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restaurant reviews

Restaurant review! – Tapas barinn’s fast food debacle

July 30, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, EPI and I decided to go out for dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary. After brief deliberation we decided on Tapas barinn, since we’d heard good things about it lately. I mention that because, well, we tried it when it first opened around 2002 or thereabouts, and were decidedly underwhelmed. [...]

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Restaurant tip! – Ali Baba

March 4, 2010

Right now, my very favourite place to grab a bite when I can’t be bothered to cook is Ali Baba, a small falafel joint that sits on the edge of Ingólfstorg square. In addition to falafels, it serves up Middle Eastern fare like shawarma, kebabs, hummus and the like. Mind you, I was predisposed to [...]

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Restaurant review! American Style fish and chips

May 29, 2009

How long has it been since I’ve done a restaurant review? Ages! And it’s not that I’ve suddenly stopped eating in restaurants because of the kreppa. Truth be told, residents of the rock don’t go out for dinner that often, for one simple reason: it’s bloody expensive. For visitors, obviously, the price has dropped by [...]

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Resturant review! – Vitabar

September 24, 2008

For years, the Vitabar burgers were the best-kept secret in town. Thing is … the place is a bit of a dive. Before the smoking ban was implemented you could hardly see your hand in front of your face when you went in there because of the cigarette smoke. Most of the patrons were on [...]

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Restaurant review! – Krua Siam

September 17, 2008

Friends, I have not been in the habit of reviewing restaurants that are not in the capital area, even though I know that people actually travel out of the city while they are here, and what is more – they have to eat! Therefore it may please you to know that good restaurants actually exist [...]

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Restaurant review! – Lækjarbrekka

August 14, 2008

I’ve been notoriously lax in my restaurant reviews of late. This despite the fact that I’ve eaten in restaurants relatively frequently this summer AND the fact that Cassie expressly asked me to write a restaurant review [or two] before she came to Iceland, which I had every intention of doing; meanwhile, she has now been [...]

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Heaven and Santa Maria

June 6, 2008

Within the past week, I have swung from such extreme polar opposites in dining experiences that it’s a wonder I’ve retained my sanity. I didn’t think it was possible to reach such sublime heights, or such hideous lows in the space of a few days. But – turns out it is, and here in our [...]

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Vín og skel: a wee tale of redemption

April 14, 2008

A few weeks ago YT and EPI went out for dinner with a couple of friends to a place called Vín og skel, on Laugavegur. Now, having been on intimate terms with the restaurant business in my North American incarnation [many moons ago], and having worked in some places that considered flawlessness to be merely [...]

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YT gets served, shame about the food

March 10, 2008

Ok, enough whingeing: here comes a restaurant review. EPI and I went out for dinner on Friday night with a couple of friends to Vín og skel [Wine and Shell – NB not the oil company] on Laugavegur. I’d been curious about the place for a while, having heard good things about it. In fact, [...]

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Við Tjörnina: slightly dusty and a notch above average

February 18, 2008

Við Tjörnina, literally translated, means “By Tjörnin” – Tjörnin being a Reykjavík landmark that, depending on who you talk to, is either a pond or a lake. [Personally I think it’s too large to be the former and too small to be the latter – so for lack of a better word we’ll call it [...]

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