Might be the best takeaway sushi in Oslo and a nice place to sit down for a casual meal. The owner…read moreis very focused on quality produce and production, which is easy to tell by the food she serves. Amongst my favourites are - the salmon roe maki - the spicy tuna maki - the spicy scallop maki - the spicy butter fish maki ... but everything is good :)

After I had wanted 25 min for 8 maki pieces, I asked how time it would take, just to have an idea…read more First the lady pretended not to hear my question (3 times..) then she snapped aggressively that she had no idea, that a lot, maybe 30 ppl had ordered?!? Of course I understand that staff can be stressed out, but a client will only get more frustrated with a none-answer. She refused to even make a time suggestion, I left without food after 35 min.

Been here twice so far, and both times had the pad Thai, once beef once chicken. Both were good.read more

The place have potential but still needs some fine tuning on both service and food…read more On service they have problems on catering for bigger groups when it comes to what drinks and food you ordered. They will run along the table and call out the drinks you or some at the table ordered and same with the food. So you need to pay attention and get there attention when you hear your drink or food called out. But all waiter and waitress was polite and respectful even if it can be hard to understand them in Norwegian as many of them don't speak the language fluently. The food is very average so don't have to high expectations. The codfish I had was ok but the potatoes was horrible and so over spiced that it killed the flavor of the fish. I had to start choosing what part of the food I wanted to eat. So don't expect a harmony of fusion flavor but more a crash and chock of flavor. In all this is not the place I would take some special or celebrate an important event. It is noisy but probably a good place to have lunch or if you're in a hurry. And I have a feeling that the chefs are better with small groups from 1 to 4 people the group sitting 10+ This could be because they are either under staffed or don't have the experience. Will I go here again? Probably not since there to many small improvements that have to be made for it to be worth it.

Good Chinese dishes. We enjoyed the steamed salmon in soy sauce, "mabo" tofu, some sautéed veggies,…read moreroasted duck, and fried butterfly prawns. All tasty and delicious. Service quite fast but the ambiance was simple. $$$

I don't know. What should I say. This is... just another mediocre Chinese restaurant with apathetic…read moreservice. When a couple of tourists are freezing cold and just need to get some food in their bellies, then they may end up in Jambo. We ended up in Jambo. Pineapple chicken, beef fried noodles, and pan fried shrimp. Nothing was necessarily wrong with any of these, but they sure didn't excite the palate. When the boring food was combined with the dismissive service, it really didn't make us feel like we were having the kind of warm meal we needed. At least they gave us free rice? Small consolation. You may be cold, and it may be late in the day, but keep walking. You're bound to find something better.

The view and location of the restaurant is fantastic! But as for the food, . We went for dim sum…read moreSunday. We were told the boss is Cantonese, thus we had high hope to enjoy good dim sum. It was disappointing. Siu mai is like entry level dim sum. If you can mess it up, that says a lot of your dim sum skills. Their siu mai is dry and dense. They have a few non dim sum dishes like croquettes and Korean fried chicken. Croquettes are bland and not crispy. We were gravely disappointed and do not think we will ever go back.

We got their close to closing, and management didn't think twice about accommodating us. Food was…read moresolid - we shared everything in "tapas" style approach. Hot saki was heated and served the right way (not in a microwave!). Relaxing ambiance, perfect temperature to counter the cold weather outside. Only wish I could have seen it in the summertime, because the location at the end of the new pier development is incredible.

First time I bought sushi and springrolls here, but definitely not the last time!…read more Very fresh ingredients and a great taste which came with a very good price. The restaurant is not fancy and only has two tables, so it's best suited for takeout. Great stuff!

Owner friendly, make me a special sauce, even show me how to use the credit card machine. Sushi is…read morefresh and good. They speak OK English, we could communicated

My go to "what to eat when working late" place. The fish is fresh, the rice is sticky. What more is…read morethere to ask for? It's sushi and it's good. But i my mind not quite good enough for that special meal that special night.

This was one of my favorite places I stumbled into on my vacation!…read more The atmosphere was rustic and modern. I gave a wine bar feel. The waitress was extremely friendly and helpful with the newer tasting menu they had. The food was great! It was a tasting menu with smaller bites that were fantastic! The ones that stuck with me were the miso glazed roasts eggplant that came with garlic naan and the lobster rolls. So delicious!

Wow. Wow. Wow. Really great dinner! Perfect combination of flavors and portions. Great service! I…read morealso like the ambiance of sitting on the 2nd floor of The Mathallen food market and soaking in Oslo's warm community feel and culture.

You should come here for THE best breakfast buffet in town!…read more I've had the breakfast here at Grilleriet during my last three stays at the Hotel Folketeateret next door (it's included in the room rate) and in fact the breakfast is the reason why I'm not bothering to try out any other hotels in Oslo - it's the most convincing argument...ever! What's so great about it? - Well, for one it is the sheer amount of variety that makes this breakfast buffet so good. - You could seriously walk up an appetite by simply strolling along it from one end to the other: there's many different kinds of breads - flat breads, rye breads, crunchy breads; then there's a plenty of different cheeses (I love the cumin-flavoured one) and also a nice assortment of cold cuts (such as hams & salamis). Then there's different kinds of smoked or marinated fish, coming with all sorts of condiments. The warm dishes should be mentioned as well: fried or scrambled eggs and a station where you can self-assemble your omelet . The obligatory bacon is there too, but also sausage, some sort of warm liver paté and...very randomly...a warm aubergine salad. The space itself is also fantastic: it's a vast room, but it feels so comfortable and cozy in there that I could hang out there forever. They have a nice mix of small, larger and huge communal tables. (I actually tend to spend my mornings here and set up my computer on one of the communal tables - the hustle and bustle makes my creative juices flow so nicely ;-) As for lunch and dinner, I cannot say much, but I was here with my Norwegian colleague the other day and she said that she had a terrific dinner here as well. Apparently they put chairs around the open kitchen bar and folks can thus watch the chefs preparing the food while eating and chatting. Go, Grilleriet, go!

We had reservations for 5pm. We were not greeted by anyone until 5:05 and were not seated until…read more5:20. It irks me because I make reservations specifically so I do not have to wait for a table. This place has no good waiting area either, so you just stand around like a fool trying not to get in anyone's way. Also, when we walked in, it was hard to breathe. I am not sure if the place always smells of oversmoked meats or if they had an issue the evening we were there, but wow, the smell was intense. I had gotten used to the smell by the time we were finally seated. Our server was a little slow, both with service and in the head, but he seemed to try his best with what he was given. All of the above is why I deducted a star, which should tell you how fricken awesome the food was since I typically rate a place quite low if the service wasn't up to par. Now onto the good part: The words that came out of my mouth after the first bite of my steak were something like "now I know why people spend so much money on good food." I am pretty sure I repeated this several times. It was the best steak I had ever had. It was cooked to perfection and so tender I cut through it like it was warm butter (cold butter is not easy to cut through). It is so good it forces you to eat slow because you dread the second that taste is not in your mouth. There were other things on my plate too. There was some type of glazed onion and some potato thing (yes, I am that fancy) and both were quite good, but seriously, don't waste your time with these extras if you get full fast like I do. There are not many places that have service that irks me that can make up for with their food, but Grilleriet definitely did. I would let them verbally abuse me if it meant I got to eat that steak again.