Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Stavanger
Stavanger’s wine restaurant scene in our guide is built around a small set of rooms with serious cellar work and clearly stated wine programs. Downtown Stavanger, Old Town (Gamle Stavanger), Stavanger center, and Ledaal Park carry the main concentration, with RE-NAA, Gaffel & Karaffel, A. Idsøe Grill & berkel, Söl, and Hermetikken showing different ways wine supports the meal. Some lean on sommelier-led service, some on natural wine, and some on extensive wine lists. Stavanger has 7 exceptional wine programs in our guide, and those rooms show how often wine and dining sit together across the city’s tasting menus, grills, and multi-room houses.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
A. Idsøe Grill & berkel
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Founded by Stavanger butcher Albert Idsøe, this modern grill restaurant on Verksgata places sourcing and supply-chain control at the centre of its offer. The inclusion of a Berkel slicer signals a serious commitment to cured and aged meat, while the Star Wine List number-one ranking for 2023 confirms a wine program that matches the ambition of the kitchen.
Gaffel & Karaffel
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
A multi-venue house of restaurants on Stavanger's colourful Øvre Holmegate, Gaffel & Karaffel holds a 2-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Lifestyle Awards. All venues share a single wine cellar and wine list, making it one of the more considered wine-led dining addresses in a city that has quietly built a serious restaurant scene over the past decade.
Hermetikken
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Hermetikken holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025 at its address on Niels Juels gate in Stavanger, placing it inside the city's serious fine-dining tier alongside RE-NAA and Sabi Omakase. The kitchen works in modern cuisine, and the room's character reflects the industrial heritage the name references. Booking ahead is advisable for anyone planning a Stavanger fine-dining itinerary.
RE-NAA
3 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
RE-NAA holds three Michelin stars in Stavanger, placing it among Norway's small group of fine-dining addresses that have sustained the country's New Nordic reputation beyond Oslo. Chef Sven Erik Renaa's kitchen operates Thursday through Saturday, with La Liste scoring it 94 points in 2026 and Les Grandes Tables du Monde recognition confirming its position within Europe's upper tier of creative tasting-menu restaurants.
Sabi Omakase Stavanger
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Stavanger's sole Michelin-starred sushi counter brings omakase discipline to Norway's oil capital, with back-to-back stars in 2024 and 2025, an OAD Top 234 Europe ranking, and a La Liste score of 81 points in 2026. Chef Laurent Cherchi runs a format built entirely on trust: no à la carte, no substitutions, just the sequence the kitchen decides. For a city better known for New Nordic fine dining, Sabi represents a different kind of precision.
Söl
Deep wine list
Söl sits at the mid-range tier of Stavanger's modern cuisine scene, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and earning a 4.. The address on Hetlandsgata places it within reach of the city's broader restaurant corridor, where Nordic technique meets a price point that undercuts the city's starred heavyweights. For visitors mapping the range of Stavanger's dining options, it represents the Michelin-recognised middle ground.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Stavanger
- Which wine restaurants are the strongest in Stavanger?
- RE-NAA, Gaffel & Karaffel, A. Idsøe Grill & berkel, and Söl are the clearest wine-focused names in Stavanger. RE-NAA has a sommelier-led, exceptional program, Gaffel & Karaffel holds Wine Spectator recognition, A. Idsøe Grill & berkel also holds Wine Spectator recognition, and Söl is known for one of Norway’s largest natural wine collections.
- Which neighbourhoods should I target for wine-led dining?
- Downtown Stavanger, Old Town (Gamle Stavanger), Stavanger center, and Ledaal Park are the key neighbourhoods for wine-led dining in this category. They contain RE-NAA, Gaffel & Karaffel, A. Idsøe Grill & berkel, Söl, and Hermetikken, each with a clearly described wine program.
- How many restaurants here have Wine Spectator awards?
- Two restaurants in this category hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence recognition, Gaffel & Karaffel and A. Idsøe Grill & berkel. Gaffel & Karaffel shares a cellar and wine list across its rooms, and A. Idsøe Grill & berkel pairs its grill format with an extensive wine list.
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