Places to eat and drink in East Iceland, from the harbour in Seyðisfjörður to the inland valleys.
Fuel station and shop with a grill and dining room overlooking Skálanesvík bay. Serves wood-fired pizzas, burgers and grilled sandwiches, and sells basic groceries, fuel and car supplies.
Restaurant and bar of Hótel Aldan, in the hotel's reception building in the old town centre, open to non-guests for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nordic and European-influenced cooking built on local produce and fish from the fjord, plus cocktails.
Pizzeria serving wood-fired sourdough pizzas, with eat-in, takeaway and delivery. It shares a building with Askur Taproom, connected indoors.
Bar in the same building as Askur Pizzeria, pouring beers from the local breweries Austri Brugghús and Múli Craft Brew, plus cocktails and coffee. Hosts concerts, pub quizzes and live sport.
Village café in Bakkagerði decorated with local stones (including a 2,250 kg jasper) and other local crafts. Known for its fish soup and waffles with cream and berries.
Restaurant in a 32-room family-run country hotel by the fjord, with mountain and sea views. Serves breakfast buffets and dinners of local fish from the harbour and lamb from nearby farms.
Roadside café run by Fjalladýrð since 2018, about 7 km from the Möðrudalur farm on the Ring Road, with a fuel pump. Serves pastries baked each morning, waffles, lamb and vegetable soup, hot dogs and hot drinks, with food from the farm.
Restaurant and bar in a former bait shed on the waterfront, a Norwegian-built house from the 1890s, with a large deck over the fjord. Serves pizzas, burgers, fish and chips and fish tacos, and hosts concerts and other events most weekends.
Craft brewery and bar, founded in 2017 in a former slaughterhouse. It usually has four or five of its own beers on tap and a pool table, and holds occasional live music. Beljandi also runs Faktor Brugghús in Djúpivogur.
Small summer restaurant at the Berunes farm hostel on the north shore of Berufjörður, with views across the fjord. It serves a daily changing four-course set menu based on local ingredients, with East Iceland craft beer and European wines.
Restaurant of Hótel Breiðdalsvík, open to walk-in guests as well as hotel guests. It serves East Iceland fish, local lamb and seasonal dishes, and Beljandi beer from the brewery in the village.
Café in an old bookshop by the Lagarfljót bridge in Fellabær, with secondhand books, coffee and cakes, and a lunch dish of the day or crêpes.
Photo: Christian Bickel (fingalo), CC BY-SA 2.0 DE
Small family-run café-restaurant by the small-boat harbour, open since 2006 and run by the founders' daughter since late 2024. The menu includes pizza, seafood and Icelandic lamb.
