Scandinavia
Best and worst restaurants:
Best: Fram restaurants in town
Why: Very good food.
Mary Azevedo in Walnut Creek, CA USA 10/15/2009
Best: Helsinki and Copenhagen
Why: Copenhagen: Had a wonderful meal at the Cafe Norden along the main shopping street. In Tivoli we loved the Groften(sp)Resturant.(not in his book) Helsinki:We ate at Rick's favorite Northern Europe cafe,Cafe Kappeli.
Judy in Alexandria, MN USA 10/06/2009
Best: Vanaema Juures, Tallinn
Why: Good local cuisine, very pleasant surroundings and not touristy.
Ash Morris in Tulsa, OK USA 10/03/2009
Best: Café Satir in the Nobel Museum (Stockholm, Sweden). Smörgåsbord at Kvinke's Hotel (Balestrand, Norway).
Why: Café Satir - no admission to get into this café. Every chair is signed underneath by Nobel laureates. Calm, feels miles away from the ice cream and tour bus bustle that is going on 30 feet away.
Smörgåsbord at Kvinke's Hotel (Balestrand, Norway) - a great place for dinner with a view. We hadn't eaten all day so it was a great idea to try this for dinner.
Worst: Wagamama in Tivoli (Copenhagen, Denmark
Why: We were continually ignored and it took forever to take our order and get our food.
Dave in Seattle, WA USA 08/31/2009
Best: Riz Raz
Why: Food was good and inexpensive for Copenhagen. You could eat all you wanted for one price.
J. Perschbacher in Atlanta, GA USA 08/02/2009
Best: Kryp In (Gamla Stan) - I think that's the name, I always mess it up
Why: I have eaten at a ton of really nice highly rated restaurants in the states and the food at this little gem was nothing short of amazing. We ate outside and loved the old world ambiance.
Lori K in Chicago, IL USA 06/02/2009
Best: Norway: Cafe Opera/ Brassserie 45
Why: We had great dinners that were reasonable in Bergen at Cafe Opera and in Oslo at Brasserie 45. The small plates at Brasserie 45 were not so small and had some nice choices for dinner. We also had a decent lunch at Pepe's Pizza in Bergen. Because of the time of year, the fish market was not at full strength, so we ended up skipping any snacking from their stalls.
jlb in Houston, TX USA 11/02/2008
Best: Bryggeloftet & Stuene
Why: Really good food and not that much more pricey then everything else.
Worst: Any (one other than Kviknes) in Balestrand
Why: Just very bland, bad food that is not cheap.
Eriol in Houston, TX USA 09/08/2008
Best: Tallinn: 1) Von Krahli Baar 2) Vanaema Juures
Why: 1)We almost didn't go into this pub,because there just a couple of artsy kids sitting outside, but this place served great pub food with fine dining presentation. 2)In the same courtyard was Vanaema Juures which was a very nice restaurant with traditional dishes.
Worst: St. Patrick's pub
Why: Food was just OK. Go to Von Krahli's twice.
DennisA in Thousand Oaks, ca USA 08/14/2008
Best: 1. Tallinn, Estonia - Vanaema Juures 2. Kalmar, Sweden - Kallaren Kronan 3.Stockholm, Sweden - Kryp In - in Gamla Stan 4. Arhus, Denmark - La Trattoria 5. Aero, Denmark - Restaurant Mumm, Cafe Aroma and Rogeri 6. Copenhagen - Bull Butcher, Cafe Nytorv
Why: 1. Tallinn, Estonia - in a cellar - delicious food 2. Kalmar Sweden -- again in a cellar! -- the wild boar was excellent 3. Stockholm Gamla Stan - great service, tasty meals 4. Arhus, Denmark - La Trattoria - not listed in book - is right beside Hotel Guldsmeden - excellent food and service. [It was raining, so we didn't go far afield!] 5. Aero - Rest. Mumm - delicious food -Cafe Aroma -- great service, interesting staff -Rogeri -- excellent smoked fish 6. Copenhagen - We spent the 4 days we were there hunting for "smorrbrod take out". Thanks to Richard Karpen, we found it on our last day -- on Kultorvet Square, just north of the "Round Tower" is a butcher with a golden bull head on the front entrance. Go in, past the meat, at the back is a window where you can buy Smorrbrod to go. Delicious and cheap!! -Cafe Nytorv - "Copenhagen Plate" - great deal and delicious
Jane and Gerry Grunau in Abbotsford,, BC Canada 07/29/2008
Best: Hermitage Restaurant in Stockholm, Von Krahli Baar in Tallinn
Why: For starters, the Hermitage was open the day after Midsummers, but after living on a cheese and bread diet, this vegetarian buffet was a welcome change. We went back there three times, especially if we had an evening train. Eat guilt free.
The Von Krahli Baar served delicious food, and the traditional Estonian dessert they served us of sour milk, some sort of grain, and sugar was excellent. Two of us went there, and we kept ordering one dish for us to split, but they brought it out on two plates, so it was most accommodating.
Worst: Pegasus in Tallinn
Why: Pegasus was a little too hip, and therefore pricey, especially for breakfast. But we were desperate for food and didn't know what else to do after being drawn that deep into Old Town. We would have gone somewhere else after getting off the boat if we had known of another location.
Heather Kandoll in Vancouver, WA USA 07/11/2008
Best: Salmon grill at Helsinki Market Square stall
Why: For 8 euros, I got the best lunch I had on my whole trip--a huge plate of freshly-prepared food, including delicious grilled salmon. But bring your own drink--a bottle of water was 2 euros extra.
Worst: Golden Rax Pizza Buffet in Helsinki
Why: OK, it wasn't a recommended restaurant, but it was intriguing. For 8 euros, it's all-you-can-eat and drink, but the food just wasn't that good.
Kyla Gurganus in Ypsilanti, MI USA 01/10/2008
Best: Restaurant Nytorv, Copenhagen
Why: Danish home cooking, friendly staff and charming environment. Met owner one night and he could not have been more welcoming and appreciative. Had dinner here 2 nights.
Gene Field in Tampa, FL USA 09/09/2007
Best: Riz Raz in Copenhagen
Why: Great value, unique and good food...even works with the kids due to having things like noodles. Close tie is the Grand Buffet -- very different class. A must-experience as you note.
Worst: None!
Why: n/a
Mike McDonnell in Wroughton, UK 09/02/2007
Best: Kryp In
Why: Not just the best we had in Stockholm, but my husband claims the best meal in 3 weeks in Scandinavia.
Worst: Grand Hotel smorgasbord-Oslo
Why: Not really "bad" but compared to the smorgasbords in Stockholm (Grand) and in Balestrand (Kviknes), this one was not up to snuff for the money paid. Pretty limited fair for the high price.
Elaine in Livingston, MT USA 08/28/2007
Best: Byttan Restaurant, Kalmar, Sweden
Why: Great view of Kalmar Castle, great food and service
Rhoda Barber in Ellesnburg, WA USA 08/27/2007
Best: Riz Raz Veggie Buffet, Copenhagen
Why: Something for everyone - kids and adults alike. Prices can't be beat!
Vivian Miller in Los Alamitos, Ca USA 07/29/2007
Best: Grand Hotel's Royal Smorgasbord, Stockholm
Why: The dinner was fabulous, the service was excellent. For Scandanavia, which is very expensive, this was a great deal for a very nice dinner!
CL in Koebenhaven K, DK 07/16/2007
Best: Cafe Opera in Bergen
Why: Excellent quality and very affordable.
John in Towson, MD USA 06/12/2007
Best: Department Store Restaurants
Why: Cheaper and the cooks and servers are friendly.
Jude1349 in deptford, NJ USA 05/30/2007
Best: Cafe Opera, Bergen
Why: Decent food, not too expensive, pleasant dining room at lunch time on a week day. When I walked in, they were playing a CD of cabaret music. The calm and relaxing music was just what I needed to hear on a rainy, dreary day.
Ron Woodruff in Springfield, USA 05/26/2007
Best: In Copenhagen : Riz-Raz Vegetarian Buffet, at Kompagnistraede 20. In Oslo : Vegeta Vertshus at Munkedamsveien 3B
Why: Vegeta Vetshus has soy tofu, and delicious vegetarian paddies, in addition to a huge variety of good food. It costs $ 25. for one plateful of food (put as much food on the big plate as you want, once). A beverage costs extra. I never spend that much money at a resaurant in the U.S.A. But $ 25. is the minimum price for a good meal in Oslo
Ronald Woodruff in Springfield, MO USA 05/21/2007
Best: Riz Raz in Copenhagen
Why: It was great to pay a reasonable price (about 12 US dollars) for lunch and get the all you can eat lunch buffet including pizza and lasagna. I believe that Riz Raz has at least 2 locations. Yes, it is vegetarian, but it is filling. I loved the olives, hummas, and the skinny green beans best. The waitress told us we could return to the buffet bar as often as we wished and get a clean plate each time.
Jan Wishau in Columbia, MO USA 02/24/2007
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