You may choose from good, old-fashioned rustic food, delicious dishes of fish, game, moose and reindeer or stimulating culinary dishes from every corner of the world. The produce comes fresh from nature’s own pantry! These are some of Oslo's restaurants:
Theatercafeen
This legendary Vienna-style café is featured on the New York Times list of the world's ten most famous cafés, and has been the city's most popular dining and meeting place for over 100 years. Inside the café you can see a unique collection of portrait paintings, all portraying people who are, or have been, regular guests at Theatercafeen.
Maximum capacity: 350 people.
Solsiden Restaurant
The name Solsiden means 'the sunny side' and that is exactly where it is; on the sunny side of the pier, right below Akershus Fortress. This excellent seafood restaurant has a live lobster tank, oysters, salmon and other Norwegian delicacies prepared with natural, organic ingredients at the hands of master chefs. Solsiden Restaurant is open only in the summer.
Maximum capacity: 350 people.
D/S Louise Restaurant & Bar
Situated by the harbour in an old engine workshop, this restaurant has plenty of space both indoors and outdoors. D/S Louise Restaurant & Bar offers a large and varied a la carte menu that combines Norwegian and international cuisine guided by the current trends.
Maximum capacity: 600 people.
Frognerseteren
This place has a café, restaurant and private dining facilities in historical surroundings, high up in the Holmenkollen hills. Frognerseteren was built in 1891 and has a magnificent view of the city and the Oslofjord. The kitchen presents the best of traditional Norwegian cooking.
Maximum capacity: 140 people.
Fram Museum
The Fram Museum shows the history of the Norwegian polar expeditions. The polar ship ”Fram” is the strongest vessel in the world, and the one sea-going vessel that has been the farthest both to the north and the south. This is the place for people who want to experience a unique part of polar history, in addition to good food and drink.
It can offer everything from a tasty tapas menu on deck to an exclusive Arctic-inspired eight-course dinner served in the salon of the Fram. The Fram Museum makes a perfect setting for special events, and has capacity for up to 400 people.
For other reception facilities contact Oslo Convention Bureau.