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Where to eat in Copenhagen

Copenhagen has 21 Michelin-starred restaurants in the 2026 guide and a long Bib Gourmand list, alongside everyday food such as smørrebrød lunches, bakeries and sausage wagons. Weekday lunch is traditionally smørrebrød, and dinner is the main hot meal. Street food is concentrated in food halls and container markets such as Torvehallerne and Reffen.

Copenhagen at a glance

What to eat
Smorrebrod (open-faced rye sandwiches); Stegt flaesk med persillesovs (national dish, 2014 poll); Frikadeller; Tebirkes and the onsdagssnegl cinnamon roll; Herring, gravad laks, leverpostej.
When to go
Best: June–August. Also good: April–May and September–November.
Top tables
Geranium, Michelin 3★ (2026); Kadeau Copenhagen, Michelin 3★ (2026); Jordnær, Michelin 3★ (2026); a|o|c, Michelin 2★ (2026). This guide lists 20 award-winning restaurants in all.
Where locals eat
Local favorites off the prestige lists include Restaurant Schønnemann, Aamanns 1921, Palægade and Juno the Bakery.
Markets
Torvehallerne.
Smørrebrød

The dish to eat here

Smørrebrød

Danish open sandwiches on dense rye bread, piled with pickled herring, roast beef, egg and shrimp, or fried plaice.

The best three: Restaurant Schønnemann, Aamanns 1921, Restaurant Palægade.

Where to eat it, and the recipe →

On the Restaurant 100

The best restaurants in the world, and in each region →

118places in Copenhagen, ready to save to your trip
6Dishes to tryWhere to eat each one, and how to cook it at home10Romantic dinnersTen tables for date night
What is in the 118
46 award-winning10 local favorites2 hot right now1 markets5 sandwich shops10 romantic dinners5 breakfast spots10 new openings5 dish spots42 more in our database

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Going to Copenhagen?Plan every meal, see them on a map by your hotel, capture the dishes, share the list.
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Plan my Copenhagen food trip

New and buzzing in Copenhagen

The top pick here; the rest are on their own page.

See all 5: The best new restaurants in Copenhagen →

New places change fast. “Provisional” means a guide or directory lists it as new but we have not confirmed the opening date. Check hours and book ahead before you go.

Memorable breakfasts in Copenhagen

The top pick here; the rest are on their own page.

Hart Holmen

Holmen

Order: Laminated pastry and coffee

Excellent baking in a waterside neighborhood worth exploring.

Bakery breakfast; select Holmen branch.

Source: Details and menu
Directions

See all 10: The best breakfast and brunch in Copenhagen →

Orders are suggestions, not guaranteed menu items. Confirm opening hours and morning service before you go.

Sandwich shops in Copenhagen

The top pick here; the rest are on their own page.

Selma

Indre By
Smørrebrød restaurant

Order: Choose seasonal smørrebrød

A modern restaurant centered on Danish open sandwiches

Open sandwich; table-service restaurant

Source: My Copenhagen
Directions

See all 4: The best sandwiches in Copenhagen →

Picks come from press and guide coverage. We have not confirmed opening hours or current menus for every shop, so check before you go.

Romantic dinners in Copenhagen

Ten tables that come up again and again for date night, anniversaries and quiet candlelit evenings. In no ranked order.

Picks come from romantic-dinner lists on booking and review sites. Confirm dinner service, menus and availability before you book.

Guided food tours

Take a guided food tour in Copenhagen

1 small-group tour led by local guides, run by Eating Europe. Prefer to go on your own? The self-guided route is above.

Eating Copenhagen Food Tour: More than Smørrebrød, CopenhagenEating Copenhagen Food Tour: More than Smørrebrød, Copenhagen

Eating Copenhagen Food Tour: More than Smørrebrød

From €1163 hoursUp to 12 guestsWalking tour

Neighbourhood walk around Nyhavn and Christianshavn with stops for porridge, tacos, hot dogs and pastries.

You will taste: porridge, tacos, hot dogs, pastries.

Meet: Nyhavn & Christianshavn

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Hot right now in Copenhagen

What people are lining up for and posting about this month. Entries expire after about four months unless they are reported again.

Always a lineLast confirmed Jan 2021

Gasoline Grill

Near Kongens Nytorv, city centre

The thing: Organic beef cheeseburger on a potato bun with tangy Gasoline sauce, served from a gas station; a green chili burger is not mentioned in sources

The line: Long lines; sells out around 7 pm (2021 review)

Long-lined gas-station burger counter that sells out daily and made a Bloomberg best-burgers list.

Seen in Anders Husa, Visit Copenhagen
Always a lineLast confirmed Mar 2026

Sankt Peders Bageri

Latin Quarter, Copenhagen

The thing: Oversized cinnamon swirl (onsdagssnegl), a Wednesday ritual since 1988, now sold most days.

Claims to be the city's oldest bakery (since 1652) and sells thousands of its giant swirls a week.

Seen in Falstaff

Crazes move fast. “Just spotted” means one report so far, and most entries rest on a single source: confirm hours and expect a wait.

The Copenhagen food map

Every place in this guide, pinned. Tap a pin to see what to order, then add it to your trip.

Open the full Copenhagen food map: every place on our lists too (pizza, ice cream, romantic, where locals and the famous eat, cooking classes), searchable by dish.

· 0 of 5 dish places are pinned; the rest appear in the lists below. Pins are placed by address or name and can be a little off; always confirm in your maps app.

Plan my days in Copenhagen

Tell us what you like and we will line up the places on this page into a day-by-day plan. Only places from this guide, never anything else.

What to eat in Copenhagen, and where

Each dish comes with the places that do it best. Tap Add to my trip on the ones you want, or find them on the map above.

Smørrebrød

Open rye-bread sandwiches; Falstaff points to Selma, Schønnemann, Aamanns 1921, Palægade and Bjørnekælderen.

Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.

Bolle med ost (BMO)

A bun with butter and hard cheese, the snack Copenhagen's bakeries are racing to perfect. Often sourdough, best eaten open-faced, with aged cheese such as Gammel Knas, Vesterhavsost or Comté.

The 5 best places to eat it in Copenhagen

  1. 1
    Juno the Bakery
    Østerbro · $

    Order: Sourdough bolle med ost, with butter and aged cheese

    Top-scoring BMO in the Copenhagen Post's taste test, and cheap. Seating is limited.

    Seen in cphpost.dk
  2. 2
    Atelier September
    Indre By / Østerbro · $$

    Order: Bun with 24-month-aged Comté and whipped butter

    Pricier at about 95 kroner, but scored at the top of the Post's test.

    Seen in cphpost.dk
  3. 3
    Andersen & Maillard
    Nørrebro / Nordhavn / Indre By · $

    Order: Bolle med ost with Gammel Knas

    A Noma-trained baker's bakery; uses Arla's aged Gammel Knas.

    Seen in cphpost.dk
  4. 4
    Apotek 57
    Indre By (Fredericiagade) · $

    Order: Bolle med ost, eaten open-faced

    Often a queue of about 20 outside, a sign of how hot the BMO is.

    Seen in cphpost.dk
  5. 5
    Lille Bakery
    Reffen · $

    Order: Bolle med ost

    A harbor-side street-food-market bakery that made the Post's BMO list.

    Seen in cphpost.dk

Cardamom bun

Kardemomme snurre at Juno the Bakery in Østerbro (Foodism; Copenhagen by Mie).

Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.

Rød pølse from a pølsevogn

Danish hot dogs with mustard, remoulade and pickled cucumber; Falstaff lists Harrys Place, Pølsedullen and others.

Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.

Roast pork sandwich with crackling

Fido's Pølsevogn on Amager serves it, usually with cold Cocio chocolate milk (Falstaff).

Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.

Akvavit or craft beer

Duck and Cover focuses on Danish spirits such as akvavit; Mikkeller beer is poured at Torvehallerne and Reffen.

Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.

The most celebrated tables

The top 20 restaurants in Copenhagen, per Michelin Denmark 2026. All 46 award winners we track are in the full list below.

Three Michelin stars

Geranium

Copenhagen · Østerbro (Parken National Stadium) · Creative, Contemporary · €€€€
Michelin 3★ (2026)

Creative, Contemporary.

Kadeau Copenhagen

Copenhagen · Bornholm-inspired Nordic cooking
Michelin 3★ (2026)

Bornholm-inspired Nordic cooking.

Jordnær

Gentofte
Michelin 3★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Two Michelin stars

a|o|c

Copenhagen · Central
Michelin 2★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Alchemist

Copenhagen · Refshaleøen · Theatrical, holistic dining with about 50 courses
Michelin 2★ (2026)

Theatrical, holistic dining with about 50 courses.

Koan

Copenhagen · Langeliniekaj · Korean-inspired
Michelin 2★ (2026)

Korean-inspired.

Kong Hans Kælder

Copenhagen · Fixed seasonal menu blending French, Asian and Nordic
Michelin 2★ (2026)

Fixed seasonal menu blending French, Asian and Nordic.

More award winners

Akmē

Copenhagen · Nordhavn · Japanese technique with French gastronomic tradition
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Japanese technique with French gastronomic tradition.

Alouette

Copenhagen · Islands Brygge
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Restaurant Aure

Copenhagen · Refshaleøen
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Esse

Copenhagen · Nordhavn · Innovative, flavour-focused cooking
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Innovative, flavour-focused cooking.

formel B

Copenhagen · Frederiksberg · Modern fine dining, seasonal à la carte
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Modern fine dining, seasonal à la carte.

Jatak

Copenhagen · Nørrebro
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Lille Mølle

Copenhagen · Restaurant and café in a turn-of-the-century windmill home
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Restaurant and café in a turn-of-the-century windmill home.

Marchal

Copenhagen · Hotel d'Angleterre · Nordic and French classics with a twist
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Nordic and French classics with a twist.

Søllerød Kro

Holte
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

Sushi Anaba

Copenhagen · Nordhavn · Sushi
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Sushi.

texture

Copenhagen · French roots
Michelin 1★ (2026)

French roots.

Udtryk

Copenhagen · Japanese and Nordic influences
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Japanese and Nordic influences.

Parsley Salon

Hellerup
Michelin 1★ (2026)

Listed in the Michelin Guide Denmark 2026.

When to go and what is in season

Copenhagen food calendar: month by month → What is in season, what to eat and the food festivals each month.

Peak Jun–AugShoulder Apr–May, Sep–NovHard —
Why these months

Lonely Planet (2025-03): June-August is high season with long days (sunsets as late as 10pm), July warmest; April-May and September-November are shoulder seasons with smaller crowds and slightly lower prices but unpredictable weather; January-March cheapest; winter near freezing with sunset as early as 3:30pm. LP says there is 'really no bad time to visit', so no avoid months.

In season

Food events

Closures to plan around

Meal costs and tipping (DKK)

From published guides and tourism boards. Months are our mapping of how guides describe the seasons; 2027 event dates are expected, not confirmed. Prices come from single sources of varying age, so treat them as a rough guide. Compare cities by month

The best of Copenhagen, by category

The top pick in each, then every place on its own page with what to get and a map.

Bolle med ost
5 placesBolle med ost

Start with Juno the Bakery, Østerbro

Get: Sourdough bolle med ost, with butter and aged cheese

See all 5 →
Bakeries and pastry
5 placesBakeries and pastry

Start with Sankt Peders Bageri, Latin Quarter, Copenhagen

Get: Oversized cinnamon swirl

See all 5 →
Breakfast and brunch
10 placesBreakfast and brunch

Start with Restaurant Schønnemann, Hauser Plads, Indre By

Get: Classic smørrebrød with beer and snaps or aquavit

See all 10 →
Sandwiches
4 placesSandwiches

Start with Selma, Indre By

Get: Choose seasonal smørrebrød

See all 4 →
New restaurants
5 placesNew restaurants

Start with Gasoline Grill, Near Kongens Nytorv, city centre

Get: Organic beef cheeseburger on a potato bun with tangy Gasoline sauce, served from a gas station

See all 5 →
Local restaurants
10 placesLocal restaurants

Start with Torvehallerne, Israels Plads

Get: Smørrebrød, Mikkeller beer, tacos in summer

See all 10 →
Michelin-starred restaurants
6 placesMichelin-starred restaurants

Start with Texture, Indre By

Michelin 1★ (2026) · French roots

See all 6 →

Every place on the Copenhagen food map → · A to Z

Secret discoveries

Locally loved places that are not on the big prestige lists.

restaurant

Restaurant Schønnemann

Order: Classic smørrebrød with beer and snaps or aquavit

Lunch spot that opened about 150 years ago, at Hauser Plads 16.

Seen in Falstaff · worth confirming hours before you go
restaurant

Aamanns 1921

Modern smørrebrød since 2017, Michelin Guide recommended.

Seen in Falstaff · worth confirming hours before you go
restaurant

Palægade

Order: Smørrebrød with red pickled herring, dark berries, crème fraîche and onion

More than 20 smørrebrød at lunch; French-influenced evening menu.

Seen in Falstaff · worth confirming hours before you go
bakery

Juno the Bakery

Østerbro

Order: Cardamom swirls, pistachio croissants

Opened 2017 in Østerbro; often has queues.

Seen in Copenhagen by Mie, Foodism
bakery

Sankt Peders Bageri

City centre

Order: Kanelsnegle on Wednesdays, tebirkes, brunsviger

Founded in 1652 and still family-run.

Seen in Copenhagen by Mie · worth confirming hours before you go
bakery

Hart Bakery

Order: Almond croissants, cinnamon twists

Opened 2018 by a former Noma baker; several locations.

Seen in Copenhagen by Mie · worth confirming hours before you go
market

Torvehallerne

Israels Plads

Order: Smørrebrød, Mikkeller beer, tacos in summer

Two glass halls with stalls near Nørreport.

Seen in Lonely Planet, Scandification
market

Reffen

Refshaleøen

Order: Roast pork sandwiches, Nordic Hotdog, African stew

Around 50 food and artisan stalls in shipping containers.

Seen in Lonely Planet · worth confirming hours before you go
restaurant

Harrys Place

Order: The Børge, a 150-gram sausage with chili sauce

Hot dog stand founded in 1965.

Seen in Falstaff · worth confirming hours before you go
bar

Bar Vivant

Nørrebro

Order: Chilled reds and Gordal olives

Natural wine bar in Nørrebro; no reservations.

Seen in Foodism · worth confirming hours before you go

Food markets in Copenhagen

Chefs and guides in Copenhagen

Cooking classes, chef hosts and food-guide businesses.

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