Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Oslo
Six restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, which matches the citywide count in our guide. Plah, Ambassaden and Ekspedisjonshallen are in Ruselokka, Cru is in Vaterland, Teatro is in Vika and Sjømagasinet is in Aker Brygge. Most restaurants on this list have exceptional wine programmes, and Plah and Ekspedisjonshallen are curated.
Maaemo in Vaterland, Statholdergaarden and SAVAGE in St. Hanshaugen, Hot Shop in Torshov and Mon Oncle in Sentrum hold Michelin stars here. Vin Bjørvika in Vaterland publishes more than 1,750 references and a cellar of approximately 10,000 bottles. Frances Vinbar in Ruselokka lists over 2,500 wines with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean sharing plates, and holds a Bib Gourmand. Cru's list includes French pedigrees and rare vintages. Sjømagasinet's bottles span Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont and Germany.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or rated as having an exceptional wine program, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Ambassaden
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Exceptional wine program
Ambassaden holds a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Lifestyle Awards, placing it among Oslo's most seriously regarded dining addresses. Located on Henrik Ibsens gate in the Frogner district, the restaurant operates in the upper tier of the Norwegian capital's formal dining scene. Readers exploring Oslo's fine dining options will find it a credible reference point alongside Maaemo and Kontrast.
Arakataka
Exceptional wine program
A Michelin Plate-recognised Norwegian restaurant on Mariboes gate, Arakataka sits in Oslo's mid-market Nordic dining tier with a €€ price point and a kitchen led by Chef Jonathan Janhed. Ranked #343 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding a 4., it represents the accessible, ingredient-led end of the city's New Nordic scene.
B VIN
Exceptional wine program
B VIN is an intimate wine bar on the lower edge of Grünerløkka, one of Oslo's most active neighbourhoods for evening drinking and dining. The atmosphere leans relaxed and convivial, making it a natural stop for those who want serious wine without the formality of Oslo's fine-dining circuit. It sits comfortably within a broader city-wide shift toward low-key, wine-led venues.
Beijing Palace
Exceptional wine program
Once circulating only among Oslo's chefs and sommeliers by word of mouth, Beijing Palace has moved into the city's downtown and begun attracting a wider audience without losing the low-profile credibility that defined it. Located at Pilestredet 27, the restaurant brings Chinese cooking traditions into a city whose dining conversation is dominated by New Nordic. For those tracking Oslo beyond its Michelin circuit, this is a meaningful address.
Brasserie Hansken
Exceptional wine program
One of Oslo's most enduring addresses, Brasserie Hansken has held its place on Christiania Torv since 1997, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. The kitchen works in the modern European register at a price point that sits below the city's tasting-menu tier, drawing a loyal local following alongside visiting travellers. It occupies a distinct position in Oslo's dining scene: substantive without being ceremonial.
Centropa
Exceptional wine program
Centropa sits at Anne-Cath. With Oslo's restaurant scene deepening its commitment to collaborative kitchen and floor programmes, Centropa represents one address to watch as the Norwegian capital continues to produce serious dining rooms beyond the Michelin-flagged tier.
Chez Colin
Exceptional wine program
The room reads as a neighbourhood bistro that has earned its place rather than announced it, drawing guests who come for the wine-forward atmosphere and a front-of-house approach built on collaboration rather than formality. It sits in a different register from Oslo's tasting-menu circuit, which is precisely the point.
Cru
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Exceptional wine program
At Cru, the romance of French gastronomy is elegantly reimagined through the prism of Norwegian terroir. A notable wine program—rich in French pedigrees and rare vintages—anchors the experience, while dishes like pâté en croûte with cornichons and mustard or a luxuriant chicken vol-au-vent with morels, peas, asparagus, and tarragon speak to a kitchen fluent in classic technique and local seasonality. Set within a high-ceilinged dining room in serene shades of green and grey, guests sink into plush banquettes with a privileged view of the open kitchen’s choreography, savoring a curated journey where refinement, warmth, and precision harmonize.
Eero
Exceptional wine program
Occupying the top floor of Oslo's former American Embassy, Eero takes its name from architect Eero Saarinen and frames its wood-fired, fin-to-gill seafood tasting menu against wrap-around views of the Oslofjord and the Royal Palace gardens. The kitchen, led by Chef Charles Taylor, received a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in September 2025. Price range sits at €€€, a tier below Oslo's Michelin-starred heavyweights.
Ekspedisjonshallen
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Ekspedisjonshallen is the brasserie at Sommero hotel in Oslo's west end, occupying a building that completed a full renovation in 2022. For hotel guests and neighbourhood regulars alike, it functions as a reliable anchor in an area with relatively few destination restaurants.
El Brutus
Exceptional wine program
Status-check profile: El Brutus at Eiriks gate 2, 0650 Oslo, Norway has unresolved or changed current status after a June 21, 2026 audit. Verify directly before planning a visit.
Feinschmecker
Exceptional wine program
Feinschmecker has occupied a considered position in Oslo's fine dining tier for decades, earning a reputation built on classical technique applied to Norwegian ingredients. The address on Balchens gate, in the residential Frogner district, signals an audience that values restraint over spectacle. For wine-focused diners, the cellar and its curation are as much the draw as the kitchen.
Frances Vinbar
Exceptional wine program
Frances Vinbar arrived on Henrik Ibsens gate in late 2023 and earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, alongside two consecutive top-two finishes on the Star Wine List rankings. The format shifts from coffee shop in the morning to Mediterranean small-plates wine bar by evening, with a menu shaped by Middle Eastern and North African inflections that sit apart from Oslo's predominantly Nordic dining register.
Grand Café
Exceptional wine program
Grand Café on Karl Johans gate has anchored Oslo's civic dining tradition since the nineteenth century, occupying a place in the city's cultural memory that few restaurants in Scandinavia can match. The room itself carries the weight of that history: dark wood panelling, long banquettes, and a dining pace that resists the frenetic tempo of modern openings. For visitors building an Oslo itinerary around restaurants like Maaemo or Kontrast, Grand Café offers necessary counterpoint.
Hot Shop
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
A Michelin-starred neighbourhood fixture on the northern edge of Grünerløkka, Hot Shop runs a surprise tasting menu built around cold-season Nordic produce and ranked #200 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list for 2024. The canteen-style format and accessible price point place it in a different tier from Oslo's grand-table New Nordic rooms, making it one of the city's more credible overperformers at the €€€ mark.
Jimmy's
Exceptional wine program
Jimmy's sits on Leirfallsgata 6 in Oslo's Grünerløkka district, a neighbourhood that has quietly become the city's most dependable stretch for neighbourhood dining outside the fine-dining corridor.
Kolonialen Bislett
Exceptional wine program
Kolonialen Bislett sits in Oslo's mid-range modern dining tier, earning a Michelin Plate and consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings through 2023–2025. Operating from Sofies gate in the Bislett neighbourhood, it offers evening service Tuesday through Saturday plus a weekend lunch, with a wine-forward approach that positions it as a dependable neighbourhood anchor in a city better known for its Michelin-starred extremes.
Lysebu
Exceptional wine program
Lysebu sits above Oslo in the Voksenkollen hills, earning a White Star recognition from Star Wine List for a wine program that matches its setting: serious, Nordic, and unhurried. The restaurant draws those who come for the combination of forest proximity, considered sourcing, and a kitchen working within Norway's broader New Nordic tradition. It is the kind of address that rewards a longer stay in the city rather than a single rushed evening.
Maaemo
3 Michelin stars · Exceptional wine program
Norway's first three-Michelin-star restaurant, Maaemo has held that distinction since 2016 and earned 95 points on La Liste's 2026 ranking. Chef Esben Holmboe Bang's 20-course format draws entirely on organic and natural Norwegian ingredients, tracing a seasonal arc from the Arctic waters of the north to the farmland around Oslo. Bookings open well in advance; Tuesday through Saturday, from 6 pm.
Mon Oncle
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
Mon Oncle holds a Michelin star and the top spot on Star Wine List Norway (2025), operating at the €€€ tier in Oslo's Universitetsgata. Formerly part of the Maaemo group, it now runs independently under head chef Dimitri Veith, offering a French-rooted format that sits apart from the city's dominant New Nordic current. The wine program is among the more serious in Scandinavia.
Nedre Foss Gård
Exceptional wine program
Nedre Foss Gård occupies a listed historic building in Oslo's Grünerløkka district, its brass fittings, leather seating, and fishbone parquet floor placing it among the city's more atmospheric brasserie settings. The kitchen operates in a register distinct from Oslo's tasting-menu circuit, offering a format closer to the classic European brasserie tradition than the New Nordic omakase wave. A reliable address for those who want serious cooking in a room that earns its keep on atmosphere alone.
Plah
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Oslo's most decorated Thai restaurant holds the top spot on Star Wine List three years running and carries a Michelin Plate, operating from the first floor of Hotel Sommerro in Solli Plass. The kitchen runs a full tasting menu format with wine pairings, placing it firmly in the €€€€ tier alongside Oslo's Nordic fine-dining peers. For Thai cuisine at this price point and format in Norway, there is no comparable alternative.
SAVAGE
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
SAVAGE holds a Michelin star in consecutive years (2024 and 2025) and sits at the sharper, more experimental edge of Oslo's fine dining scene. Chef Andrea Selvaggini leads a creative menu at Nedre Slottsgate 2, placing the restaurant in Oslo's highest price tier alongside Maaemo and Kontrast.
Sjømagasinet
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Exceptional wine program
Positioned on Oslo's Tjuvholmen waterfront, Tjuvholmen Sjomagasin holds a Michelin Plate and a consistent ranking in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list, placing it in a different tier from the city's tasting-menu circuit. The focus is Nordic seafood with a European accent, backed by a wine list of 950 selections and 9,200 bottles of inventory spanning Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, and Germany.
Statholdergaarden
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
Inside a 17th-century building on Rådhusgata, Statholdergaarden holds a Michelin star and consistent placement in La Liste's upper-tier rankings, making it Oslo's most recognised address for classical European cooking. Chef Bent Stiansen's seasonal menu works within familiar combinations, deploying precision in seasoning where others reach for novelty. The three ornate dining rooms, with stucco ceilings and chandeliers, set a tone that most of Oslo's New Nordic wave has deliberately walked away from.
Teatro
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Teatro sits on Stortingsgata in central Oslo, recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation for the depth and curation of its wine program. The address places it within easy reach of the city's theatre district and Karl Johans gate, making it a natural stop for those working through Oslo's more serious dining options. Wine-forward visitors should treat the list as a primary reason to book.
The Three Fifty
Exceptional wine program
The Three Fifty holds a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine London Awards, placing it among Oslo's most recognised addresses for serious wine programming. Located on Hegdehaugsveien 25 in the Majorstuen district, the bar and restaurant operates at the intersection of thoughtful curation and neighbourhood accessibility.
Vin Bjørvika
Exceptional wine program
A World of Fine Wine three-star accredited wine bar beside Oslo's Opera House and Munch Museum, Vin Bjørvika holds one of the deepest lists in the Nordic region: more than 1,750 references, a cellar of approximately 10,000 bottles, and over 100 wines available by the glass at any sitting. The gin selection runs past 100 labels, and the bar opens early on Saturdays — useful intelligence for anyone building a Bjørvika morning.
Vin Tjuvholmen
Exceptional wine program
Vin Tjuvholmen holds a World of Fine Wine 1-Star Accreditation, positioning it among Oslo's most seriously considered wine destinations. Located at Lille Stranden 4 in the Tjuvholmen waterfront district, the venue sits within one of the city's most architecturally deliberate neighbourhoods, where the wine program carries as much editorial weight as the setting.
Vinland
Exceptional wine program
Vinland sits on Henrik Ibsens gate in Oslo's Frogner district, operating as a modern Nordic brasserie with a wine program that has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition every year from 2024 through 2025. The room reads as Paris-meets-New York filtered through a Scandinavian sensibility — casually elegant, retro-inflected, and suited to both serious wine enthusiasts and neighbourhood regulars.
Vinoteket
Exceptional wine program
Vinoteket arrived on Oslo's Frogner dining scene in 2018 with a formula that still feels quietly subversive: a wine list priced well below the city's norm, creative pizzas that reward attention, and a sommelier pedigree from a former European Sommelier Championship winner. The result is a room where serious wine knowledge meets an accessible format, sitting at an interesting angle to Oslo's broader restaurant scene.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Oslo
- Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Plah, Ambassaden and Ekspedisjonshallen in Ruselokka, Cru in Vaterland, Sjømagasinet in Aker Brygge and Teatro in Vika hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. That is every Wine Spectator award in our Oslo guide. Cru holds the award for 2025 and 2026, and Sjømagasinet holds it for 2025.
- Which neighbourhood has the most restaurants on this list?
- Ruselokka has the most restaurants on this list, with seven of them: Plah, Frances Vinbar, Ambassaden, Eero, Vinland, Ekspedisjonshallen and Vinoteket. Vaterland has three restaurants on the list: Maaemo, Vin Bjørvika and Cru. Vika has three restaurants on the list: Brasserie Hansken, Grand Café and Teatro.
- What styles of wine list appear on this page?
- Large cellars and French-leaning lists both appear on this page. Vin Bjørvika in Vaterland publishes more than 1,750 references and approximately 10,000 bottles. Sjømagasinet in Aker Brygge spans Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont and Germany. Cru in Vaterland keeps French pedigrees and rare vintages, and Kolonialen Bislett in Homans Byen keeps a French-centric list. Hot Shop in Torshov pours natural wine.