Other great places in Oslo

Grünerlokka:


This is a fun tiki bar!


http://www.akuaku.no/


Rådhusgata 19:


Nice big terrace and cozy patio. Decent food (the mussels were great!) No menus in english. Indifferent service.


http://www.kafecelsius.no/

Gamle Raadhus, Lauritz Roos Bar, Oslo, Norway

This was the first place we went when we arrived in Oslo. The building is built in 1641. There are two different restaurants in the building. The other one is open in the evenings for dinner and the other one serves lunch and in the evenings it is a bar. It is just recently renovated and is maybe even too modern compered to the surroundings. Lunch is served from 11.30-15.00, after 16.00 you can have drinks there. The best table is by the little fireplace, luckily we got that table.

We were at the restaurant around 13.00 and it was almost empty then. But soon there were lots of Norwegian enjoying lunch. The menu was in Norwegian and this time the dishes were a bit more complicated than in Delicatessen so we had to ask the waiter for recommendations. The waiter recommended the soup of the day (150NOK, about 18€) and we chose it. With the soup we enjoyed a class of house red (80NOK a glass, about 9, 50€).  

The soup came in big white bowl to the table. The soup of the day was artichoke soup with wild mushrooms and crispy bacon. The soup tasted divine! It was thick and tasty. My friend Merja thought it was the best soup she had ever eaten!

At this point we didn’t know about the Norwegian none existing service culture, so we really didn’t appreciate the nice waiter enough. And we didn’t know about the tipping culture either. The waiter was really polite and friendly.

The atmosphere was relax, calm and soothing. The nice big leather armchairs were really comfortable. Gamleraadhus


Review: 8


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Delicatessen, Grünerlokka, Oslo

Everyone knows that Oslo is a very expensive city, so it isn't very easy to find a reasonable priced restaurant in Oslo. But we got lucky! This restaurant is situated in Grünerlokka which is the neighborhood to go if you visit Oslo. The 30 something hipsters hang out here. And it is a nice neighborhood, lots of bars and restaurants, vintage stores etc.

Delicatessen wants to serve quality food at reasonable price in a nice atmosphere and it has succeeded just that. The restaurant was very crowded when we arrived. First we were waiting for a table for half an hour but then it started to seem like we have to wait for an hour more. Luckily we realized to ask for seats at the bar and got them after waiting for 45 minutes. But if you come here, brace yourself for a long wait because the restaurant dosen't take reservations.

In general we found the service to be quite bad in Oslo, no helloes, no smiles, no reaction what so ever. But Delicatessen was an exception; in Norwegian standards the service was nice.

The menu was only in Norwegian as it was in all the restaurants in Oslo that we visited. We found that really odd. Well, we know some Swedish which helped and the Spanish dishes were familiar to us so it wasn’t that hard to figure out the menu.

We chose seven different dishes to share (between 2 persons) which included; prawns marinated in chili and garlic, fried artichokes, Manchego cheese (aged 12 months), potato omelet (tortilla de patatas), Chorizo, marinated olives and mussels in pica-pica sauce. We probably would have chosen a little bit different if we had been able to read to menu better. But on the other hand we were really happy with our choices. The portions were huge! It was way too much to eat for two! So I would recommend first to order five dishes and if you are still feeling hungry order more. Our definite favorite was the fried artichokes! But all the dishes were really good and tasty. The flavors were really authentic Spanish.

The whole dinner with 2 San Miguel beers each cost all together 686 NOK which is about 83 €. And that is a very good price for this kind of quality food in Norway!

Because the restaurant is so popular and it gets packed, it also gets really noisy. If you visit Oslo this is our recommendation! And one more thing: You are supposed to tip in Norway (10%). Delicatessen

Review: 9+

Opening hours (kitchen):

Sunday-Thursday 12.00-23.00, Friday-Saturday: 12.00-02.00

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