Seafood on the menu

From 22 to 31 May, Seafood Festival returns to participating restaurants around Denmark. In Copenhagen, 111 places are listed in the programme, ranging from bistros and neighbourhood spots to classic fish restaurants and more formal dining rooms.

How it works

The festival has three price levels:

Seafood Menu: 289 DKK including fee
Large Seafood Menu: 389 DKK including fee
Luxury Seafood Menu: 559 DKK including fee

Some places also offer wine or drinks pairings, which you can be add when booking.

Two places worth looking at

Among the many listings, Sazio and Bruce are two good places to start. Both are relaxed restaurants with a solid kitchen and a setting that works well for dinner.

At Sazio, the festival offer is a large sharing menu with an Italian starting point. It includes peel-your-own prawns with lemon mayo, raw tuna with avocado, ponzu and kataifi, crispy scallop, ravioli with ricotta, spinach, langoustine and saffron bisque, and tiramisu to finish. 

At Bruce on Nørrebro, the kitchen takes it in a more Nordic direction. The dishes include smoked salmon with rice chips, prawn cake with lemongrass and fermented chilli, signal crayfish with asparagus and rösti, fried octopus with peas and spicy BBQ, and baked rhubarb with white chocolate and woodruff mousse. 

Not only classic fish restaurants

The list is not limited to places that normally focus on fish and shellfish. It also includes kitchens that usually work with Italian, Nordic, Asian or bistro style cooking, but have made something for the festival. The harder part may be choosing where to go.

Read more and buy your tickets here.