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Where I Ate & shopped in Iceland (Honest, Non‑Affiliate Recommendations)
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items Here’s my little food diary from Iceland — all the places I actually ate, warmed up, hid from the wind, and tried to convince myself I wasn’t about to accidentally order whale, puffin, or fermented shark (yes… all three were genuinely on menus, and n...
By the time we got here I was done. Our plane was delayed, we didn’t reach the hotel until 9:30pm, it was snowing sideways, the snow was deep, and I was cold, hungry, and fully in my “don’t even breathe near me” mood. The hotel reception recommended ...
Forréttabarinn
This is where we stayed, and where we ended up eating on the Sunday because the weather was doing its usual “let’s ruin your plans” routine. The lunch menu had exactly two options: burger or lamb soup. We weren’t in a soup mood, so burgers it was… ag...
Reykjavík Marina Berjaya Iceland Hotels – Sunday Lunch Survival
Mr Zhu Asian Restaurant – Reykjavík (The Night We Finally Ate Food We Liked) By Monday we were desperate for food we actually liked — something familiar, comforting, and not red in the middle. We found Mr Zhu, an Asian restaurant overlooking the harb...
MR.ZHU ASIAN RESTAURANT, Reykjavik - 2026 Reviews & Info
Tuesday was our Golden Circle day, which basically meant: snacks on the coach, weather trying to peel our skin off, and us questioning every life choice that led to standing on a beach where the hail felt like being shot with frozen needles. We stopp...
Smidjan Brugghús – Vík (Golden Circle Snack Day + The Best Coffee of the Trip)
Wednesday was our Reykjavík wandering day — strolling around, reading menus, finding loads of places that looked amazing but nothing that really grabbed us enough to commit. You know that “hungry but picky” mood where everything looks good until it’s...
American Bar
Thursday was another full day out — ten hours of sightseeing, snow, hail, wind, and whatever else Iceland felt like throwing at us. We lived off snacks on the coach until lunchtime, when we stopped at the Geysir Restaurant. The menu was… limited. It ...
Icelandic Lamb Soup and a trip round The Golden Circle
Friday was our “let’s finally try Icelandic fish” night, and Reykjavík Fish was absolutely the right choice. The portions were huge, the fish was gorgeous, and they even have an entire menu just for sauces. I went for garlic, Darren chose the tomato ...
Reykjavík Fish – Friday Dinner (The Night I Found Gorgeous Fish… and a Johnny Depp Lookalike)
This hotel deserves its own shout‑out purely for the breakfast of kings they served every single morning. I’m talking pancakes, sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs, every cereal you can think of, toast, yoghurts, teas, coffees — literally everything you ...
Berjaya Reykjavik Marina Hotel | Stay in the Old Harbor
❄️ Ice Bar Experience – Iceland
If you ever want to feel like you’ve stepped into Narnia but with vodka, the Ice Bar is the place. It was minus seven outside — the kind of cold that makes you question every life choice — yet somehow it felt warmer i...
Magic Ice Reykjavík - Ice Bar & Gallery
🥐 Brauð & Co – Melhagi (Reykjavík)
We walked miles in the cold for this bakery — and honestly, it was worth every frozen step. Brauð & Co at Melhagi is one of those places you can smell before you see, and the smell alone could probably rev...
Brauð & Co
🛒 Krónan Granda – Reykjavík (My Favourite Grocery Stop)
Krónan Granda was hands‑down my favourite grocery store in Iceland — the kind of place you walk into “just for milk” and walk out with cakes, snacks, and a sudden belief that you’re now a loca...
Krónan Granda
🛒 Nettó – Reykjavík (Smaller but Brilliant for Fresh Bread)
Nettó was our second grocery stop — just down the road from Krónan — and although it’s a bit smaller, it absolutely delivered where it mattered: the bread and rolls section. Proper fresh, ...
Nettó.is
🛒 Bónus – Reykjavík (First Stop, Sunday Morning)
Bónus was the very first store we visited on our Sunday morning food run — the one with the bright yellow sign and the little pink pig that looks slightly too happy for 9am. It had the basics we need...
Bónus Supermarket Iceland: Cheapest Grocery Store Guide