Laekjarbrekka
Laekjarbrekka
The menu is diverse from lunchtime to evening, seven days a week. At lunchtime, we specialize in light, fresh dishes, such as soup or salad as well as fresh fish and chicken dishes. In the afternoon, the restaurant takes on a café atmosphere, and a range of small dishes, sandwiches, coffee, cakes, Icelandic pancakes, and more Icelandic specialties are available. In the evening, variety is the name of the game.
Menus
We have everything from appetizers and vegetable dishes to sumptuous meat and fish dishes, and there is something for all tastes. The menu consists among else of Icelandic scallops, fresh fish of the day, Icelandic mountain lamb, puffin party and more. For Icelandic dessert specialities such as “sky” with cream is always popular.
The house
The housing Laekjarbrekka was built as a dwelling in 1834, by the influential Danish ship owner and merchant P.C Knudtzon. He also built a bakery and a turf house on the same lot and brought the Danish baker T.D Bernhöft to Iceland to practice his trade here.
Bernhöft, who was for a long time the only baker in Reykjavik, bought the houses in 1845. The Bernhöft family continued in the bakery business at this location for two generations, building a retail shop onto the dwelling house in 1855.
This addition is today the part of the restaurant facing Bankastræti. The building was used as a residence until 1961, and a small shop was there at the time of reconstruction began in 1980. By then, the house had fallen into disrepair, as it had been neglected for decades. Its future had been uncertain until 1979 when it and several other houses in the same block were declared protected buildings. During reconstruction, every attempt was made to preserve the original appearance.
It is therefore with great pleasure we invite you to dine at this beautifully restored house, which has an eventful 150 years history behind it.
Laekjarbrekka is open from 11:30 every day of the week.
Table reservations and group reservations can be made via telephone +354 551 4430 or email info@laekjarbrekka.is
Please notice that table reservations via email must be done two days before the requested date.