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What can you eat for 500 Krone in Copenhagen?

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Copenhagen may be a gourmet destination where Michelin star restaurants are two a penny, but you won’t find eating out is cheap here. A meal in a pleasant restaurant will easily set you back £50 a head with a typical set menu starting from a bargain price of around 350 Danish Krone (around £40, €46, $67) – and that’s cheap! I remember that when I was last here in November for TBEX all the bloggers, especially the Americans were wincing at the cost of eating out.

500 Krone

The solution we found is to head for the neighbourhood areas away from the tourist traps, such as the Nansengarde district surrounding the Ibsen Hotel where were are staying. The side streets nearby are full of modest eateries, local 20 somethings sitting around on the pavement drinking beer and plenty of outdoor tables to celebrate the onset of the Danish summer (albeit with blankets on offer for those who find the night air less than balmy). The small restaurant we chose tonight didn’t take credit cards, which left us with the 500 Krone (£59, €67 $96) we had left between us to hope we could buy supper.

Moules in Copenhagen

A king’s ransom in some parts of the world, but in Copenhagen we thought we might have to do the washing up to pay our way. No worries though, here’s what we got for our 500 Krone. Two big bowls of Moules, and they were good, although I was always told you should only eat mussels when there’s an R in the month. We had some bread on the side to mop up all the delicious wine juices at the bottom and at the side there was a big bowl of roughly cut chips.

Beer & wine in Copenhagen

To wash it down it was locally brewed beer for me, rich and fruity and a big glass of wine for dearly beloved – note the huge wine glass which was two thirds full at the beginning but empty by the time I took the photo.

Lemon curd tart at Nice restaurant in Copenhagen

I was worried that our 500 Krone would be burned up by now but we had enough for a lemon tart with cream, and Guy had a second glass of wine as his desert. We could have stayed for a cup of coffee with the change but decided to get back to the Ibsen hotel after our busy day sightseeing (more stories of that later).

Nice restaurant in Copenhagen

There are plenty more little places that are cool and funky and funky on Nansengade, the street where we ate – this one was called Nice, and it was.

Have you eaten out in Copenhagen and do you have any tips for eating well without breaking the bank?

Thanks to Wonderful Copenhagen for sponsoring our weekend in Copenhagen.

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