3 Best Restaurants in Dalvík, North Iceland

An attention-attracting Viking ship decked out with colorful shields acts like a visual ringmaster for this fabulous Hauganes restaurant, drumming up business for their fishy fare. Tasty seafood dishes and baccalá (salted codfish)–theme meals star on the menu alongside the seaside views. If you're lucky, you might just see a whale in the distance. 

Offering a truly elevated countryside culinary experience, this restaurant's menu includes sophisticated, high-end twists on traditional Icelandic cuisine. While the meat dishes—often involving unique ingredients like reindeer and horse—are impressive, the vegan dishes are just as stunning.

There is a glorious jumble of vintage ski wear, old leather saddles, and other knickknacks to engage your curiosity in this small-town café, which is just as charming as the children’s story it’s named after: The Brothers From Bakki. The famous local storybook (about three brothers who build a house with no windows and tried to carry sunshine into the house using their hats) makes for a great read while you wait for your order. Look out for the marvelous wooden sculpture of former President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson by local artist Dagur Óskarsson.