Zeleste

Zeleste sits on Store Strandstræde with a courtyard most people walk past without noticing. The kitchen is Danish-French and straightforward, and lunch is one of the better deals this close to Nyhavn.

The courtyard is the real reason to come: cobbled, closed off from the street and with room to sit for a while. The card is classic, with open sandwiches and warm dishes at lunch and an ordinary dinner card afterwards.

Open every day from twelve to ten, Friday and Saturday until half past ten, with no afternoon break. That makes it useful at the hours when the rest of the quarter has closed its kitchen.

It suits a lunch in the centre where you do not want to pay Nyhavn prices, and visitors who want to sit outside without sitting on the canal. It is a few minutes' walk from Kongens Nytorv.