Café Norden — Restaurant in Copenhagen Municipality

I'm here at around 18:00 on a Sunday and it's pretty chilled and relaxed. There's really friendly bar staff. Not too crowded but not empty either. The perfect time to sit with a glass of wine and relax just watching the street from the top floor or just reading.. That's how relaxed it feels here right now. The coffee the guy in front of me smelt and looked good, but I went for a glass of Chardonnay. At 90DKK was not bad and they even made sure I remained hydrated with a glass of water.

The interior feels cosy and as soon as I walked in I just felt very much at ease. I know there is outside seating and in summer the place can be packed. You need to order at the bar so don't make the same mistake I made on my first visit and sit down wondering why all the waiters ignore you.

Update to the review - I've since been again to this place on a Saturday when it was far busier and I've got to say the experience means I have to downgrade my review. We arrived around 18:00 and the place was busy, we found a table, but they were not cleaned and we noticed none of the staff even when they came over bothered to take the used dishes or offer to wipe the table. The floor was disgusting and I think the pavement outside was actually cleaner. The staff walking around had on mostly soiled and dirty aprons and these were staff who were out on the floor. Also where you order was still as confusing as ever with the first bar tender asking me to order upstairs if we were sitting upstairs but not being very clear. Overall they tried but there just seems to be a lack of understanding of how to service at busy times. They seem to be moving forward purely on location and probably past success during the times when Copenhagen was much quieter. I will definitely not be going here again. Too dirty, not adequate service and for the price I...

I was transit in Copenhagen during a sunny day of October, and had several hours to kill so i walked around city center and I saw outside Cafe Norden customers enjoying amazing looking cakes! Being the sweet tooth I am I didn't have to thing twice and I sat outside in the only available table. I was waiting for the waiter to get my order..in vain!!! I saw everybody was going inside and carry out their orders so I understand it was a self service.That was a problem for me as I was alone, carrying my luggage... First of all it is not safe to leave our stuff unattended, but carrying my luggage and bag inside means I could have not been able to carry my order too, I have only two hands :) and I could have lost my table as somebody else could have sit.. Problem solved thanks to the kind lady next table who promised to keep an eye on my stuff.. Still cannot understand why on earth so many waiters and waitresses inside, where it was empty, could not serve outside. The sweets looked yummy so I got a cake covered with berries and a hot chocolate to drink. I had to pay the equivalent of almost 25 euro which was waaaay too much! Then I looked around and saw the Lui Vuitton shop and other hi-end shops and understand I was sitting to the expensive part of the city. I wish the service was as good as the area... Well.... Chocolate was good and cake delicious that's why I gave...

Excellent location in a very nice building and it has two floors, but there are two things I didn't like therefore 2 stars are taken off.

First of all, the place is insanely crowded. Obviously, it is a popular place but I think some solution should be applied to mitigate the noise and table pushing back and forth, there should be some separation. It is very hard to relax there.

Second thing, latte is 60kr. It is by far the most expensive latte I have ever had in Denmark and I have had a lot of them. There is absolutely no justification why it is so expensive besides the location, because coffee tasted normal as it should.

If its the location you are willing to pay 2x more for a cup of coffee, then I rather suggest to go to Original Coffee right across the street on the rooftop of Illum with an absolutely...