05 - Food

Restaurants and bars

Places to eat and drink in East Iceland, from the harbour in Seyðisfjörður to the inland valleys.

Casual Vopnafjörður $

Aldan

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.

865 0123
Kolbeinsgata 35, 690 Vopnafjörður
Casual Egilsstaðir $$

Askur Pizzeria

Pizzeria serving wood-fired sourdough pizzas, with eat-in, takeaway and delivery. It shares a building with Askur Taproom, connected indoors.

Daily 11:30-21:00
470 6070
Fagradalsbraut 25, 700 Egilsstaðir
Casual Djúpivogur $$

Hafið Bistro

Casual harbourside bistro that replaced Við Voginn in spring 2024. It serves fish and chips, pizza, meat, fish and vegan dishes, and a wide selection of homemade cakes, and has a darts board and a small shop.

478 1402
Vogaland 2, 765 Djúpivogur
Casual Fljótsdalur $ Open in summer

Hengifoss Food Truck

Food truck by the Hengifoss trailhead run by the sheep-milk producer Sauðagull. Sells Icelandic lamb soup with homemade rye bread, waffles from a family recipe, rye-bread sandwiches, coffee and its own Gúdd ís ice cream, including Iceland's only sheep-milk ice cream; vegan and gluten-free options available.

666 4476
By the Hengifoss car park (across the bridge), Fljótsdalur, 701 Egilsstaðir
Casual Borgarfjörður eystri $$ Open in summer

Já sæll – Fjarðarborg

Summer grill and bar in Fjarðarborg, the village's community hall, which also hosts concerts and events such as the Bræðslan music festival weekend.

472 9920
Fjarðarborg, 720 Borgarfjörður eystri
Casual Reyðarfjörður $$

Kaffi Kósý (Café Cosy)

Pizza and burger place and bar in the centre of Reyðarfjörður, with dine-in, pick-up and delivery within the town. Holds pizza buffets and bingo nights.

Daily 18:00-21:00, Fri–Sat to 22:00; dine-in Fri–Sat 18:00-03:00
474 1666
Búðargata 6, 730 Reyðarfjörður
Casual Seyðisfjörður $ Open in summer

La hamaca y la luna

Summer food truck in the garden behind the Magasin house on the Rainbow Street, run by a Paraguayan couple. It serves Latin American food made with Icelandic ingredients, such as slow-cooked lamb tacos and a cod hot dog in cassava-flour batter.

Norðurgata 7, 710 Seyðisfjörður
Casual Djúpivogur $ Open in summer

Matarvagninn á Djúpavogi

Family-run food truck by the bay, started in 2023 by the people behind Adventura. It sells hot dogs with Lefever sauces and mustard, bread with salmon from Berufjörður, and ice cream made in Hérað.

863 8380
Bakki 2, 765 Djúpivogur
Casual Egilsstaðir $

N1 Egilsstaðir

Staffed N1 service station on the Ring Road with a food counter and grill serving hot food and snacks.

440 1450
Kaupvangur 4, 700 Egilsstaðir
Casual Egilsstaðir $$

Obo Diner

Diner billed as 'American Diner × Asian Fusion', serving classic American diner dishes alongside Asian-influenced cooking. It is in the former Skálinn Diner building (an old Shell station).

Fagradalsbraut 13, 700 Egilsstaðir
Casual Neskaupstaður $

Olís Neskaupstaður – Grill 66

Olís service station on the shore with a Grill 66 grill serving burgers, hot dogs and similar fast food to eat in or take away.

Mon–Fri 07:30-21:00, Sat–Sun 09:00-21:00
477 1500
Hafnarbraut 19, 740 Neskaupstaður
Casual Reyðarfjörður $

Olís Reyðarfjörður – Grill 66

Olís service station with a Grill 66 grill (burgers, hot dogs and similar fast food) and a Lemon Mini juice-and-sandwich counter.

Daily 08:00-22:00
474 1147
Búðareyri 33, 730 Reyðarfjörður
Casual Eskifjörður $

Silfurskálinn

The town's kiosk, run as Silfurskálinn by new operators since 2025, with a hot lunch dish of the day and fast food in the evening.

Strandgata 13, 735 Eskifjörður
Casual Jökuldalur $ Open in summer

Stuðlagil Canyon food trailer

Food trailer at the Grund farm car park on the west side of Stuðlagil canyon, run with the canyon's accommodation and handcraft market. Sells soup and bread, Icelandic hot dogs, waffles with cream, kleinur, cakes, ice cream and hot drinks; seating is mainly outdoors.

866 0046
Grund, Jökuldalsvegur (road 923), 701 Egilsstaðir
Casual Fáskrúðsfjörður $

Söluskálinn Loppa

The village's petrol-station kiosk and grill, formerly run by Skeljungur, renamed Loppa and refurbished by a local couple who took it over in 2019. It sells coffee, pizza, hot dogs and snacks.

475 1490
Búðavegur 60, 750 Fáskrúðsfjörður
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