Brasserie Kaien Haugesund

We stumbled upon this restaurant during our day in Haugesund and it was one of the best meals I've had in a long time. I ordered the baked cod with mash potato and it was incredible. The servers were very friendly here. Would highly recommend!

We visited Brasserie Brakstad a few weeks ago (May Day), when our cruise ship (Iona) called at Haugesund. We found this place when we got off the tour bus in the centre of town. Great seafood pasta, accompanied by 0,5l of Kronenberg.

Very poor service, we had to ask for everything ourselves, tapped water, napkins, bread. Very slow as well, we had to wait nearly one hour to get our soup and I sent mine back to the kitchen as it was really disgusting. Lots of cream and just a few pieces of fish and shrimp. Disgusting 😢 In the end we were only charged for one soup so that's why I give two stars....

Good staff, the food was 10/10. Highly recommended.

This is meant for their customer service. I was inquiring about renting a room for a private party. They stopped communicating after one email. That may be the sign you need to stay away?

The restaurant is located directly next to the canal, giving you a view of the ships. The menu offers things like burgers, steak and seafood. I choosed the the fish soup, which was generally tasty but a little heavy on the stomach due to the high cream content.

Great food and gave us plenty of time to chat without any fuss or bother

Disappointing. Encouraged by the opinions of amazing fish soup, we went there weeks ago. We had to get ourselves served because there was no waiters/ess for 15 minutes. The soup was very thick and creamy, lacking in flavor, even though they added saffron—Toro powder would have been better option. Please, You don't serve a rare burger from the children's menu, and besides, even McDonald's has a better taste. The other dishes were too simple with questionable sauces. The other family with us shared same opinion. The owner must have gone on vacation, as (s)he has no control over the place. If this is going to be a money-making machine for gullible tourists, the quality needs to be improved or closed down. The prices don't reflect the quality; we've eaten at better places in Haugesund.