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Best Tasting Menus Under $200 in Copenhagen 2026
Set menus under $200 per person · Copenhagen · 6 ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
A Bib Gourmand smorrebrod tasting runs about a thousand kroner at Selma, less than a third of what the three-star rooms charge. That is the whole point of this list. Copenhagen has a global reputation for 3,000-kroner tasting menus, but it also has a deep bench of kitchens turning out a real set menu for well under 200 dollars, about 1,400 kroner, before drinks. Below are six, ranked on value and quality together, with each headline price checked for 2026.
1.Selma
Copenhagen's only Bib Gourmand smørrebrød room, where chef Magnus Pettersson turns open sandwiches into a tasting. Book it for the city's most refined value table.
Selma at Rømersgade 20 near Nørreport is the city's only Bib Gourmand smørrebrød restaurant, where Swedish chef-owner Magnus Pettersson treats the open sandwich as a tasting format. The evening menu of five or seven servings runs around 1,000 kroner, about 143 dollars, on plates such as Danish squid with salted lemon and black currant leaf. It has held its Bib Gourmand since 2019. This is the most refined value table in Copenhagen, the place to eat seriously without a three-figure dollar bill.
Reserve ahead for an evening table, take the longer set, and add the wine or beer pairing for a few hundred kroner more.
Book on the Selma site; take the seven-serving evening menu.
2.Sanchez
Rosio Sanchez's modern Mexican kitchen, a five-dish menu for 595 kroner. Reserve it for the best-value tasting from an ex-Noma chef.
Sanchez at Istedgade 60 in Vesterbro is the restaurant of Rosio Sanchez, the former Noma pastry chef who built Copenhagen's best Mexican kitchen. The Sanchez Menu, five dishes chosen by the kitchen, costs 595 kroner, about 85 dollars, and carries a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide. The cooking is bold and ingredient-driven, built on masa and Mexican technique with Nordic produce. For value against quality, it is hard to beat a five-course menu from a chef of this pedigree at this price.
Reserve ahead, take the set menu, and add a mezcal flight from the bar.
Book on the Sanchez site; order the five-dish Sanchez Menu.
3.Marv & Ben
A scratch-cooked Nordic set menu from 725 kroner on one of the oldest cobbled streets in town. Book it for a Bib Gourmand dinner well under $200.
Marv & Ben at Snaregade 4, on one of the oldest cobbled lanes in Indre By, cooks a scratch-made Nordic set menu with a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 guide. The four-course menu runs 725 kroner, about 104 dollars, with longer options still inside the budget, on seasonal, small-producer cooking that leans texture-forward. The room is snug and characterful. This is the booking for a proper Nordic tasting in the old centre at a price that undercuts every starred room in the city.
Reserve ahead for a weekend table, take the longer menu, and ask about the wine pairing, which is charged separately.
Book on the Marv & Ben site; take the four-course menu.
4.Høst
Cofoco's design-award Nordic room, a five-course menu at 550 kroner. Reserve it for green, local cooking that undercuts the starred rooms.
Høst at Nørre Farimagsgade 41 in Indre By is the flagship of the Cofoco group, a design-award dining room running green, local New Nordic cooking. The three-course menu is 450 kroner and the five-course 550, about 79 dollars, with an Evening at Høst package of aperitif, five courses and five wines for 1,100. It opened in 2011 and remains one of the best-value serious Nordic rooms in the city. The kitchen is a collective rather than a single celebrity chef, which keeps the price honest.
Reserve ahead, take the five-course menu, and step up to the Evening package if you want the pairing built in.
Book on the Cofoco site; take the five-course Høst menu.
5.Vækst
A two-storey greenhouse dining room from Cofoco, four courses for 500 kroner. Book it for vegetable-forward Nordic cooking under glass.
Vækst at Sankt Peders Stræde 34 in the Latin Quarter is the Cofoco group's greenhouse room, with a glasshouse and birch trees set into the middle of the dining room. The three-course menu is 425 kroner and the four-course 500, about 71 dollars, on vegetable-forward Nordic cooking with steak and seafood options, and it is listed in the Michelin Guide. The setting is the draw, a genuinely pretty room, and the price keeps a multi-course Nordic dinner well inside the budget.
Reserve a downstairs table by the greenhouse, take the four-course menu, and go early for the light.
Book on the Cofoco site; ask for a table by the greenhouse.
6.Llama
Cofoco's pan-Latin American room, a four-course menu for 350 kroner. Pencil it in for the cheapest serious tasting on this list.
Llama at Lille Kongensgade 14 in Indre By is the Cofoco group's pan-Latin American room, drawing on Peru, Argentina and Mexico. The four-course menu costs 350 kroner, about 50 dollars, the cheapest set menu on this list, with à la carte plates from 115 to 195: ceviches, anticuchos, Uruguayan-style grilled meats and tacos. It is a lively, colourful room that has been a pioneer of Latin American cooking in the city. For the lowest spend with real ambition, this is the booking.
Reserve ahead for a weekend, take the four-course menu, and order a few extra plates to share.
Book on the Cofoco site; take the four-course menu and share plates.
Worth it, but over budget
Superb, just not under $200
AOC and Kadeau. AOC, two stars in 17th-century cellars, runs a tasting at 3,200 kroner, about 490 dollars, and three-star Kadeau is 3,300, about 471. Both are among the city's best, but they sit far outside this budget; save them for a landmark occasion.
Alouette and Formel B. One-star Alouette in Islands Brygge is around 2,195 kroner, about 314 dollars, and Formel B's nine-course menu is 1,995, about 285. Formel B just misses the under-200 line, so if it is the value end you want, the six above are the better call.
How to eat a tasting menu cheaply in Copenhagen
The three Bib Gourmand rooms, Selma, Sanchez and Marv & Ben, are the quality picks, so book those first; they fill at the weekend and the late tables go too. The three Cofoco rooms, Høst, Vækst and Llama, are easier to get into and the cheapest, with Llama's four courses at 350 kroner the lowest spend of all.
Drinks are where a cheap menu gets expensive, so set a number with the floor or take a beer pairing rather than wine if you are watching the bill. Several of these, including Høst, sell an all-in evening package with pairings, which is often better value than ordering by the glass.
Frequently asked
What is the best-value tasting menu in Copenhagen?
Selma offers the best value-to-quality on this list: a Bib Gourmand smørrebrød tasting of five or seven servings for around 1,000 kroner, about 143 dollars, from chef Magnus Pettersson. For the lowest price outright, Llama, the Cofoco Latin American room, serves a four-course menu for 350 kroner, about 50 dollars, the cheapest serious set menu in the city.
Can you eat a good tasting menu in Copenhagen for under $200?
Yes, easily. Plenty of strong kitchens serve a full set menu well under 200 dollars, about 1,400 kroner, before drinks. The three Bib Gourmand rooms, Selma at around 1,000 kroner, Marv & Ben at 725 and Sanchez at 595, are the quality picks, while the Cofoco rooms Høst, Vækst and Llama run from 350 to 550 kroner.
Which Copenhagen restaurants have a Bib Gourmand?
Three on this list carry a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 Michelin Guide: Selma, the city's only Bib Gourmand smørrebrød room; Sanchez, Rosio Sanchez's modern Mexican kitchen in Vesterbro; and Marv & Ben, the Nordic room on Snaregade. All three serve a set menu under 1,100 kroner, so they are the best place to start for value dining.
How much does a tasting menu cost in Copenhagen?
It spans a huge range. The famous three-star rooms run 3,000 kroner and up, but the value end on this list is far lower: Llama is 350 kroner, Vækst 500, Høst 550, Sanchez 595, Marv & Ben 725 and Selma around 1,000, all about 50 to 145 dollars before drinks. Set a budget for wine separately, since pairings can double the bill.
Are the Cofoco restaurants worth it?
Yes, for value they are among the best in the city. Høst, Vækst and Llama are all run by the Cofoco group, which keeps prices honest with set menus from 350 to 550 kroner. The kitchens are collectives rather than single celebrity chefs, so you trade a famous name for a well-made, multi-course dinner at a fraction of the starred-room price.
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