Extremely surprised.... Traditional Norwegian food!!!! Delicious Inexpensive (which is unheard of in Oslo) Did I say delicious.. yes! Oh and restaurant is upstairs- Say 10 minutes from the train station. read more

Remember that this is a pub, not a fancy restaurant. The food was pretty good, beer was good, service was excellent (and very quick). Food is authentic and the place is not filled with tourists. read more

Service was actually great considering there was only one waitress. She was very pleasant. Unfortunately the food and wine were nothing special, wish our hotel had recommended someplace different for our last nite in Oslo. read more

A no-frill bar also serves food. It is "Cheers" kind of the place "where everybody knows your name". The regulars don't need to order and the drinks are brought out to them. Food is ok, more like a 3 to 3.5 star depending on what you order but extra point for the cozy atmosphere and the price. read more

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Not a dive bar, more like a restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building. Clean bathrooms. Centrally located (10 min walk from opera house / central train station). There was 1 server when we came, but she was very pleasant and seemed happy to refill our tea constantly. French onion soup and the Saturday special of ham and gravy and veggies wasn't bad, but I've had better. Nothing notable about these dishes. Smoked Salmon and egg on toast - 3 stars. This was good, although the salmon may be a tad on the too salty side. Shredded steak burger - 1 star dish. Very dry and nothing different from a US hamburger read more

Read the reviews for an authentic Norwegian place to eat, looked at photos and reviews and looked good. Don't be fooled. The food was not that great for the price. We had the onion Soup... was ok. Two minutes later, our entre come and get cold waiting for us to finish the soup. The reindeer steak was more like a reindeer burger, smothered in brown sauce. The Christmas Special has pork roast, which half was fatty, the meat ball and sausage resembled more like cornmeal instead of meat! The Cider was good. This place probably has not changed in 100 years or more. Very disappointing as this was our first dinner in Oslo. read more

Horrible service. People working there were very rude and unwelcoming towards tourists. Walked right back out.

Dovrestua Pub is a Norwegian pub in the center of Oslo. This is a place for Norwegians to meet up and dine. If you are an outsider, you probably will not feel very welcomed at all. If you can hang in there despite the attitude they often show tourists, you can get a chance to taste some typical Norwegian dishes. I recently enjoyed the typical Norwegian dinner of Fårikål. The mutton was nicely cooked with accompanying cabbage and potatoes. It wasn't gourmet but a hearty meal. Of course condiments would have helped the seasoning but it appeared only regulars were offered a caddy with salt/pepper and several sauces. A Norwegian Ringnes beer was the perfect drink with this meal. I don't know if I should recommend Dovrestua Pub or not. It is what it is but I'm still glad I ate and drank there. read more

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On the last night of a 5-day stay in Oslo we were looking for dinner near our hotel (Radisson Blu Plaza) and discovered this gem. The place is hidden up a flight of stairs, and looks like it is lifted out of the 1950s provincial Norway. The food is simple country food and the music is mostly American country music from the 1950s, too. The night we were there, a live singer crooned, backed by a karaoke disc. A few people were slow dancing to the music. Truly lovely, and very reasonably priced. read more

Had a wonderful dinner. Specials every day. Waitress is friendly and helpful. Ask what she recommends. I think everything is made from scratch. Flavors are excellent and well balanced. Be sure to go upstairs for food, not the pub downstairs. Typically Norwegian. read more

Ok food, exceptionally poor service. My choice of a place to eat in Oslo have a few times fallen on Dovrehallen, because of its charm and central location. The food is ok. The menu consists of plain, pretty tasteless cusine, made in advance. The price level is moderate, not among the most affordable in town. (You can for example get a good Indian meal for half the price) Restrooms are poorly cleaned, dirty, and you must ask for a key to use them. The clientele consists of a mix of foreign tourists (occasionally big companies. Then you have to wait a while to be served, even if you came first) and regulars. Artificial flowers, bad indoor climate and kitch on the walls is part of the charm and sort of a package when you eat at Dovrehallen. What draws down for me is how they treat their guests. The waiters are extremely rude. They argue openly and loudly, in the middle of the restaurant. These are very unpleasant scenes, that in my opinion do not belong in public. This would hardly have happened anywhere else, where they are eager to give their guests a good restaurant experience. It is a pity that the poor service they provide ruins the meal and the otherwise warm atmosphere. Ok mat, uhyre dårlig service. Mitt valg av spisested i Oslo ha flere ganger falt på Dovrehallen, på grunn av stedets sjarm og sentrale beliggenhet. Maten er helt ok. Menyen består av plain, ganske smakløs husmanskost som er laget på forhånd, og fantasiløst fremstilt på en tallerken. Prisnivået er moderat, ikke blant de rimeligste i byen. (Du kan for eksempel få et svært godt indisk måltid til halve prisen) Stedet har nedslitte, røykluktene lokaler. Toalettene er dårlig rengjort, direkte skittene, og du må spørre om nøkkel for å få bruke dem. Klientellet består av en blanding utenlandske turister (tidvis horder av dem, store selskaper. Da må man vente en stund på å bli ekspedert, selv om du kom først) og stamgjester. Stedets ærverdige navn og i utgangspunktet fine lokaler, står i en litt komisk og litt søt diskrepansen til utsmykkingen som er gjort med falske blomster i potter, te-lys, kitch og plastikk. Kunstige blomster, det dårlige inneklima og kitchen på veggene inngår i sjarmen, og er en del av pakka når du spiser på dovrestua. Det som trekker ned for meg er hvordan de behandler gjestene sin. servitørene er sure og uhøflige. De krangler åpenlyst og høylytt, midt i restauranten. Dette er svært ubehagelige opptrinn jeg personlig gjerne skulle vært foruten, og mener man bør slippe når man er på restaurant. Dette ville neppe skjedd noe annet sted hvor de er opptatt av å gi gjestene en god restaurantopplevelse. Den elendige servicen de yter ødelegger for måltidet og den ellers lune atmosfæren. Synd. read more

This is not a dive bar, it's a sit-down restaurant that serves traditional Norwegian cuisine. There is one waitress and she screamed at me when I approached her. I wanted to know if there was room for me... but she did not want me past her imaginary line on the floor. I sat at the far end waiting for something to happen... for her to give me a menu for her to shoo me away... but nothing. So I got up again after 10 minutes to see if I could talk with her. She saw me coming and starting screaming and waving her hands. I left. Would never ever recommend this place to anyone. read more