Restaurants in Central Westfjords
The only food between Þingeyri and Bíldudalur (in the southwest Westfjords) or Flókalundur (on the south coast) is at the Byggðasafnið Hrafnseyri cafe. Þingeyri is just 45 minutes from Ísafjörður, so many drivers headed north aim to reach the Westfjords capital by dinnertime. The N1 gas stations in Þingeyri and Flateyri have fast food grills to tide you over. Þingeyri’s Simbahöllin Café (tel. 899-6659; www.simbahollin.is; Fjarðargata 5), a homey coffee house set in a 1915 grocery store with goodies like waffles with rhubarb jam and cream.
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Café Kaupfélag
Opposite Talisman in an old storehouse and part of the Fisherman complex, this charming cafe that opened in 2015 is an inviting place for a coffee or light meal, or even a draft beer or two after a day at sea. Food options are limited, though they always have fish soup available.- Icelandic
Talisman
Newly remodeled, this Suðureyri restaurant, just 25 minutes from Ísafjörður, is all about the fish. Even the menus are wrapped in cured fish skins. Most of the ingredients are foraged for or grown right in the fjord, including rhubarb in a dessert that is “stolen” from a neighbor’s…$$In the area
