Cafe Petersborg, Copenhagen

We read about this restaurant on here and wanted to try some typical Danish food, but wanted to avoid the tourist traps and sky-high prices. This was just the ticket! I'm not a huge fan of fish, but really wanted to try the local cuisine while I was here. I tried the Petersborg Plate which was spicy or pickled herring (not too bad!), Smoked Salmon or Eel, a fried fish, roast beef with potato salad, Ham with Italian salad, Meatball with red cabbage and cheese. The platter comes with bread and butter and "homemade fat"--yep, I even tried that, and realized that it wasn't horrible, but I definitely prefer butter. There were other platters and some open-faced sandwiches that are also typically Danish. The restaurant is very charming and has a lot of history as well. The staff is very nice and attentive and the food was beautifully presented, fairly priced, and, most importantly, tasted good. I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to really experience Copenhagen and Danish food.

A great place to go for typical Danish food. The lunch plates are outstanding and give you a taste of everything you should have tried while being in Denmark as marinated herring, fried plaice with remoulade sauce, smorrebrød with shripms etc.and the prices are quite reasonable. The ambience is very nice and they serve the food on the classical white and blue Royal Copenhagen Porcelaine.