6 new restaurant openings in Oslo to watch in 2026

Here’s what happens when Snøhetta, one of Norway’s most internationally known architecture studios, does coffee. Élan is the Magnat Kaffehus flagship in central Oslo, a café shaped as a compact spatial experiment: curved dark bar, mint-green ceiling, sharp menu wall, low furniture and a room that slows the coffee run down without turning it into lifestyle theatre. The coffee is from Jacu Coffee Roastery, with espresso, V60, cortado, flat white, matcha, chai and cocoa on the board. Composer Jonas von der Fehr adds a bespoke sound installation. Go for Oslo coffee with architecture attached and a little discipline.

Norwegian ingredients get the polish of a classic European café at Café Watt, the street-level restaurant inside Oslo’s restored Savoy 1918 hotel. Chef Nils Flatmark keeps the cooking recognisable but precise: grilled halibut comes with mussel sauce and pearl potatoes, Sirdal trout with warm sour-cream sauce and dill-stewed potatoes, while organic grains from Skjåk become a barley risotto with peas and grilled pumpkin. Smaller plates include crab croquettes and duck-liver mousse. The wine list leans on established European regions but makes room for Norwegian cider and other domestic producers. Come for lunch, dinner or simply a glass of wine.