Best Bites in CPH
- eileenliu808
- Feb 2
- 2 min read
Unless you are accustomed to Nordic cuisine, I highly recommend you prepare to cook almost every meal (unless, of course, you find it in you to pay 30-40 USD for each meal out).
Where I lived, I had a kitchenette in my room, a shared floor kitchen, and a large building kitchen for bigger parties. I stocked up on groceries through Too Good to Go bags, weekly grocery lists, seasonings I brought from home, and supplemental items from Asian grocery stores.
To be very honest, I have only met one person out of hundreds in Copenhagen that genuinely, truly loved and enjoyed the traditional food. Personally, I could not get behind the cold and, in my perhaps brutal opinion, bland options I could find. While I love me a good BMO (bread with cheese and butter), I also could not have it more than once a week - if at all.
So, what CAN you eat out?
*I'll list my recommended items in parentheses!
For starters, I absolutely love love LOVE the cafe and bakery culture in Copenhagen. Some notable crowd favorites are Hart (cardamom croissant & basque cheesecake), Andersen & Maillard (cinnamon croissant, but don't get the chocolate or pistachio ones - they're filled with...pudding??? Not a fan), Lille in Reffen (get their daily specials! Their mushroom quiche was also my favorite), and Juno the bakery (known for their BMO and sweet buns, personally wasn't blown away by anything but it's a very cute store!).
My number one recommendation? Andersen Bakery, a 10 minute walk from Islands Brygge metro station. By far my FAVORITE bakery of all time. I highly recommend their mushroom puff pastry, sandwiches, yuzu tart, chocolate or regular croissant, and banana caramel croissant (kind of like a swiss roll). I personally think they reign above all other bakeries.
As for savory, I highly recommend checking out Fabro, a pasta restaurant relatively near campus with good prices for their portions. La Cantina is around 5 minutes away and also good, but twice the price and usually will require a reservation. Pico pizza also has many locations throughout CPH, and I loved their mushroom pizza (can you tell I love mushrooms?).
For dessert, my absolute number one recommendation is Ismagriet for ice cream. If you like lemon, please do me a favor and try their lemon meringue pie flavor. I don't know how, but they took the essence and body of a lemon meringue pie and magically made an ice cream that I still think about weekly. Their blueberry yogurt is also very nice, and they have seasonal flavors, including traditional Danish candy flavors during Christmas time.
Do your research and look for what you want to eat! I've had good malatang, pasta, pizza, and ramen. There's so many options, and the CPH food scene only continues to grow!
If you want more recommendations, I have almost 200 saved places in CPH - reach out and I'll do my best to guide you to the best bites of Copenhagen!
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