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Best Restaurants Open Monday in Copenhagen 2026

Monday is the quiet day in Copenhagen, and the city's three-star rooms lean into it. Geranium, Noma and Jordnaer all close to start the week, and a long list of New Nordic kitchens follow them. But the city is deep enough that a strong Monday list survives the closures: a one-star French room, the grand hotel dining room, the design-award Nordic table and a clutch of seafood and Mexican kitchens all keep a Monday service. What follows is six upscale tables confirmed open this Monday, each with its district, its price per head and its exact Monday hours.

Why a Monday list matters in Copenhagen

Copenhagen runs on small, ambitious teams, and Monday is when most of them rest. The three-star trio of Geranium, Noma and Jordnaer all close Monday, as do many of the New Nordic tasting rooms. What stays open is a different set: the Frederiksberg and hotel rooms with larger crews, the seafood kitchen built on a seven-day week, and the chef-owned rooms that choose a different closing day.

The order below leads with the one-star Formel B and the Hotel d'Angleterre's Marchal, then the design-icon Host, the harbourfront Barr in the original Noma space, the Meatpacking District's Fiskebar and Rosio Sanchez's Mexican room. Every name links to its full review, and hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. For the rest of the week, start with the Copenhagen dining guide.

The Monday list

1

Formel B

Modern French, Nordic · Frederiksberg · about kr900–1,400 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:30–00:00

Formel B holds a Michelin star for French cooking with a Nordic accent, served from a townhouse at Vesterbrogade 182 in Frederiksberg. The format is a run of small courses, choose-your-own or the full tasting, with the bill landing around 900 to 1,400 kroner a head before wine. It opens Monday from half-five to midnight, one of the few starred Copenhagen rooms keeping a full Monday service. That makes it the obvious booking when the three-star kitchens are dark, and a calmer night to sit the room.

2

Marchal

French, Nordic · Indre By (Kongens Nytorv) · about kr800–1,300 per head

Monday hours: Monday, dinner 18:00–22:00

Marchal is the Michelin-listed dining room of the Hotel d'Angleterre on Kongens Nytorv, a gilded room that runs classic French technique through a Nordic lens. Dinner lands around 800 to 1,300 kroner a head, and the room also serves breakfast and lunch for hotel guests. It opens Monday for dinner from six to ten, the grand-hotel option when the smaller kitchens close. The setting is the most formal on this list, which makes it the Monday choice for a celebration or a polished evening in the centre.

3

Host

New Nordic · Indre By · about kr500–800 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:30–00:00

Host, the Cofoco group's design-award Nordic room at Norre Farimagsgade 41, has been named the world's most beautiful restaurant and pairs that room with a generous seasonal set menu. A dinner runs roughly 500 to 800 kroner a head, which makes it the best value on this list for serious New Nordic cooking. It opens Monday from half-five with two seatings, an early one from 5:30 and a late one from 8:15. The warm, rustic room makes it a strong Monday date or a relaxed group dinner.

4

Barr

Modern European · Christianshavn harbourfront · about kr500–900 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:00–23:00

Barr occupies the harbourfront space at Strandgade 93 that once housed the original Noma, and it cooks a robust North Sea menu built around schnitzel, seafood and one of the best beer lists in the city. A dinner runs roughly 500 to 900 kroner a head. It opens Monday from five to eleven, every night of the week, with the canal-side windows among the better Monday seats in Copenhagen. The informal room and the harbour view make it the easy Monday booking after a walk along Christianshavn.

5

Kodbyens Fiskebar

Seafood · Meatpacking District, Vesterbro · about kr500–900 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:30–00:00

Fiskebar runs out of a former butcher's hall at Flaesketorvet 100 in the Meatpacking District, a Michelin-listed seafood room built on Danish oysters, langoustines and the day's catch. A dinner runs roughly 500 to 900 kroner a head. It opens Monday from half-five to midnight and keeps a seven-day week, so it is one of the most dependable Monday seafood bookings in the city. The bar seats are the easiest Monday walk-in; the dining room books out for the king-crab nights.

6

Sanchez

Contemporary Mexican · Vesterbro · about kr400–700 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:00–23:00

Rosio Sanchez left the Noma pastry section to open Sanchez at Istedgade 60 in Vesterbro, and the Bib Gourmand room now cooks the most serious Mexican food in Scandinavia, with masa ground in house and a five-course menu of Nordic-grown produce. A meal runs roughly 400 to 700 kroner a head. It opens Monday from five to eleven, the casual end of this list, and the standout value if you want flavour over formality. The bar and the tacos are the move for a relaxed Monday.

How to book a Monday table in Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a book-ahead city, and Monday is the night to use that to your advantage. Formel B and Marchal both take Monday bookings on their own sites and fill more slowly than a weekend, so the start of the week is the time to get into a starred or grand-hotel room. Host and Sanchez both keep Monday counter and bar seats that suit solo dining in Copenhagen. Planning a date? Host's design-award room is the romantic Monday call. Hosting colleagues? Barr's long harbourfront tables and shared plates suit a Copenhagen team dinner, and Fiskebar's communal seafood platters work for a relaxed client dinner.

Frequently asked questions

Which upscale restaurants are open on Monday in Copenhagen?

Several of Copenhagen's best rooms keep a Monday service even though the three-star trio of Geranium, Noma and Jordnaer all close. The one-star Formel B in Frederiksberg and the Hotel d'Angleterre's Marchal both open Monday, as do the design-award Host, the harbourfront Barr, the Meatpacking District's Fiskebar and Rosio Sanchez's Mexican room in Vesterbro. A confirmed Monday list is worth keeping in a city that quietens at the start of the week.

Is Formel B open on Monday in Copenhagen?

Yes. Formel B opens Monday from 5:30pm to midnight at Vesterbrogade 182 in Frederiksberg. It is one of the few Michelin-starred Copenhagen rooms keeping a full Monday service, cooking French dishes with a Nordic accent across a run of small courses. A meal runs around 900 to 1,400 kroner a head before wine. Because the three-star kitchens close Monday, Formel B is the obvious starred booking that night, and a calmer time to sit the room.

Are any Michelin restaurants in Copenhagen open on Monday?

Yes. The one-star Formel B in Frederiksberg opens Monday, and the Hotel d'Angleterre's Marchal, Barr on the harbourfront and Kodbyens Fiskebar in the Meatpacking District are all listed in the Michelin Guide and open Monday. Sanchez in Vesterbro holds a Bib Gourmand and also serves Monday. The three-star houses, Geranium, Noma and Jordnaer, all close Monday, so these are the Michelin-recognised rooms to target at the start of the week.

Why are so many Copenhagen restaurants closed on Monday?

Copenhagen's best kitchens run on small, specialised teams, and most of them take Monday off to rest and prep, the three-star houses among them. The city treats the weekend as prime trade and the start of the week as downtime, so Monday is the quietest dining night. The rooms that stay open tend to be the larger-team hotel and Frederiksberg kitchens, the seven-day seafood rooms and the chef-owned places that pick a different closing day.

Where can I eat well by the water in Copenhagen on a Monday?

Barr is the harbourfront Monday pick, set in the original Noma space at Strandgade 93 in Christianshavn, open Monday from five to eleven with canal-side windows. It cooks a robust North Sea menu with a strong beer list, around 500 to 900 kroner a head. It sits a short walk from the Christianshavn canals and the harbour baths, which makes a Monday a good night to combine a waterside walk with dinner. Book the window tables ahead.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Copenhagen dining guide, or by occasion: solo dining at the counter, a Copenhagen team dinner and impressing clients over dinner. By cuisine, see the best seafood restaurants worldwide. Crossing the bridge? Compare with the Malmo dining guide and the Stockholm dining guide. For the global view on closing nights, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule and reservation platform as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling, as service days change. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.