The Best Seafood in Norway
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The best seafood in Norway, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the White Guide, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. RE-NAA comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Oslo and Stavanger.
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Under and Credo hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the White Guide next.
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Rank 1. RE-NAA
Seafood
The open kitchen sits in the center of the room, so the chefs are as much a part of the dining experience as the food itself. This is fine dining built around the Norwegian coastline, where Sven Erik Renaa runs a roughly 20-course tasting menu that keeps circling back to local fish and shellfish. The precision here is quiet and confident, never showy. RE-NAA holds three Michelin stars.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- White Guide White Guide: Global Masters Level · White Guide
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- White Guide Global Masters Level · White Guide
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 2. Under
Modern Seafood
The dining room sits five meters below the surface of the North Sea, with panoramic windows looking out into open water. You descend an oak-and-steel staircase to get there, which sets the mood before a single dish arrives. Under is a Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant built around the seasonal seafood just outside the glass, handled with the kind of restraint that trusts the langoustine to do the talking.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- White Guide Masters Level · White Guide
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Rank 3. Credo
Seafood
The dining room sits inside the contemporary wing of the National Library, surrounded by Emanuel Vigeland frescoes, which is either the grandest possible setting for a creative tasting menu or a gentle reminder that you're eating near things you can't touch. Chef Heidi Bjerkan holds a Michelin star here, and her cooking tracks Norwegian seasons closely, first rhubarb, peak lamb, whatever the coast is giving up that week.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 4. Eero
Seafood
Named for the architect who designed the building, this seafood tasting-menu restaurant occupies the top floor of the old American Embassy, with a wrap-around terrace that splits its views between the Oslofjord and the Royal Palace gardens. The kitchen runs a fin-to-gill philosophy over a wood-fired oven, so cod might appear as a snack, then return as belly on the bone with its own liver and roe. Dishes arrive all at once, some of them family-style.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 Eero (this place) 68.544
- #4 Sjømagasinet 68.544
- #4 Tollbua 68.544
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Rank 4. Sjømagasinet
Seafood
A vast three-room seafood restaurant on the Tjuvholmen waterfront, with a terrace close enough to the water that you feel slightly guilty ordering the lobster. The name translates as "Sea Store," and they commit to the premise: pick from a live crab and lobster tank, pull up to the shellfish bar, or order a platter of shellfish landed at the local dock. The lounge bar handles the inevitable Norwegian weather with style.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 Eero 68.544
- #4 Sjømagasinet (this place) 68.544
- #4 Tollbua 68.544
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Rank 4. Tollbua
Seafood
Banquettes, a central bar, exposed ducting, and terrazzo floors set the tone at this large waterfront brasserie on the Brattøra quay. The menu runs four or six courses, leaning hard into Norwegian seafood, skrei cod when the season allows, scallops dressed with whatever the coast provides. It's the kind of place that fills up fast and sounds like it, which is more or less the point.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 Eero 68.544
- #4 Sjømagasinet 68.544
- #4 Tollbua (this place) 68.544