This place really creeps up on you and knocks you for six. The unassuming, modest interior belies a…read moreculinary experience out of the ordinary. We all ordered the large set menu to get the full Monty. Unlike a lot of places there was no filler dish at the end, if you know what I mean. (Nodee serve loads of small dishes and you're always wanting more until the end when a mountain of Peking duck arrives) where these guys give you slightly more each time, just enough to keep you wanting more but not leaving you ravenous. This has also to do with the pacing, with Japanese tempo: four ultra tasty snacks in quick succession (chili cheese balls blew me away even though the oyster snacky things that came first would have been at home in a 3* restaurant) followed by four more dishes at a leisurely pace. These included the craziest langoustine ever (gratinert and the head and claws blowtorched in a wooden wine box with a glass lid!) Some very interesting Japanese beers to choose from and a comprehensive wine list that we didn't look at. Very friendly attentive service too. Book before it gets too popular - this place is going to rock Oslo for a while!

Great service. Good taste.. soup is good and the interiør is Nice. Really like their wonton here!read more

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.

Great prices (89-125 nok) with meat and vegetarian options. You choose the type of meat (or not)…read moreand the spiciness level for your dish. They have noodles, curries, and wok dishes with rice. A nice change of pace!

Dishes tasted nothing like they were supposed to and the chicken was SO dry and white/grey.read more

Has to be the best thai food place in Oslo! Its a very small…read moretakeaway place with very friendly and service minded staff. The portions are generous and extremely tasty!

Wow is all I can say. I am so impressed by East Kitchen! Not only do they have friendly service,…read moreand reasonable prices, they have really really good food! We got the phad thai, which honestly wasn't the most authentic I've ever had but it was very tasty. We also got the Vietnamese rice noodles which were sooooooo tasty! They'll be my go to dish on future visits, I just know it. We also tried the sushi which was around NOK45 for 6 pieces, a great price for good (not the best ever) but really good sushi. Since this joint is within walking distance we totally will be going here often. Great prices and great food, what more can you ask for!?

Good food, good service! Slightly cheap feeling ambience. Complementary spring roll starter with…read morelunch order.

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.