Category: Eat and Drink - Iceland Monitor

Mount Kirkjufell can be seen right by the restaurant.

Gourmet dining in Grundarfjörður, West Iceland

Eat and Drink

The small town of Grundarfjörður, perched on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes peninsula now boasts of a fine dining restaurant with a wonderful view.

Ólafur Elíasson og Victoria Elíasdóttir munu taka yfir Marshallhúsið í þrjá mánuði.

Chef Victoria Eliasdóttir and artist Olafur Eliasson take over kitchen at Marshall House

3 Aug On August 11th, chef Victoria Eliasdóttir and her brother, artist Olafur Eliasson, will open a culinary space in Reykjavik, hosted by the Marshall Restaurant + Bar. Running for almost three months, the temporary restaurant will serve lunch and dinner, inspired by the atmosphere of the Studio Olafur Eliasson (SOE) Kitchen in Berlin.

A new restaurant opens at Nauthólsvík geothermal beach in Reykjavik

21 Jun A new restaurant has opened up in an old army barracks in Nauthólsvík and is fittingly called Bragginn.

Books: Taste of Iceland chosen best in the world

13 Jun The all Icelandic cookbook, Taste of Iceland, has been chosen best in the world by the prestigious Gourmand cookbook award. The book is written by Icelandic "wild chef" Úlfar Finnbjörnsson.

Grandi Mathöll: Fjárhúsið

13 Jun The new food halls at Grandi Mathöll offers one very Icelandic food stall: Fjárhúsið, which means the sheep barn and specialises in Icelandic lamb.

Nori and Asaki fed each other skyr at their Japan wedding.

Japanese couple get engaged at Blue Lagoon and offer skyr at their wedding

13 Jun Couple Nori and Asaki from Japan were so thrilled with the skyr they tried whilst on holiday in Iceland, where they got engaged, that they had Ísey skyr imported to their wedding.

Respected stage and film actor Þröstur Leó is also an experienced sailor and a passionate amateur cook.

Famous Icelandic actor becomes chef at Hlemmur Square in Reykjavik

4 Jun Famous Icelandic stage and film actor Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson will take over the role of chef at the restaurant at Hlemmur Square hotel in Reykjavik Tuesday June 5th for a period of two weeks.

A new food hall opens today at Grandi, Reykjavik's fishpacking district

1 Jun A new street food hall opens today at Grandi, called Grandi Mathöll, at 6 pm. This is the second such food hall to open after Hlemmur Mathöll. The new food hall is located in a large former fish warehouse by the harbour in the Grandi arae offfering nine food stalls.

A sumptious "kebab" at Lamb Street Food.

New Lamb Street Food restaurant opens in hip Grandi harbour area

14 May Lamb Street Food is a restaurant that offers a new take on Icelandic lamb as a fast food using the best available ingredients.

Tourists love Icelandic mushrooms

30 Apr And no- we're not talking about the psychedelic kind but the lovely Flúðir mushrooms grown in South Iceland. Farmers Bistro is a restaurant run at the mushroom farm and offers all of the fare grown at the farm- mushroms and vegetables - as well as lamb from nearby farms.