The 42 best restaurants in Copenhagen

Italian on Store Kongensgade — housemade pasta under high ceilings, and a bar that stays open until two.

A Mediterranean bistro on Vesterbrogade — small plates to share in the evening.

A French wine bar on Dybbølsgade from eight in the morning until midnight.

Fish and oysters in an old slaughterhouse hall in the Meatpacking District — from lunch until late.

Pizza and charcuterie from their own produce — the mozzarella is made in house.

A smørrebrød cellar from 1877 with over 100 kinds of aquavit.

An Italian wine bar on Store Strandstræde, a corner away from Nyhavn.

Modern open sandwiches by Nørreport — lunch six days, dinner four.

Shared plates and a loud room in the Meatpacking District — the kitchen closes at ten, the bar up to two.

A Nordic bistro by the harbour — lunch and dinner, closed Sunday.

Sourdough bakery and pizzeria in the green oasis of Banegaarden.

Scandinavian cooking in a cellar on Snaregade — evenings only.

Shared plates and wine on Borgergade — one of the city's most used tables for an evening with friends.

Italian on Store Kongensgade — pasta, wine and a bar that keeps going.

Sourdough pizza at long tables in the Meatpacking District — from morning until late.

Claus Meyer's Nordic bistro by the old radio house — organic and affordable.

Open sandwiches under stone arches on Niels Hemmingsens Gade — lunch and dinner.

A French bistro in Østerbro with the best pavement in the city.

A French bistro on Værnedamsvej — Cofoco's classic with a set menu.

Oysters and Alsatian cooking in a courtyard off Pistolstræde.

Nordic cooking with a greenhouse in the middle of the room — on Sankt Peders Stræde.

Classic lunch smørrebrød on Palægade — and a French-Danish dinner menu.

A French brasserie by Kongens Nytorv — steak frites and oysters from eleven.

Danish-French in a courtyard a stone's throw from Nyhavn — every day from noon.

A lunch cellar from 1910 by Christiansborg — herring, snaps and no fuss.

The city's best sushi without a star — omakase in the evening, à la carte only at lunch.

A Japanese listening bar with vinyl, a charcoal grill and omakase at 650 kroner.

A burger out of noma's lab — 150 kroner, served medium-rare with a warning on the menu.

A Japanese gastropub in Vesterbro — sashimi, charcoal and the house's own yuzu beer.

The 1994 original — the basement on Nansensgade where the whole chain began.

All-you-can-eat in the city centre, open twelve hours straight, every single day.

Burgers, two cocktail bars and a heated courtyard by Gammel Strand.

Nine named burgers on Larsbjørnsstræde — and almost everything can be swapped.

The city's cheapest all-you-can-eat — 189 kroner at lunch on Jagtvej.

Amager's cheapest all-you-can-eat — 239 kroner, and the kitchen closes at half past nine.

200 grams of beef for 99 kroner — the best deal in town, on Vandkunsten.

Sourdough pizza on ancient grains, baked in an oven built on site in Carlsberg Byen.

A Roman trattoria on a cobbled lane behind Strøget, where the pizza is a sharing dish in the menu.

Sixteen pizzas and a Sardinian wine list on Grønnegade — the broad Italian, not the narrow one.

San Marzano and fior di latte, with pavement tables facing the canal on Gammel Strand.

Pan-Asian small plates in a running flow, steps from the metro at Frederiksberg Centret.

A neighbourhood café and wine bar on Godthåbsvej with a menu that changes daily.