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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Faroe Islands in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Faroe Islands
The Michelin end of the scene is small and easy to read, with one restaurant carrying 2 stars in our guide. The strongest kitchens use tasting menus to frame Faroese ingredients and local technique.
PAZ in Tórshavn is the only two-starred restaurant in our guide. Its tasting menu focuses on Faroese fermentation, local seafood, and lamb, and the wine list sits alongside an extensive wine list.
Ræst in Tórshavn centres on fermentation in a turf-roofed house and serves a tasting menu built around that idea. It holds a Michelin Plate and has an extensive wine list.
ROKS in Tórshavn old town focuses on Faroese seafood tasting menus in an ancient turf-roofed building. It holds a Michelin Plate, and its wine list includes an extensive wine list.
Several of the most distinctive kitchens lean into the Faroese pantry directly. Seafood, lamb, and fermented flavours define much of the food on these tables.
Áarstova in Tórshavn Old Town serves contemporary Scandinavian fine dining with Faroese lamb and Atlantic seafood. It offers tasting menu and set menu formats, with a wine list and a beer program.
Barbara Fish House in Tórshavn city centre serves Faroese seafood tapas in a turf-roofed house. The menu runs across small plates and tasting menu formats, backed by an extensive wine list.
Etika in Tórshavn is the only sushi restaurant in the Faroe Islands, pairing Japanese techniques with Faroese salmon and halibut. It is an a la carte room with a standard wine program.
The strongest wine-led rooms pair serious lists with tasting menus or focused ingredient-led cooking. These are the places where wine sits clearly inside the experience.
Húsagarður in Tórshavn serves modern Nordic cuisine with tasting menu and a la carte formats. It has an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list, with a cellar of over 2,500 bottles.
PAZ in Tórshavn pairs its tasting menu with an extensive wine list. The menu covers Faroese fermentation, local seafood, and lamb, and the restaurant holds Michelin 2 Stars (2025).
ROKS in Tórshavn old town combines seafood tasting menus with an extensive wine list. The restaurant, in an ancient turf-roofed building, holds a Michelin Plate (2026) and a Star Wine List (2026).
Bitin in Tórshavn is an a la carte room for New Nordic sandwiches, and THE TARV Grillhouse in Tórshavn is a grillhouse serving Faroese seafood and meats, plus Galician dry-aged beef. Áarstova in Tórshavn Old Town serves tasting menu and set menu formats, with Faroese lamb, Atlantic seafood, a wine list, and a beer program.
Bitin in Tórshavn serves New Nordic open-faced sandwiches in an a la carte format. The sandwiches use local Faroese ingredients, including beef tenderloin and seafood. The wine program at Bitin is minimal.
THE TARV Grillhouse in Tórshavn is a grillhouse by the harbour serving Faroese seafood and meats, plus Galician dry-aged beef. It has an extensive wine list.
Áarstova in Tórshavn Old Town holds Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Recommended (2023). It serves contemporary Scandinavian cuisine with Faroese lamb and Atlantic seafood. The restaurant has a beer program.
Tórshavn has the strongest fine dining scene in our guide. It holds 6 EPC venues, including PAZ, Ræst, ROKS, Áarstova, Barbara Fish House, and Etika, while the country's Michelin star count is concentrated there.
There is 1 Michelin-starred restaurant in our guide for the Faroe Islands. It is PAZ in Tórshavn, at the top of Tórshavn's fine dining tier, and it holds the Michelin 2 Stars award (2025).
Tórshavn is the first stop for serious wine lists and programs. Húsagarður has an exceptional wine program with over 2,500 bottles, while PAZ, Ræst, ROKS, Barbara Fish House, and THE TARV Grillhouse all lean on wine lists.
Tasting menus in our guide are at PAZ in Tórshavn, Ræst in Tórshavn, ROKS in Tórshavn old town, Áarstova in Tórshavn Old Town, Barbara Fish House in Tórshavn city centre, and Húsagarður in Tórshavn. PAZ, Ræst, and ROKS serve tasting menus. Áarstova serves a tasting menu and a set menu. Barbara Fish House serves small plates and a tasting menu. Húsagarður serves a tasting menu and an a la carte menu.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Faroe Islands
Selected entries from the current guide for Faroe Islands.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
PAZ holds two Michelin stars (2025) and sits at the summit of Tórshavn's small but serious fine dining tier. Chef Poul Andrias Ziska builds his creative menus around ingredients sourced from the Faroe Islands' own waters, farms, and fermentation traditions, placing the archipelago's larder at the centre of every course. At the €€€€ price point, it is the reference address for serious dining in the North Atlantic.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
At 8 Gongin in central Tórshavn, Ræst takes its name from the Faroese word for fermented and builds its entire set menu around that tradition. A turf-roofed house with low-ceilinged shared dining rooms frames cooking that holds a Michelin Plate (2025), a NextGen Award for chef Sebastian Jiménez, and a La Liste ranking of 75 points (2026). Open Wednesday to Saturday only.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
A Michelin Plate seafood address on Tórshavn's old town street Gongin, ROKS positions itself at the more accessible end of the Faroese dining scene, a price tier below Ræst and PAZ, while drawing on the same North Atlantic provenance that defines the archipelago's culinary identity. It offers a grounded introduction to Faroese seafood without the tasting-menu commitment of its neighbours.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Áarstova on Gongin occupies a firm position in Tórshavn's small but increasingly credible fine-dining tier, with Opinionated About Dining recognition placing it among Europe's ranked restaurants two years running. Chef John Mikkelsen works within the New Nordic framework, seasonality, local sourcing, the Faroese landscape as pantry, in a capital that has quietly become one of the North Atlantic's more interesting dining destinations.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Barbara occupies a historic address at 4-6 Gongin in Tórshavn, placing it at the centre of the Faroe Islands' most concentrated dining corridor. For travellers eating their way through Tórshavn, it is a considered stop alongside neighbours like Bitin and Áarstova.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Bitin sits at 12 Niels Finsens gøta in Tórshavn, placing it within one of the North Atlantic's most quietly concentrated dining scenes. The Faroe Islands have built a reputation for cuisine that draws directly from ocean and upland terrain, and Bitin operates within that tradition. For context on how it fits among its neighbours, the full Tinghusgar Ur restaurants guide maps the wider picture.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Húsagarður sits at 2 Oknarvegur in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands' compact capital, where the North Atlantic's culinary identity is shaped as much by geography as by kitchen philosophy. The restaurant occupies a city where lamb, fish, and fermented tradition form the backbone of the table. For context on how it fits within the local dining scene, see our full Tinghusgar Ur restaurants guide.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
A grillhouse on the Tórshavn waterfront in the Faroe Islands, THE TARV sits within a small but developing dining scene where fire and local produce define the table. Positioned among a handful of notable addresses in Tinghusgar Ur, it draws visitors looking for a grounded, ingredient-led meal in the North Atlantic's most talked-about food destination.
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Etika occupies a quiet address on Áarvegur in central Tórshavn, where the Faroese dining scene has moved decisively toward locally anchored, technique-driven cooking.
Faroe Islands
Selected entries from the current guide for Faroe Islands.
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