Organic produce is not enough if restaurants want to minimize their carbon footprint. Growing their own veggies, re-using resources and re-thinking energy consumption into all processes are all green initiatives that set these super sustainable (and really delicious) restaurants apart.
In 2020 the Michelin Guide launched a new annual award which is given to restaurants that show determined focus and excellence in implementing sustainability and green procedures in their kitchens. In 2021 three new restaurants in Copenhagen were awarded a green Michelin star while four other restaurants managed to maintain their green star.
With its 3 Michelin stars and it's New Nordic manifest, noma turned Denmark into a gastro-nation.
Apart from the eateries awarded with the green Michelin stars, Copenhagen has a variety of other restaurants that continually strive to optimize the sustainability of their business. Here we have gathered a list of some of them.
Have dinner among heads of cabbage and lettuce at Gro Spiseri at Denmark’s first rooftop farm.
At Il Buco you experience an uncompromising approach to accountability and honest produce, and a great love for small, local, Danish producers – both when it comes to organic ingredients and pure wine...
Bæst is an organic, Italian-inspired restaurant in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen. The restaurant has its own adjoined bakery Mirabelle.
The restaurant with the lush greenhouse right in the heart of Copenhagen.
Väkst is the latest addition to the range of moderately priced quality restaurants by Cofoco. The garden-like restaurant focu...
BaneGaarden is Copenhagen’s green food and culture destination, created to provide a platform for sustainable development. Nine large old wooden barns, a greenhouse, and more than 1.5 hectares of wild...
The simple café and restaurant in Copenhagen’s rustic Refshaleøen in Copenhagen takes harbour front hygge to new heights. All year round.
Vandvid is a floating restaurant with focus on urban farming and local, organic food.
Kiin Kiin’s restaurant VeVe serves amazing worldly vegetarian dishes.
In a beautiful old warehouse in Østerbro, you’ll find Michelin-starred Kiin Kiin’s vegetarian restaurant Veve. The decor is styli...
At Fiskebaren it is all about fish and seafood, fresh, healthy, and delicious food and good wines. The atmosphere is informal and the interior is quite rough.
Fiskebaren has a Bib Gourmand in Guide Mic...
The healthy and delicious plant-based, vegan café Beyla has reopened in new hip surroundings in The Carlsberg City District.
Ansvar offers a unique culinary experience where sustainability and ecology are at the centre.
