ARO
A restaurant in a former machine factory on Østerbro in Odense, holding one Michelin star in every edition from 2023 to 2026.
- Address
- Østerbro 32, 5000 Odense C
Pictures © ARO, from restaurant-aro.dk.
Why it is renowned
The Michelin Guide gave ARO a star in 2023 and has kept it in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions.12
The kitchen cooks set menus of five or seven courses, with snacks, wine or juice pairings, coffee and sweets, and each course pairs two or three ingredients, such as halibut with toasted bread, bleak roe and carrot.3
Recognition
- MICHELIN Guide22026one star
The story
ARO sits in the old Østerbro machine factory in Odense, and the house calls it a workshop in the literal sense of the word.45
The two chefs behind ARO are Bjørn Jacobsen and Christoffer Schärfe. Both have worked at Geranium, Le Sommelier, d'Angleterre and Pluto, at Tetsuya's in Sydney and at wd~50 in New York.4 Beside ARO the two run Anneksgården in Bovense, and the aim is for ARO and Anneksgården to grow as much of their own meat and vegetables as the seasons allow.4 The restaurant's welcome is signed by Michael, Steffen and Christoffer.5
What to know it by
Sources
- List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Denmark, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 12 November 2026.
- ARO, Michelin Guide. guide.michelin.com, read 12 November 2026.
- Maden - Michelin Restaurant Aro. restaurant-aro.dk, read 12 November 2026.
- Historien - Michelin Restaurant Aro. restaurant-aro.dk, read 12 November 2026.
- Restaurant Aro - Michelin Restaurant Aro. restaurant-aro.dk, read 12 November 2026.
Checked 12 November 2026, against the maker's own pages.