Dineout | St. Thorlak’s feast at Hótel Reykjavík Grand

St. Thorlak’s feast at Hótel Reykjavík Grand

Grand Brasserie

LocationSigtún 28, Reykjavík

As is tradition, Hotel Reykjavík Grand will host its aromatic fermented skate feast on St. Thorlak’s Day, 23 December 2026.

Choose from two sittings:

11:30 to 13:30

14:00 to 16:00

Each booking is for two hours during the selected time slot.

Guests are kindly asked to vacate their table at the end of this period.

The skate buffet will be served at Grand Brasserie and in Setur and Hvammur function rooms.

Please note that seating is limited. We recommend booking as soon as possible to enjoy this popular St. Thorlak’s Day tradition.

The buffet will include

• Fermented skate from the Westfjords

• Thorny skate

• Salted cod

• Smoked/ and night salted haddock

• Skate strew

• Fish strew (Plokkfiskur)

• Melted butter and lamb tallow (Hnöðmör & hamsatólg)

• Potatoes, turnips and carrots

• Soðbrauð, rye bread and laufabrauð

• Herring, dried fish, fermented shark, cured salmon and smoked salmon

• A varied dessert buffet, as always

Prices

Adults: 8,200 kr.

Children aged 6 to 11 receive a 50% discount.

Children aged 0 to 5 eat free of charge.

Please note

For groups of more than 10 people, please email us at radstefnur.grand@hotelreykjavik.is or call us on 514-8000 and select option 2 for the Conference Department.
Gullteigur Hall will not be in use.

Bookings and seating

The restaurant allocates tables and seats to make the best use of the available space and ensure an enjoyable experience for all guests.

Guests who wish to sit together are kindly asked to book together under a single reservation. If guests make separate reservations, we cannot guarantee that they will be seated together, even if this is specifically requested.

We do our best to accommodate seating preferences, but all requests are subject to availability and the room layout.

A specific table, seat or location within the room cannot be guaranteed unless expressly confirmed by the restaurant.

Terms and conditions

If you need to cancel, your refund request must be received in writing at radstefnur.grand@hotelreykjavik.is at least 48 hours before the event.
Staff reserve the right to ask guests to leave due to inappropriate or threatening behaviour, intoxication or breaches of the hotel’s safety rules.
The hotel accepts no responsibility for guests’ personal belongings that are lost or damaged, or for accidents resulting from guests’ negligence.