April 15, 2020

Mediterranean restaurant by the Miss Sophie restaurateurs on the ground floor of Galleri Fineart (the gallery will be moved to downstairs only). The walls of the Arts Restaurant will also be decorated with art from Fineart's exhibitions.

March 1, 2020

Casual fine dining restaurant by head chef Axel Nordahl.

February 14, 2020

A fine-dining restaurant by Chef Halvar Ellingsen serving a tasting menu based on local ingredients. The restaurant is located at a farm from the 1700s where they still grow their own vegetables and have livestock, including sheep, pigs, chickens, and cows. Ingredients used are limited to the Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Senja regions. Guests can spend the night at the farm.

February 1, 2020

Maaemo is moving less than a kilometer from its current location on Schweigaards gate, where it has hovered over the train tracks of Oslo's central station. The new location is down at the waterfront in Bispevika next to the new Much museum. The first iteration of Maaemo, which opened on December 15th, 2010, will close its doors on December 13th, 2019 – almost nine years later.

January 6, 2020

The second location of Koie Ramen from The Core restaurant group (Night Pig, Way Down South, Nye Gressholmen Kro).

December 19, 2019

A duo concept in the old venue of Nemesis by former Maaemo chef Luke Henderson and sommelier Jefferson Goldring.  The Imperial will be a wine and cocktail bar with a small kitchen making bar snacks (e.g. scotch eggs) – opening in December. In February, they will also open a small five table fine dining restaurant for around 20 guests, serving a 16-course menu prepared by Henderson with wine pairings by Goldring.

December 10, 2019

Mig og Kbh

Indonesian-themed restaurant by Kiin Kiin focused on Balinese cuisine. The restaurant room is designed as a concrete jungle and is a cooperation between Henrik Yde and Ulrik Wang

December 7, 2019

Traditional brasserie by Ole Dysjaland (founder of Hekkan Burger), Kjetil Andersen, and Leiv Rune Mjølsnes. The menu consists of Danish smørrebrød, traditional Neapolitan pizza, and coal-grilled beef.

November 25, 2019

The Japanese chef Masari Inage has operated a ramen canteen (Sapporo Ramen) at Vulkan for some time, but is now opening a dedicated ramen restaurant (Ezo Ramen at the ground floor) and izakaya (Ezo Izakaya in the cellar) inside the new apartment complex Nordre gate 20-22 in Grünerløkka. The ramen place will open in November, while the izakaya will open in December or January.

November 22, 2019

Øyvind Bøe Dalelv, formerly of Statholdergaarden, will be the head chef at this new restaurant, bar, and club concept that opens in the old venue of Bølgen & Moi at Briskeby in Oslo. The house has a total capacity of almost 300 guests and will be open seven days a week, but closed Monday and Sunday evenings. The menu will be vegetable-focused for lunch, with a set menu for dinner, albeit with the option of ordering à la carte as well. Michaels will continue the wildly popular tradition of Saturday bubbly brunch that the former inhabitant made famous.

November 21, 2019

VG

A food bar where everything is served in bowls (skål = bowl). Neighborhood restaurant with local, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients. Natural wine, beer, and cider will dominate the drinks menu. The people behind it are Einar Fjøsne (co-owner), Misgina Ghebremeskel (co-owner), and Fridtjof Seeberg (co-owner & general manager).

November 20, 2019

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A new restaurant and bar in the old venue of the legendary Oslo restaurant Pjoltergeist. The old Pjoltergeist team, Susanne Låstad, Sverre Bøyum, and Atli Mar Yngvasson are co-owners and subletters to the new restaurateurs – bartender Andreas Lohne and chef Matthew North (who also worked at Pjoltergeist for some time). The restaurant will be a modern British inspired gastropub offering a five-course set menu that will be mandatory upon booking a table, but à la carte options are available for walk-in guests and the bar seats. The bar will be wine-focused with simple drinks consisting of two elements. Sound familiar?

November 19, 2019

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Ostara Bar serves natural wine, craft beer, sake and offers small plates of vegetable-focused food. Owned by Sofia Su.

November 1, 2019

A restaurant by acclaimed Chef Kamilla Seidler. Food journalist Lars Bjerregaard is the community manager. The ingredients are mainly local, organic, and seasonal, but the techniques, inspiration, and a large part of the kitchen team are all international.

October 27, 2019

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Grøtsjappa is a restaurant by Patrick Jensen (Ice Crime) in cooperation with the oats producer Den Sorte Havre. Inspired by Grød in Copenhagen, they serve porridge with various toppings. What started out as restaurant Gryn on Universitetsgata 8, has since closed and re-opened in the old venue of Way Down South and Birdmans.

October 25, 2019

VG

Bistro/brasserie serving classic dishes with a twist. Chef Christer Rødseth, the former head chef at Vaaghals, is co-owner together with Jørn Lie, Jacopo Righetti, and Eirik Strøm Lillebø.

October 10, 2019

Chef Mads Battefeld's new eight-seat sushi counter where he prepares edo mae-style sushi using Scandinavian seafood.

October 2, 2019

A wine bar serving simple dishes in the old venue of Bon Lío. Veslemøy Hvidsten (owner), Ed Shaw (head chef), and Sindre Solem (bar manager).

September 21, 2019

A new neighborhood restaurant from the Punk Royale team (Joakim Almqvist and Erik Gustafsson) and Dario Balan (head chef).

September 18, 2019

Fine dining restaurant by Chef Sebastian Myhre in the old stable next to Fyr Bistronomi.

September 17, 2019

Pizza restaurant in the old venue of Publiko, by Chef James Ian Maxwell-Stewart (Restaurant Cru).

September 11, 2019

A fine dining restaurant serving a tasting menu with 100% plant-based dishes, organic ingredients and global inspiration. Jaime Docherty (head chef) & Emily Lindquist (restaurant manager).

September 3, 2019

Modern French restaurant by Chef Yves Le Lay (head chef) & Kasper Langkilde (head sommelier).

August 15, 2019

French bistro by Rasmus Oubæk (head chef) & Jesper Marcussen (restaurant manager).

August 1, 2019

You heard it here first. DN added more details.

Oyster and natural wine bar by the guys from BASS. Co-owned by Aksel H. Steen, Torstein Voksø Eek, Marcus Soknes, Klaus Bugge Lund, Colin Duignan, and Lars Vaular.