frederiksberg Gardens, run by chef Jakob Mielcke (ex-Pierre Gagnaire, Sketch), with a tasting menu built around herbs from the surrounding garden.
Restaurant Jordnær
A three-Michelin-star restaurant run by husband-and-wife team Eric and Tina Kragh Vildgaard, built around seafood and vegetables sourced close to home.
Brede Spisehus
Lunch and dinner restaurant set in Brede Værk's former 1893 canteen building north of Copenhagen, serving a seasonal menu in a rustic dining room.
Restaurant Koan
A two-Michelin-star restaurant from former noma chef Kristian Baumann, serving a Korean-inspired tasting menu on the Langelinie waterfront.
Restaurant Udtryk
An omakase-style tasting-menu restaurant under chef Pascal Dallarosa that won a Michelin star just five weeks after opening in 2025.