Mat Bar
Icelandic restaurant · Reykjavik
Hverfisgata 26, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Highlights
Middle Eastern tapas, unique cocktails, seasonal small plates
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"This diminutive eatery, located on increasingly happening Hverfisgata Street, shifted focus away from its original Nordic-Italian concept and now serves a collection of seasonal small plates that don’t fit in neat little boxes. There are dishes like grilled pork belly with wasabi grown in the East Fjords, a selection of lunch-only tacos on house-made flour tortillas with fillings like scallops with mole, and an innovative list of original cocktails." - Nicholas Gill
Sebastien Moreau
Google
Simple dishes, yet complex flavour combinations that hit the spot perfectly! Incredibly sweet and knowledgeable waiting staff made us feel so welcome! Highly recommend!
Yusuf Pisan
Google
Great restaurant. Ordered the 5-course fixed menu which is good value. Friendly service, relaxing environment. Highly recommended.
Alexander Garcia
Google
Absolutely delicious. I was recommended beef hanger steak with crispy potatoes and cauliflower. The cauliflower dish stole the show for me! Couldn’t have enjoy that meal more. The staff including the chef were kind and friendly!
Viviana
Google
Delicious food, it’s more of a tapas style. Everything was good the waiting was a bit too long considering there weren’t a lot of people but the waiting was worth it! Nice atmosphere too!
Jim O
Google
We literally ate every dish on menu and were completely satisfied. Four of us could not agree on set menu so we ordered everything as our tasting menu. Carrot dip and Gnuda (gnocchi) and spinach were spectacular. No disappointments. Nice view of Danish Embassy
Carlie Wilhelm
Google
Drinks were great and the main courses were mediocre but they served us completely black/burnt bread as a starter. I can’t believe staff would be okay with presenting black bread to customers. We notified the staff and then they brought us a normal loaf out.
Balu Vellanki
Google
This is hands down the best restaurant in Iceland and probably my favorite restaurant in Scandinavia. The cuisine is not “authentic” to any country, but the flavors dance in ways that make you smile with joy and excitement. 10/10 i recommend this place for great drinks and even more amazing food.
PS: I also want to thank the phenomenal staff who clearly take pride in their food and it shows in the excellent service
Khoi Pham
Google
Aesthetic spot for upscale dishes. The grilled fish was good. Service was slow on the day we went, but overall it was a decent meal.