Havnehagen Uteservering — Restaurant in Ålesund

Stopped here for some lunch. Seemed busy so thought we'd stop. 10 mins to order drinks. 10 mins to get drinks. Food took about 30 mins to arrive. We had mussels and steak with frite. Steak was good. Mussels were cooked well but sauce was a new one to me. Creme fraiche with fish sauce. We had ordered a second round of drinks halfway through our meal but they never materialised so we just paid up. In addition there was some maintenance going on around people having their meals which I thought was a tad unnecessary. Nice atmosphere if you have hours of the day to wile away. Staff were...

Lunch on a Saturday in July. Not very crowded . Still we had to wait 40 (!) minutes for steamed mussels and fish’n chips. After 25 minutes I complained and was promised it would take another 5 minutes. It took another 15 minutes. Quality of food was medium. Chips not home made but the ones you buy in the supermarket. Mussels served with chips instead of bread! We asked for bread and waited another 10 minutes for that. Answer was it had to be baked first… SABENA (Such A Bloody Experience...

Really excellent lunch - my fellow diners raved about the steak sandwich and the wild cod on rye bread was very well seasoned and good...