The Pescatarian — Restaurant in Copenhagen Municipality

The Pescatarian - Copenhagen

I was in the area for Eurovision and thought I’d take a day off from that side of life and enjoy one of my other passions (bloody delicious food!)

Never one to neglect a bread, this was a seedy buttermilk sourdough and perfectly warm and crispy. Perfectly paired with butter 3 ways (butter whipped with buttermilk and caramelised butter)

Halibut, blood orange & bakskuld An incredible fresh start to proceedings, this was so zingy. The grapefruit jus perfectly complemented the halibut and the additional apple flavours kept the whole dish light.

Scallop, carrot & white currant Full disclosure, this was my first full scallop. For various reasons I’ve never been able to eat them before, but recently I’ve been able to broaden my shellfish horizons and I’m so delighted this was my first! This dish was beautifully presented and the scallop perfectly cooked. I could’ve eaten the sauce all day.

Morel, potato & aubergine An extremely hearty, earthy dish, this packed a real punch. The truffle tones didn’t overpower and the dish was extremely well balanced. I needed a 5 minute breather after this to regain composure!

Tarte á l’oignon This photo doesn’t do it justice, I might add a bonus to my stories! This was creamy and rich with punchy onion. The tuile added delicious additional texture and the pastry was flaky and crisp. Would we expect anything less from the Danes?

Flounder, ramson & fish fumé Fantastically light despite being fried, this was fragrant and full of incredible seasonal wild herbs and flowers. The asparagus was perfectly al dente. A truly fantastic main.

Lemon, caramel & hazelnut Desserts are always difficult to judge. Overall I did find this disappointing, but only due to the high standard set by the rest of the meal. A duo of mousses served with hazelnut ice cream was a delicate pallet cleanser to round up a fantastic serving overall. It could just do with a bit more variety in texture.

To sum up, I’m so pleased I took this opportunity to visit The Pescatarian. The staff were friendly and welcoming and more than happy to serve me in English. The venue is light and airy despite its cellar location...

I was in town on a solo trip from the US and wanted to eat somewhere special. This place looked good and the food really did all look beautiful. I had two major issues: the service and the taste of the food. The price is also an issue considering the weak service and food.

The number one issue was the staff and lack of service. It surprised me because all the other reviews raved about the staff. Maybe it's because I was a solo diner or because I was American, but frankly I've eaten solo in nice places all over and never had it this bad before. The biggest problem is that instead of having an assigned waiter, all the waiters sort of wait on all the tables, but only sort of. And they don't seem to communicate between themselves. I asked the first waiter I got about a potential substitution for hazelnut in one of the tasting menu options. He tried to assure me that the way it was prepared should make it safe, but come on, I'm not gonna risk my health over one tiny dish when I'm so far from home. Luckily the second waitress promptly offered multiple suggestions when I asked.

The rest of my experience with the staff was mostly being ignored all night. Including waiting over 20 minutes for the check after I was already completely finished eating. I also had to ask twice for a to go box because the first waiter I asked was too busy talking to his favorite tables and after his 15 minutes of conversation he forgot about me. Luckily the second waitress I asked helped me.

As for the food, it really was beautiful, but all four items on my tasting menu consisted of tiny bits of lots of different stuff, topped with an overwhelming amount of too salty cream/cheese based sauce. One item had the sauce on the side so I was able to just not use it all. For all the variety of ingredients they used, everything came out tasting kind of the same: too salty

Beyond that, I realize that high prices and small portions are standard for tasting menu type places, but without excellent food and service to offset those, it was hard to walk out of there not...

Disclaimer: Review is only based on how my pallet receptors reported the tastes to my brain and it may differ considerably to other individuals pallet receptors.

First dish: Well balance and delicious. Lots of flavours, most of them revealing themselves only after another died away making it a pleasure to experience.

Second dish: had a slightly overpowering foam, but went excellent with the very nice complimentary bread.

Third dish: Consists of salty bits, pickled bits, some fishy bits, some nougat nuts and caramelised butter sauce. (If you told me it was sea urchin poo; I probably would believe you)

Forth dish: Was a tart mainly consisting of caramelised onion and that’s what it mostly tasted of. Pastry was fluffy, crunchy and nice.

Fifth dish: The fish, well the fish.. Was very fishy, some stuff on the side (tooth paste flavour pearls?) and a lot of caramelised butter sauce. I tried a bite, but the sauce and fish together did not work (reminded me of brown cheese Béchamel sauce). My wife managed to eat some of it before giving up.

Sixth dish: A desert that I strongly suspected was a upside down Tesco desert mousse with milk foam and powder. If anything impressive in its blandness.

Presentation of all dishes where nice.

Service was decent (besides tipping himself without asking) and restaurant looked rustic sleek.

I’m sure a lot of thought and passion went into the dishes and after I payed the bill I tried to lie to myself it was worth the experience. Yes two mugs of water is definitely...