Rocks on the coast in Reykjavík. The ocean is to the left and the Short and Sculpture Walk is to the right.
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SeafoodNordic$$$

Salka Fiskhús

Miðborg (101)Reykjavík

8.3

A timber-walled dining room doing langoustine soup, butter-poached arctic char and a rotating catch board chalked up nightly. Portions are Icelandic-honest rather than generous, and the bill will still make you inhale — that's the country, not the restaurant. The langoustine soup with brown-butter bread is the order that makes the math work.

Order this

  • Langoustine soup
  • Butter-poached arctic char
  • Rye bread ice cream

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Reserve if you can — walk-ins wait

Dietary

vegetarian (one main, decent)

Neighborhood

Miðborg (101), Reykjavík

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