Cafés

Álfacafé is að friendly café in the village of Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður Eystri. The visitor would do well to try the tasty waffles with whipped cream and fresh berries. The café is adorned with artifacts made from local rocks and other interesting pieces on display portraying local culture and art. Next door you´ll find the local fish factory which is worth a glance or two.

Langabúð cafe is located in the oldest building in Djupivogur, dating back to 1790. The cafe offers a wide variety of homemade goods such as soups, bread with salmon and smoked lamb, cappuccino, espresso, latte, and delicious cakes. The menu has a variety of vegan and gluten free choices. You can also try out a selection of Icelandic beers and spirits. Langabúð is Djupivogur's cultural center, housing museums and exhibitions, and is the corner stone in the town's culture. The museums exhibit the life and work of Rikardur Jonsson, a sculptor and artist, and a memorial of the politician Eysteinn Jonsson and his wife, Solveig Eyjolfsdottir. The building's loft houses a heritage museum. The cafe offers a wide variety of homemade goods such as soups, bread with salmon and smoked lamb, cappuccino, espresso, latte, and delicious cakes. The menu has a variety of vegan and gluten free choices. You can also try out a selection of Icelandic beers and spirits. Hours of Operation: Summer: May 15th – September 15th, Every day: 11:00-18:00 Winter: Please contact us for opening hours. Admission: ISK 500

A bistro is in its original Parisian incarnation a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. French homestyle cooking with robust earthy dishes and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet a bean stew are typical.

Ljósbjörg Petra María Sveinsdóttir was interested in stones all her life and started to collect them in earnest in 1946. Most of her stones were found in Stöðvarfjörður and other places in East Iceland because Petra didn´t go much looking for stones in other parts of the country. In 1974, Petra decided to open her home for all those that wished to look at her stones.  Petra´s receives many visitors each year and it has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in East Iceland. It´s obvious to all those that visit Petra´s, that she was an efficient stone collector but not many people know that she collected more than stones.  Petra collected marked pens, cups, and numerous other small paraphernalia and for most of her life, she collected eggs, shells, and conches. For sure, Petra´s house has slowly acquired the appearance of a nature museum, but first and foremost, it´s a home. Open from May 1st to October 31st, seven days a week from 09:00 am to 5:00 pm. Kaffi Sunnó In the year 2015, an old dream came true when Kaffi Sunnó was opened. The guests can buy delicious soups and bread, hot and cold drinks and something sweet. Open from May 1st to October 31st, seven days a week from 09:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

At Fjalladýrð Tourist Services, we provide our guests with the chance to experience traditional food, culture, and accommodation in peaceful surroundings. On our premises you will find a variety of nature walks and other forms of outdoor recreation. The Fjalladýrð team is conscious about the environment and we try to meet all the environmental challenges running a tourist service constitutes. We offer personal service, with the goal of allowing our customers to get closer to their origins. We work to achieve this by offering homemade food, traditional Icelandic rural culture and further recreation options tailored to the interests of each group or person. Fjalladýrð offers accommodation for up to 70 people in rooms with dressed beds and private or shared facilities. A well serviced camping ground is also at hand. The restaurant/café Fjallakaffi - "The Mountain Café" awaits you with homemade delicacies like "kleinur" and "Ástarpungar" - Icelandic doughnuts treats, not to mention the renowned Icelandic lamb meat soup, Icelandic moss-soup, local trout, and a local lamb steak. All this and more to be found on our menu. Möðrudalur is the highest settled farm in Iceland, 469 meters ( 1548 feet) above sea-level. It has been inhabited since early settlement in Iceland. Möðrudalur has served as a presbytery for centuries. The builder of the church in Möðrudalur was Jón A. Stefánsson (1880 - 1971). He was a great farmer as well as an artist and the altarpiece is made by himself. His son was Stefán ,,Stórval" Jónsson (1908 - 1994), a one of a kind character and a painter. The panorama view from the farm is interesting in many ways - judge for yourself. Möðrudalur/Fjalladýrð is a home base of the company Volcano Heli that offers different kind of sightseeing tours: www.volcanoheli.is  Our campsite is open from June to mid-September. For campers, and RVs we offer stays throughout the year depending on weather. Last but not least we sell Icelandic woolens and handicrafts made by local people as well as some snacks.

Nesbær cafe is in Neskaupstaður. It has been a popular place for a moment of relaxation for more than a decade. It is located in an old house in the very centre of Neskaupstaður with a trading history of more than a century. This is the ideal spot for anyone looking for delicious cakes, light meals, and good coffee. The coffee beans come normally from Guatemala. They serve all kinds of coffee drinks such as Café latte, Cappucino, Frappuccino, and more. Nesbær makes an effort to bake homemade cakes for their costumers. There are internet access and meeting facilities. You can find everything in Nesbær. To name a few things, there is yarn, gift cards, needles, second-hand clothes, homemade wools sweaters, handcrafts. You name it. If they don’t have it you don’t need 😊 Nesbær wants you to feel welcome while enjoying your coffee. Looking forward to seeing you.

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Café Croft is placed beside Bustarfell Museum, Vopnafjörður. At Bustarfell Museum you get to feel and explore how Icelanders lived in the earlier days. Opening hours: 10:00-17:00 every day from 1 June to 31 August.

THE BAKERY   Since 2011, Sesam Brauhús artisan bakery has been guided by the goal of producing premium bread and pastries from quality ingredients. We strive to create a pleasant atmosphere and provide personal service. Our master bakers have a combined decade of experience in the production of luxury handcrats bakery products. We are an artisanbakery, so the use of large machines is limited. Here, everything is fixed by hand as much as possible, so we can truly offer the craftmanship of the master. Every day we produce many types of bread. Among other things, from soudough that we make from scratch. Weuse various exciting ingredients that we mix in our bread according to the rules of the art. Barley flour, rye kernels, sunflower kernels, pumpkin seeds and sprouted rye are just a fraction of what we use daily to make our breadsabsolutely unique. For example, the barley flour we use in our products is produced by Móðir Jörð in Vallanes in Fljótsdalshérað, which is a company in organic farming and food production. The barley flour is milled from wholegrain bank barley and therefore has all the same nutritional benefits.   We also offer specialty bread, such as gluten-free and wheat/yeast-free.   THE SWEET BREAD   We also offer a wide selection of pastries daily. Everything from small pieces shuch as specially baked vinaigrettes, honey buns, oat cakes, cinnamon rolls and marzipan pieces to large tarts with marzipan, chocolate, sugar paste or whipped cream.   THE COFFIE HOUSE   Be sure to visit when you have the chance and check out the selection of what we have to offer. We are located at Hafnargata 1 in Reyðarfjörður.   SESAM Braudhús is open every weekday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.   

Klausturkaffi is located in the cultural centre at Skriðuklaustur in Fljotsdalur valley, 39 km from Egilsstaðir. The restaurant offers lunch and cake buffet every day when it is open along with the small menu. The focus is on the Icelandic cuisine with a special interest in local food products as the Icelandic lamb, reindeer meat, stone bramble berries and mushrooms from the growing forest of the area. All bread and cakes are homebaked. There are seats for 50 guests and in the summertime, you can also sit out on the south porch. Klausturkaffi is not open in the evening except for groups that book in advance and in connection with special events at the cultural centre. Check the opening hours and menus at our website. Dinners, banquets and refreshments for groups can be ordered by arrangement year round. Opening hoursApril and May: Open daily 11am - 4pm June - August: Open daily 10am - 5pm September - 13th October: Open daily 11am - 4pm  

Fjóshornið is located at the Egilsstaðir farm, where the same family has engaged in farming for nearly 130 years. Skyr, yogurt and cheese is produced all year round, made out of cows' milk, but Fjóshornið café is only open in the summertime. You can also buy beef directly from the farm. At the café, you can sit down in a cozy environment, enjoy homemade pastries and drink good coffee.  Unfortunately, Fjóshornið café won't be open during the summer of 2022. If you are interested in one of our products please contact us via Facebook, e-mail or phone.

Vök Bistro, located at Vök Baths serves a tasty array of small courses, soups and salads, accompanied by a variety of freshly baked bread. We partner with local suppliers to ensure a consistent and high-quality source of meat, fish, cheeses, bread, local grown fresh wasabi, herbs and many more. We always want to include a taste of Iceland in our menu with an Asian and European twist. At our Tea bar, we make the most of the naturally warm and certified drinkable water of Lake Urriðavatn to offer our visitors a unique selection of organic and locally sourced herbal teas. All of our tisanes are steeped in hot water from Lake Urriðavatn which runs out of the tap at 75 degrees celsius. Our tea is locally sourced and you’re likely to taste something entirely new! Additionally, we offer cool and refreshing tisanes made using the hot spring water from the lake and are then allowed to cool. A tisane is included in the admission fee.

Skaftfell Bistró is located on the first floor of the Skaftfell Art Center, at Austurvegur 42, in Seyðisfjörður. The restaurant offers an innovative menu that reinterprets traditional Icelandic fare with an innovative twist. A section of the restaurant pays homage to the Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth, who lived and worked in Seyðsifjörður in the last decade of his life. In addition to original works by Roth, the restaurant also showcases the works of contemporary artists of East Iceland.  In keeping with principles of sustainability and respect for the natural environment, the Bistró's chefs work with locally-sourced fresh ingredients, celebrating the sea and land around us and supporting local farmers and fishermen, producers and procurers. 

Móðir Jörð is an Organic farm in Vallanes offering accomodation in newly refurbished guesthouse with suites where design is based on using wood from the farm.   The Móðir Jörð products originate from the organic farm of Vallanes, in East Iceland.  Móðir Jörð is recognised for organic Icelandic products made from ingredients which have been grown under natural conditions in the pure and unpolluted climate of Iceland.  The organic café & restaurant is open from June - July - August from 10 am to 5 pm Monday to Saturday. Opening times in May and September are from 11 am to 4 pm.  

Wilderness Center of Iceland - Center of Recreation The Wilderness Center is an authentic and peaceful hideaway, located right on the edge of Northern Europe´s most extensive wilderness. One can experience the spirit of the past through a variety of services, such as unique accommodation, local food, exhibitions, horse riding and hiking, stargazing/Aurora station, day tours, escorted tours, super jeep tours, and tailor-made tours. The center's tranquil and pleasant location, as well as the distinct choice of accommodation and unique setting both indoors and out, will draw guests into adventures of the past and offer a unique atmosphere. Delicious food from local ingredients is cooked from scratch in the open home-style kitchen. Cakes and bread are also home-made. The Center offers a variety of activity and services. One can go hiking along waterfalls, cross the river on a cable-bridge, go horseback riding, rent mountain bikes, go fishing, gaze at the stars in the stargazing hut or visit the creative museum about the history of the Icelandic wilderness, where one can walk into the adventures of the Icelandic wilderness and be touched by the dramatic struggle between the forces of nature and the Icelander´s fight to survive. Many different day tours can be made from the Wilderness Center either self-drive or escorted. For example to Hengifoss, Laugarfell hot springs, Snæfell area, Hafrahvammagljúfur canyons and many more. Multi-day, tailormade tours can also be arranged, all year around. MUSEUM - HIKING - RIDING - MOUNTAIN BIKING - FISHING - STARGAZING - ACCOMMODATION - LOCAL FOOD - GUIDED TOURS TEL: +354 440 8822 / info@wilderness.is / www.wilderness.is