Author: Ragnar Egilsson
Gauging the Icelandicness of Íslenski Barinn
We all have our go-to places. Neighbourhood spots where you know the menu by heart, where you salute the waiters…
It’s Spa O’Clock — Here’s Where to Get Your Soak On
In the past few years, a particularly entrepreneurial spirit has swept the country, inspiring millionaires of all stripes in the…
Eiriksson Brasserie: The Belle Époque Meets Charcoal Flatbread
Chef Friðgeir Ingi Eiriksson introduces us to his uninhibited brasserie The classic Belle Époque brasserie is basically the la-di-da cousin…
6 Unmissable Reykjavík Bites
The places our food writer dreams about… We’ve told you where to eat, now we’ll tell you what to eat….
Quite Mexican: The Wonder Vessel Of MB Taqueria
The taco lovers of Iceland have been riding a rollercoaster of emotions over the past 10 years as they’ve gone…
Lady Of The Mountain: Fjallkonan
Cupcakes on Ferris wheels, smoke-filled bubbles on cocktails, duck leg pancake towers in birdcages—Fjallkonan is big on whimsy and not…
Reykjavík In Eight Drinks: A Pub Crawl For The Debonair Souse
We’re back to the dead leaves and pumpkins month, so it’s time for me to rattle my ossified ass out…
The Bulletproof Guide To Eating Out In Hafnarfjörður
Located just 15 km from downtown Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður has been a thriving independent entity for a long time, thanks in…
The Icelandic Sauce Universe
Whenever we talk about food in Iceland, there’s an elephant in the room and that elephant is sauce. So much…
Steak Your Reputation At Reykjavík Meat
Just over a year ago, Reykjavík Meat joined the fray on the popular tourist trail Frakkastígur, a road book-ended by…
Buns and Bums at Reykjavík’s Organic Eatery
Reykjavík’s most committed organic restaurant is serving up wild burgers and root veggie chips in downtown Reykjavík. After a rocky…
The Ambitious Apótek: Racks Of Lamb And Painkiller Cocktails
Located at Austurstræti 16, Apótek is a historical building cum hotel and restaurant originally designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, Iceland’s state…
Wild Monkey Tapas: Makake Injects Some Japanese-Spanish Flavour Into Grandi
The Icelandic restaurant landscape is always shifting. These days, Reykjavík seems to be experiencing an injection of international cuisine. The…
The O.G: Hornið Celebrates 40 Years Of Slinging Pizza And Folding Calzones
Running a restaurant is an unforgiving business in which a ten-year run is considered noteable. Yet, it if you look…
Cook Fast, Die Young: Reykjavík’s Restaurants In Possible Crisis
It feels appropriate that Icelanders didn’t have much in the way of a summer from 2017 through 2019. During the…
Christmas Is Coming & We Are Getting Fat: A Festive Guide To Reykjavík Restaurants
by John Rogers, Shruthi Basappa, Ragnar Egilsson and Alexander Jean de Fontenay
After last year’s tour of easy-going downtown havens like Mat Bar, Snaps and Skál, we decided to broaden the net…
A Messi Eater: Fresh, Creamy Seafood In A Bucolic Setting At Messinn
Delicate or robust, white or pink, flat or oblong, from glistening swordfish to speckled flounder fillets—I’ve never met a fish…
Keep On Truckin’: Our Quest For The Best Street Food In Reykjavik
by Shruthi Basappa and Ragnar Egilsson
Reykjavik may not have been blessed with the best summer this year, but two very determined foolhardy people strode out…
A Marshful of Seafood: Wholesome Nordic Wholesomeness In The Accordion House
I am standing outside the accordion-shaped house tucked in the southern corner of Reykjavík and wondering how a building can…
Dining Under the Dead Gaze of Shipwrecked Sailors
Fáskrúðsfjörður is one of those towns which can be unfairly overlooked as Route 1 connecting the tourist beacons of the…
The Crafty Crustaceans of Höfn
“Langoustines Are the New Foie Gras,” exclaimed a recent Bon Appétit article, and langoustine certainly fits the bill as a…
Surf & Earth: Rosenberg Is Reborn As A Sanctuary For The restaurant Scene
Entering Rosenberg, I’m greeted with mannequin heads salvaged from the recently closed hair salon next door, which closed down last…
The Brunching Hour: Reykjavík’s Most Decadent Hangover Meals
by John Rogers, Hannah Jane Cohen and Ragnar Egilsson
If you made use of our guide to Reykjavík’s music venues on page 28, you might well need this one…
Ragnar’s Secret Solstice Hangover Diary Prt 2
Saturday: The second half of the madness In order to make sense of so much nonsense, I have broken this…
Ragnar’s Secret Solstice Hangover Diary
Thursday: The madness begins It’s that Solstice time again! Whoop whoop (family!) Thursday was as soft segway into a festival…