Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Copenhagen 2026

Why Sunday is hard in Copenhagen

Denmark's capital built its reputation on long, set tasting menus, and those kitchens run a punishing week. The cost is that most of the rooms a visitor wants on a Sunday are dark. Geranium, the three-star benchmark, serves only on weekdays. Kong Hans Kælder runs Tuesday to Saturday. Alouette opens just three nights. The pattern repeats across the starred list, so the city goes quiet at the top end exactly when a weekend traveller has time to eat. What stays open splits into three groups: the hotel restaurants that serve every day by design, the brasseries and bistros built on steadier trade, and the seafood rooms that treat the weekend as prime. The order below leads with the one starred room that opens, Marchal, then the Northern European and French tables, the meatpacking-district fish bar and the courtyard bistro for a Sunday lunch. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Copenhagen dining guide.

The Sunday list

1. Marchal

Michelin-starred French-Nordic · Indre By · from kr 600 pp

Sunday hours: Sunday, 07:00–11:00, 12:00–15:00 and 18:00–22:00

The dining room of Hotel d'Angleterre at Kongens Nytorv 34 is the rare Copenhagen Michelin holder that opens seven days, and Sunday is a full day of service: breakfast, the city's benchmark Sunday brunch, lunch, and an à la carte dinner from six. The cooking is French technique on Nordic produce, polished for a grand hotel room rather than a counter. Dinner runs from around kr 600 a head and climbs with the menu and the wine. It is the strongest Sunday booking in the city for a meal that needs to feel like an occasion. Reserve the brunch sitting well ahead.

2. Barr

Northern European · Christianshavn · kr 400–700 pp

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch from 12:00, dinner from 17:00

Barr occupies the harbourside building at Strandgade 93 that once held noma, and in 2026 it reopened with a renewed concept that serves dinner seven nights a week and lunch Friday through Sunday. The cooking looks to the North Sea and the old beer-and-schnitzel tradition rather than the foraged-Nordic template, with crisp-skinned fish, the long-running schnitzel and a serious beer list. Most meals land between kr 400 and kr 700 a head. It is the Sunday room for serious cooking in a relaxed register, and the canal-front seats are the ones to ask for.

3. Nimb Brasserie

French brasserie · Tivoli, Vesterbro · kr 400–650 pp

Sunday hours: Sunday, 07:00–22:00 (dinner from 17:00)

Inside the Moorish Nimb building overlooking Tivoli Gardens at Bernstorffsgade 5, the brasserie is one of Denmark's largest of its kind and opens long on a Sunday, from seven in the morning to ten at night. The kitchen keeps to French classics done properly: steak tartare, a flambéed pepper steak finished tableside, fresh fish and crêpe suzette. Expect kr 400 to kr 650 a head for a full dinner. It is the easy, all-day Sunday booking when you want a reliable kitchen and a view of the gardens rather than a tasting-menu commitment.

4. Kødbyens Fiskebar

Seafood / raw bar · Meatpacking District, Vesterbro · kr 400–700 pp

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:30–23:00 (kitchen 11:30–14:30 and 17:30–23:00)

The fish bar in the old meatpacking halls at Flæsketorvet 100 is a MICHELIN Guide room that opens straight through on a Sunday, lunch into dinner, around a raw bar of Limfjord oysters, langoustine and the day's catch. The tiled, industrial space is loud and easy rather than formal, and it takes a relaxed weekend crowd well. Plan on kr 400 to kr 700 a head depending on how far you go into the shellfish. It is the most dependable upscale seafood table open on a Copenhagen Sunday, and it suits two diners at the bar.

5. Apollo Bar

Organic bistro · Charlottenborg, Indre By · kr 250–450 pp

Sunday hours: Sunday, 09:00–17:00 (kitchen to 15:00)

Set in the cobbled courtyard of Kunsthal Charlottenborg by Nyhavn, Apollo opens Sunday morning for an organic, seasonal brunch and lunch, with the kitchen closing at three and the courtyard staying open for drinks after. The cooking is short, ingredient-led and changes constantly, the kind of low-key Sunday meal the city does very well. A lunch sits between kr 250 and kr 450 a head, and the courtyard takes walk-ins. It is the Sunday daytime pick, best paired with a walk down Nyhavn rather than a late, formal dinner.

How to book a Sunday table in Copenhagen

Sunday is the day Copenhagen rewards a plan. The starred kitchens are dark, so the demand concentrates on the few rooms that open, and the hotel sittings fill first. Book Marchal's Sunday brunch a week or more ahead, especially in summer, when it is the strongest table in town to impress a visiting client. For a serious Sunday dinner in a relaxed room, Barr takes bookings on its own site and the canal seats go first. Eating alone? The bar at Kødbyens Fiskebar is the easiest solo-dining seat in the city on a Sunday, oysters and a glass of Riesling with no fuss. For a Sunday daytime that turns into a slow afternoon, Apollo Bar's courtyard takes walk-ins, while Nimb Brasserie is the all-day fallback with the Tivoli view. Tipping is not expected in Denmark; service is included.

Frequently asked questions

Which upscale restaurants are open on Sunday in Copenhagen?

Copenhagen is one of Europe's harder Sunday cities for fine dining, because the tasting-menu kitchens that define it close to rest. The reliable upscale Sunday rooms are the Michelin-starred Marchal at Hotel d'Angleterre, the Northern European Barr in the old noma building, the French Nimb Brasserie in Tivoli, the seafood-led Kødbyens Fiskebar in the meatpacking district, and the organic Apollo Bar at Charlottenborg for a Sunday lunch.

Is Geranium open on Sunday in Copenhagen?

No. Geranium, the three-Michelin-star room run by Rasmus Kofoed, serves a tasting menu only on weekdays and closes for the weekend, as do most of the city's top kitchens. Kong Hans Kælder runs Tuesday to Saturday and Alouette opens only Thursday to Saturday. If you want a starred meal on a Sunday in Copenhagen, Marchal at Hotel d'Angleterre is effectively the one option.

Where can I get Sunday brunch in a good Copenhagen restaurant?

Marchal at Hotel d'Angleterre runs the city's benchmark Sunday brunch on Kongens Nytorv, a long sitting in a Michelin-starred dining room. Apollo Bar in the courtyard of Kunsthal Charlottenborg opens Sunday from 9am for an organic, seasonal brunch and lunch, with the kitchen closing at 3pm. Nimb Brasserie in Tivoli also opens from 7am for a French-leaning weekend table. Book the Marchal and Nimb sittings ahead.

Are most fine-dining restaurants in Copenhagen closed on Sunday?

Yes. Copenhagen's tasting-menu culture means many of its best kitchens, including Geranium, Jordnær, Kadeau and Kong Hans Kælder, close Sunday and often Monday too. The rooms that stay open are mostly the hotel restaurants that serve every day, the brasseries, and the seafood and bistro spots built on a steadier weekly trade. That is why a confirmed Sunday list is genuinely useful here.

What is the best Sunday seafood in Copenhagen?

Kødbyens Fiskebar in the meatpacking district is the Sunday seafood pick, open from 11:30am with a kitchen running lunch and dinner service and a raw bar of oysters, langoustine and the day's catch. Plates run from the mid-range upward, and it takes a relaxed, walk-in-friendly weekend crowd. It is the most reliable upscale fish room open on a Copenhagen Sunday.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Copenhagen dining guide, or by cuisine with the best seafood restaurants worldwide. Comparing closing nights across Europe? See where to eat on a Sunday in Berlin and Munich. For the global view on Sunday and Monday closures, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of May 2026; confirm directly before travelling, as winter schedules and the Tivoli season can shift Sunday service. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.