Mar Seafood Restaurant
Mar Seafood Restaurant is an excellent choice if you love high-quality fish dishes. The atmosphere is incredibly cozy, with great acoustics, attentive service, and Icelandic-speaking staff. The tableware is stylish, and the presentation is neat and appealing. The menu is thoughtfully curated, featuring four main courses and eight “fish pans,” which are perfect for sharing.
The cocktails here are fantastic. We tried several delightful non-alcoholic options, including a passion fruit mocktail with orchard syrup and blue curaçao syrup, a coconut and lime blend, and a bitter-inspired mocktail that added an intriguing twist.
The starter platter is ideal for sharing and worth traveling between towns for. It includes crab claws, lobster with Japanese garlic mayo, tuna with capers, and pan-seared shrimp infused with garlic aroma and rich flavors. It’s an appetizer perfected to the finest detail.
The fish dishes, served in pans, are ideal for sharing, as mentioned before. Each dish is unique yet equally delicious. We enjoyed cod cheeks glazed with soy and a hint of chili, butter-fried cod collars with vegetables, salted cod with tomato-basil sauce, and halibut in a creamy mushroom sauce. Each bite was a delightful experience.
For dessert, we had an almond cake with pink frosting and whipped cream, as well as an apple and rhubarb cake served with vanilla ice cream.
Mar Seafood easily earns a spot in the top three seafood restaurants in Iceland.
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Tips
- You can also try a sample of traditional Icelandic fermented shark and Brennivín for a unique Icelandic experience.
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