Aurora Restaurant — Restaurant in Akureyrarbær

4 course set menu including Duck as main Matching wine.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH
Blue cheese, grapes, pesto, chervil, port

The delicious grape is very sweet balances well with port & blue cheese tartness’s. When I first saw it I thought just cooked pumpkin. But the flavours are extremely good. Well balanced. The small seeded crisp is bonus that gives the extra crunch to the soft expertly cooked squash. A surprisingly very good start. Champagne is nice no idea what it is.

SALMON
Lightly smoked and slow-cooked salmon, apple, salmon roe, dulse, 
popped rice, dill, wasabi sauce

Salmon chard with torch salmon roe wasabi sauce with tiny bits apple very sour.

Salmon cooked expertly. Balance with roe & apple good. Dulse ( dulse, dillisk or dilsk, red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is a well-known snack food. ) Was really lacking in presence which was disappointing as I want to try it. The wasabi sauce was very disappointing. I’d call it very weak wasabi water. When you cook salmon this good you can be forgiven for a few hiccups. Loved it. The matching Chabli was okay just lost in the tartness of the dish.

Sad thing is the service by the 2 young staff is poor. They’re overwhelmed by Le Ss than 20 people. I don’t blame them it looks like either training or balancing the number of staff.

Overall a great tasting that just needs some minor adjustments to make the “event” more enjoyable.

MAIN COURSES DUCK BREAST
Blackberries, mushrooms, mushroom Pommes Anna (layered potato slices) , 
Jerusalem artichokes, port wine sauce

Well the duck breast was okay or not ok. Duck is cooked quickly on high heat so you capture the flavour if you cook it slow and low it’s ends up tough. This breast has bits that are that sensational melting in the mouth amazing taste. The sauce berries mushrooms are just fantastic the balance perfectly no doubt as the chef intended. But more than 1/2 was tough chewy and unpleasant. I even wondered whether it’s was actually breast meat at all. Small things disappoint an experience. Not on this occasion I have pointed out some negatives but the flavours intended by chef came through and were delicious and fantastic. Just a few things were...

We came here a year ago for just a day trip from Reykjavík (about 10 hours driving round trip, but we like road trips) and this time we are doing the whole ring road and camping. Aurora was a must-do this time, since our experience was so positive the first time. the servers are incredibly professional, the table setting, atmosphere, and presentation make this feel like a fine dining experience, and the food... wow the food. There's a reason most of the reviews include photos of the food, it's stunning and the taste is top notch. I ordered the scallops to start and I'm not exaggerating when I say it gave me chills, they were so good. the beef hanger was the main, a delectable dish from start to finish. The ice cream was last, and I absolutely recommend it. Even if you're not staying in the hotel, please make sure to come here for an excellent representation of what Icelandic cuisine can offer. I've lived in Iceland 11 years and this is easily my favorite...

Fantastic! We booked the evening of the 25th December. The atmosphere was so lovely and cozy, the service super professional and the food amazing. The restaurant was offering a fixed festive menu but it had plenty of options for all dietary requirements. The food was plenty and all the flavours were beautiful. We loved it so much we also came back the following evening. We wish we would have also spent the 24th here instead of the other open alternative which can’t even...