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    Yris Cafe & Restaurant

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Hoven Restaurant AS - Bacon cheeseburger with sweet potato fries.

    Hoven Restaurant AS

    4.4(5 reviews)
    4.9 km

    I was pleasantly surprised by this place. I thought it was going to be an expensive tourist trap…read morewith mediocre food but I was so wrong. It is a little pricey but the views are out of this world and the food was really good. The presentation was like a fine dining restaurant and everything was really good. The fresh bread and melted garlic butter was so good. The salads were delicious. For the vegetarians the steamed cabbage was delicious. The burgers were good. You can get views of people base jumping in wingsuits just below you.

    This is our 2nd time here in 2 years, and while the first experience was awesome, this one was not…read moregood. After we were seated, it took more than 20 minutes for someone to come to take our order (yet they took another party's order even though they were seated a good 10 minutes after we were). And the restaurant was not busy. There were only about 5 tables occupied (and 3 were nearly done with their meals). I ordered a burger with sweet potato fries, and the fries were room temperature and just bad. How can you mess up sweet potato fries? They weren't edible. And the sauce (a mayo) they provided had a thick film on the top and was warm. Ick. The burger was good - I would order the burger again but with regular fries. The staff overall were not friendly. We didn't complain about our meal or service or anything, there were lots of people working, and it was basically empty, so I don't understand the issues.

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    Hoven Restaurant AS - View from the entrance

    View from the entrance

    Hoven Restaurant AS - Fish soup and fresh bread

    Fish soup and fresh bread

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    Gatekjøkken - Softis with Rainbow Sprinkles

    Gatekjøkken

    4.0(2 reviews)
    36.3 km

    Oh man, Jamie W. and I still had a half-hour left before boarding our fjord cruise boat scheduled…read moreto get us back to Ålesund in (gasp) 3-1/2 hours. We just finished our lunch at Cafe Ole (review: https://bit.ly/3ckj0Zb), but we couldn't help but notice the tall soft serve cones that a lot of kids were getting. Our inner children were speaking to us and whispering in my ear..."Dude, you know you want one. Never mind that you're way too old and pudgy to deserve one, but hey, don't let that stop you." Gee, I hate that inner voice. But we saw this spot down the path from Cafe Ole and went for it, the 49 NOK ($5) Softis. They offered toppings which they turned into an exercise in dipping dexterity. The server botched his first attempt at adding rainbow sprinkles as the soft serve fell out of the cone as he turned it in the bowl, but his second try was a success (photo: https://bit.ly/3T9jRg0). Yep, it hit the spot. "Dude, you deserve it." That wasn't my inner voice, that was me in self-validation mode. SOFT SERVE - 4 stars...creamy indulgence AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...it was just a window but hey, Geiranger is gorgeous SERVICE - 4 stars...no penalty for the botched initial dipping TOTAL - 4 stars..."Dude, you deserve it." RELATED - Exploring Norway? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: bit.ly/3PEL4Fe

    So, there aren't many places to eat dinner affordably in "downtown" Geiranger. The other two…read morerestaurants open for dinner cost an arm and a leg. So, my husband and I, after a day of hiking, settled on this little take-out window. We both ordered the 100 g cheeseburger combo, which includes fries and a soft drink. To our surprise, the burger was decent! It came on soft bread with lettuce, tomatoes, red onion slices, and thousand island burger dressing. The fries were crunchy as expected. We sat in the little outdoor area, people watching the other tourists looking for an affordable meal. Our meal cost about $14 per person with the current conversion rates. They also make pizzas, which many people were ordering to go. They looked pretty good. I'd rate the food three stars, but I am giving it an extra star simply because it was the only affordable restaurant actually open for dinner. Most people visit from the cruise ships and daytime bus tours, so once those people leave, most stores/eateries shut down, around 4-5pm. So kudos to them for actually staying open to feed the "poorer" tourists.

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    Gatekjøkken - Front of the cafe

    Front of the cafe

    Gatekjøkken - Front of the cafe

    Front of the cafe

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