Best Tasting Menus in Tórshavn
Our guide’s tasting-menu list has five restaurants. PAZ, in Tórshavn, holds 2 Michelin stars. The tasting menu uses Faroese fermentation, local seafood, and lamb, with an extensive wine list. Ræst, in Tórshavn, centres a tasting menu on fermentation and ageing, with an extensive wine list. ROKS, in Tórshavn old town, serves seafood tasting menus with snow crab and langoustines. The wine program has an extensive wine list, and ROKS holds a Star Wine List award in 2026.
Barbara Fish House, in Tórshavn city centre, offers small plates and a tasting menu of North Atlantic fish, foraged coastal greens, and lamb, with an extensive wine list. Áarstova, in Tórshavn Old Town, serves a tasting menu and a set menu of Faroese lamb and Atlantic seafood, with a wine list and a beer program.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Áarstova
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.
Barbara Fish House
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.
Húsagarður
Deep wine list
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.
PAZ
2 Michelin stars
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.
Ræst
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.
ROKS
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.
Planning tasting menus in Tórshavn
- Which restaurant has the highest Michelin rating on this list?
- PAZ has the highest Michelin rating on this list, with 2 stars. PAZ is in Tórshavn and serves a tasting menu that uses Faroese fermentation, local seafood, and lamb. The Michelin award is dated 2025.
- Which tasting-menu restaurants on this list have wine lists?
- PAZ, Ræst, ROKS, Barbara Fish House, and Áarstova all have wine lists. PAZ, Ræst, ROKS, and Barbara Fish House also have extensive wine lists. Áarstova also has a beer program.
- Which neighbourhoods do these tasting-menu restaurants cover?
- On this tasting-menu list, PAZ and Ræst are in Tórshavn, ROKS is in Tórshavn old town, Barbara Fish House is in Tórshavn city centre, and Áarstova is in Tórshavn Old Town.
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