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Studio
RESTAURANT SUMMARY

Studio is where culinary composition becomes a study in light, texture, and time. The room is hushed and sunlit by day, aquamarine and amber by dusk, with the ocean tracing a calm horizon just beyond the glass. Seating is deliberately spare, the soundscape restrained, so that attention settles on the fragrance of citrus zest, the whisper of a sauce being finished, the first cool sip of a precisely chilled apéritif. Every detail feels edited, intentional, quietly confident.
The tasting menu reads like a coastal journey in measured chapters. A single, briny oyster is dressed with garden-distilled herb dew; a ribbon of line-caught fish arrives lacquered in seaweed butter; a warm tartlet holds the smoky sweetness of ember-roasted roots. Each plate is balanced by texture—silken against crisp, tender against char—and presented with a painter’s eye for negative space. The kitchen favors clarity over excess, revealing depth through temperature, seasoning, and time rather than ornament.
Pairings amplify the narrative with grace. A cellar anchored in biodynamic whites, old-world rarities, and low-intervention discoveries mirrors the cuisine’s restraint, while a temperate progression of sakes and fortifieds introduces unexpected harmonies. Non-alcoholic pairings are treated with equal seriousness: teas smoked over cedar, tonics perfumed with fennel pollen, and citrus cordials brightened by saline notes to echo the tide.
Service unfolds like choreography—intuitive, discreet, and beautifully paced. Notes are remembered, preferences anticipated, and moments are left to breathe. From the first greeting to the final confection, there is an enveloping sense of privacy and care, as though the evening were composed solely for you. At Studio, luxury is felt not in grand gestures, but in precision, restraint, and the calm assurance that every element serves a singular purpose: to let the coast speak in its most eloquent voice.
CHEF
Christoffer Sørensen
ACCOLADES

(2024) Michelin 1 Star

(2024) Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe Ranked #81
