3 Frakkar
What the experts agree on
3 Frakkar is where returning Icelanders eat first and where travelers find authentic homestyle cooking—salted cod, fried fish, and traditional comfort food made the way grandmothers prepare it.
“The restaurant serves up popular indigenous dishes including salted cod, fried fish-chins, and hashed fish with black bread.”
– Travel + Leisure
"You've come all this way and want to try "real Icelandic food" -- a rather fleeting concept, but odds are this is your place." Full review
"The kind of dishes that Icelandic mothers and grandmothers make in their own kitchens, this is classic, home-style food, made with love" Full review
"According to urban legend, it’s traditional for Icelanders returning home from abroad to make their first stop at this beloved restaurant." Full review