The Best Seafood Near Gabrielle, by the Record

A circular aquarium and a glass-fronted wine cellar greet you inside this seafood restaurant, which occupies a former butcher's shop in Copenhagen's old meatpacking district. The kitchen runs its own fish butchery and charcuterie programme, working through the day's local catch on handmade pottery plates. The combination of industrial bones and delicate seafood is exactly as incongruous as it sounds, and somehow that's the point.

1. White Guide Masters Level · White Guide
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

A lobster tank in the corner, sea-themed wallpaper, and royal portraits watching over the room: this old-school seafood restaurant on Gammel Strand has been around forever, occupying the site of Copenhagen's original fish market. Bouillabaisse, turbot on the bone, and a wine list heavy on champagne and burgundies keep the menu suitably serious. The granite bar counter facing the open kitchen makes it comfortable for solo diners too.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

1. White Guide Masters Level · White Guide
2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

A chawanmushi that arrives in architectural layers sets the tone at this fine dining room in suburban Gentofte, where the cooking moves between spare precision and obsessive detail without losing the thread. Seafood and vegetables do most of the work, handled with a technical seriousness that has earned three Michelin stars and a spot on the World's 50 Best list. The room is polished, the service warm, and the tasting menu long enough that you should probably cancel your morning.

1. Michelin Guide 3 Stars
2. 50 Best #56 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
3. White Guide Global Masters Level · White Guide