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Restaurants Copenhagen

Kødbyens Fiskebar

A seafood restaurant and oyster bar in a former butcher's shop in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Address
Flæsketorvet 100, 1711 Copenhagen V

Visit fiskebaren.dk

The tiled dining room with the open kitchen behind
The tiled dining room with the open kitchen behind

Pictures © Kødbyens Fiskebar, from fiskebaren.dk.

Why it is renowned

The Michelin Guide lists Kødbyens Fiskebar for fish and seafood and marks it an inspectors' favourite.1 Condé Nast Traveler names it among the best restaurants in Copenhagen, for its oysters and locally caught seafood, and The Guardian counts it among the restaurants in the city run by people from Noma.23

The story

The restaurant sits on Flæsketorvet in Kødbyen, the old meatpacking district of Vesterbro, in a former butcher's shop.41 The building is listed, so the rough industrial rooms were kept rather than rebuilt.2 Anders Selmer, once restaurant manager at Noma, is behind it.3 The kitchen works with locally sourced seafood and a list of fine wine; its head chef, Jamie Lee, trained in London.2

What to know it by

  • Oysters2The dish the house is best known for
  • Crayfish with fennel emulsion2A seafood plate from the menu
  • Bæst, another Copenhagen restaurant led by people from Noma
  • Absalon Hotel, a hotel a short walk away in Vesterbro
Sources
  1. Kødbyens Fiskebar – Copenhagen - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant. guide.michelin.com, read 30 September 2026.
  2. 16 Best Restaurants in Copenhagen, Condé Nast Traveler. cntraveler.com, read 30 September 2026.
  3. Where Copenhagen leads, the food world still follows, The Guardian. theguardian.com, read 30 September 2026.
  4. Kødbyens Fiskebar Frontpage - Fiskebaren. fiskebaren.dk, read 30 September 2026.

Last checked 30 September 2026, against official sources.