Lamb Street Food — Restaurant in Reykjavik

We had the worst experience here in Iceland. We never met unfriendly people during our trip until we stepped foot in this restaurant. We waited around 10 minutes in line to order. There were a few people ahead of us and only two tables that were occupied. When it was our turn the worker (red head) asked us if we had a reservation which was really weird because there were alot of empty tables. After we said no she told us to take a menu and go sit down and to come back once we were ready to order. We told her we already know what we want. She then said we are busy (if you can even count a restaurant thats not even 30% full busy) and i said well thats ok we dont mind standing till you’re ready. She then said to go order via qr code at the table. She only treated us this way and other guests that came in after us got to order in the line the normal way. We ordered via qr and waited and waited. Other people that ordered after got their food before us. After about 20 minutes one of the workers asked us if we were ready to order and we said we did via qr and its been a while. She didn’t believe us and called over her co-worker (red head who was very unfriendly and unprofessional). The red head came over and said we brought your pepsi which was the only order we recieved (my wife told her we placed the food order first and placed the pepsi order second because we forgot to add it on to the food order). She was very combative and raised her voice at my wife and kept saying how their system sometimes doesnt work. We then told her why would you ask us to order via qr. She didn’t believe us until we showed her our digital receipt. She continued to be rude and did not apologize. She told us “I know you guys are hungry but”. That made no sense and honestly it was her attitude and demeanor that made us upset—not the mishap with the food. The customers next to us told the red head that they would like to enjoy their meal and if she could solve the problem at the counter and maybe she should offer us a complimentary meal. The red head was very loud and the whole restaurant noticed. We asked for a refund and they gave it to us but in cash because they didn’t know how to fix their system. We then left and went to a Greek restaurant (Griska Husid) that had delicious sandwhiches and the owner was so nice. The vibes at Lamb Street Food were off. The workers were cold as soon as we got there and acted like they did not want our business. I don’t care how good the other reviews say their food is—no food is worth the way we were treated and the unprofessionalism of their employees. We have traveled to many countries and we have never had a terrible restaurant experience like this before. Go at your own risk and whatever you do don’t order via QR code

just read the orher low reviews and seems like this place is known for being rude and unprofessional. Just read their resonses to customers and you’ll see what I mean. They never take accountability for their actions and this will hurt them in...

Fusion cuisine as a concept is the apotheosis of cultural exchange and can only exist and thrive where there is significant enough trade and travel to allow a local population to fall in love with exotic flavors, then experiment with adding them to the traditional, locally produced fare. Fusion cuisine as the basis for a restaurant is highly risky, and thus that more rewarding when it turns out well.

Lamb Street Food starts with Iceland’s most traditional protein source, locally raised, free-range lamb. That lamb is then compacted into a cone and slowly spit-roasted. This is the same process that is used world-wide for shawarma, gyro, or donner kebab. Most of those street foods around the world are mixed meats, compacted piecemeal of lamb, beef, and/or chicken. Lamb Street Food uses only locally sourced lamb, and the resulting flavor is divine.

The first choice in the complex menu is wrap or plate. The Plate, however, still provides you with the other amazing feature of the restaurant, the house-made flat bread. The difference between the wrap and the plate is that the wrap has only a little veg and sauce wrapped in with an astounding amount of lamb (resulting in a burrito about the width of my forearm and at least half that length), while the plate has that same wrap sliced into sections and arrayed in a salad of fresh, locally sourced from the carbon-reducing geothermal greenhouses of the island. You can build your own wraps, but unless you visit every day, do yourself the great favor of choosing one of the perfectly balanced pre-arranged options. The salad and sauces are fusion of traditional, healthy Icelandic fare with the flavor explosion of Middle-Eastern spicing. The only possible draw-back to the visit is that no shawarma or gyro back home will ever...

Came during covid.

The restaurant looks great! The design is very sleek alike many other places we saw in Iceland.

The staff was very friendly and was happy to share their recommendations on the menu. They clean pretty well between each customer.

The menu is pretty standard fare for a kebab / salad restaurant. I had the leadersheep which was good, it had the benefit of having 2 different types of sauces. My significant other had the haystack which was similar to mine which is good but not great. We also shared the Molinn which tasted kind of bland and we ultimately couldn't bring ourselves to finish it.

Overall the food tasted like typical middle eastern food, except with Icelandic prices. I didn't feel like there was any differentiator that made the food or experience stand out. All in without drinks we were at around (~48) which we felt was incredibly overpriced for the meal or experience.

While we didn't see many other middle eastern type restaurants during our walk there are many better places for the same price in town. I'm ok that we went but knowing what I know now I would've preferred going somewhere else...