The Best Places to Eat in Nordhavn
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The best places to eat in Nordhavn, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, White Guide, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. akmē comes out on top.
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ESSE and Sushi Anaba hold the next two places. White Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Michelin Guide close behind.
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Rank 1. akmē
French Fusion Japanese
Sixteen seats at a counter in a former industrial harbour, where two chefs talk you through nearly twenty courses of Japanese-French omakase while plating them inches from your face. Danish langoustine, Breton oyster, Breton this, Japanese that, it sounds like a geography lesson until a dish arrives and the argument ends. The room is young and loose for a Michelin-starred tasting menu, which is either a relief or suspicious, depending on your priors.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
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Rank 1. ESSE
Californian
Fermented potato bread and a US rap soundtrack inside an 1895 warehouse: this is a creative tasting-menu restaurant from a locally known Californian chef, and it holds a Michelin star. Terrazzo floors, graffitied walls, and rows of fermenting jars in the open kitchen set the mood. The cooking draws from organic, regenerative farms and treats every part of every ingredient as fair game, which sounds like a manifesto until the food arrives.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
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Rank 1. Sushi Anaba
Edomae Sushi
A Danish chef who trained as a sushi apprentice in Tokyo runs this 15-seat Edomae nigiri counter inside a reassembled 19th-century customs house in Nordhavn. The room is anchored by a Douglas Fir counter, and the cooking rewards the kind of attention that notices three-vinegar rice served at body temperature. A Michelin star and a White Guide Global Masters distinction. Serious omakase territory, dressy but not stuffy.
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Global Masters Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
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The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Very Fine Level · White Guide
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Rank 6. Restaurant VIE
Contemporary Bistro
Glass-fronted wine coolers line the walls of this industrial-feeling bistro in Nordhavn's red-brick new build, which tells you something useful before you've even sat down. The cooking is unfussy and generous, the kind that pays quiet attention to seasoning and cooking times rather than making a fuss about it. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the sort of neighborhood restaurant every neighborhood wishes it had.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand