Eating well in Bergen

Refined Norwegian cooking in intimate Hanseatic rooms where history feels atmospheric, never theatrical.

Restaurants · Bryggen · €€€€

Bryggen Tracteursted

Hidden GemRomanticTNP Favorite

Historic Bergen recipes recast as thoughtful small plates in a hidden courtyard behind Bryggen’s famous façades.

Restaurants · Glesvær · €€€€

Glesvær Kafé & Catering

Worth the DetourTNP Favorite

A historic trading-post café where fish soup, baking and a weathered harbour make the drive from Bergen worthwhile.

Bergen’s beloved gastropub for honest Norwegian home cooking, local beer and a room full of character.

Restaurants · Modalen · €€€€

Mobryggja

Hidden GemWorth the DetourTNP Favorite

A fjordside restaurant and guesthouse where seasonal local cooking shares the stage with Modalen’s quiet scenery.

Bergen’s oldest fish restaurant, pairing first-class Norwegian seafood with the romance of an 18th-century Bryggen sea house.

A dependable Bergen institution for fish soup, seafood and game with a front-row view of the harbour.