Cosy eats at Café Loki
Iceland isn’t the cheapest destination, but
Café Loki is proof that you can enjoy gourmet cuisine without spending a small fortune, and there are plenty of options here for vegetarians and vegans, too. You’ll find this cosy restaurant in downtown Reykjavik, opposite the famous Hallgrímskirkja church, and it’s open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Expect lots of Icelandic specialities, including fish soup, freshly baked rye bread, plokkfiskur (fish stew) and delicious homemade cakes. Feeling brave? Wash your dinner down with a glass of local (and very potent) schnapps.
Unique flavours at Lava
Iceland’s famous
Blue Lagoon – a steaming, sulphurous network of natural hot spring pools – recently opened its own on-site hotel, but it’s the in-house restaurant,
Lava, which we’re most excited about. For starters, its built into the side of a cliff, hence the huge, natural lava wall. And then there’s the view – enormous windows overlooking the Blue Lagoon’s pools. The head chefs (including a former winner of Nordic Chef of the Year) are known for their use of local ingredients and unusual flavour combinations – the soup with garlic-marinated langoustine, white chocolate and seaweed being a case in point.