Great bottle selection and usually something interesting on tap too. Fairly convenient location, not far from other beer places and in easy walkable distance from the city center. Not my first choice for beer, but certainly worth a visit.

I wouldn’t call Øltorget a restaurant, it’s more of a beer bar with simple but excellent pub grub made in the small kitchen corner (I enjoyed a tasty moose burger with melted blue cheese). On previous attempts I’ve found the place too cramped to visit, but on an early Saturday in March (2013-03-23) I found it pleasantly vacant and sat down. The beer selection on draft is very decent, with 14 taps ranging from standard Pilsner Urquell to English craft beer Moor Nor’Hop. On bottle, the selection is more than decent with more than 200 types, and new ones added every week. I was also pleasantly surprised by the interest and knowledge in beer, shown by the two bartenders. All in all, Øltorget is a nice addition to the Oslo beer scene, but you should come early after opening time or on Sundays.

Nice and cosy place to stop for a beer and grab some snack if you enjoy the food hall type environment. I do occasionally and when the beer selection is good, service is good, the salmon with chevre where superb I’m having a great time. I would not expect the same kind of service as I prefer at a pub or a restaurant, and the service here is way better than I was hoping for.

Lies in Mathallen near Grunerløkka. Got good selection of beer, with some good ones on tap. But the least you would expect, is that they got all theyre beer on the menu, something they didnt have. Also beer is served way to cold. Thats not good enough!

I love this place! Might be a little loud during the rush of people during the day and afternoon on fridays and saturdays, but surprisingly quiet at night. What they lack in size they make up for in the selection of beers. You can expect there to be new beers there every time you go, and the selection on tap is great. They have even been able to fit a chef behind the counter, they are not always in, but if they are you should try their food, it’s quite excellent for the cost.

Visited for the first time on a Tuesday afternoon in February 2013. It took me about 20 minutes to walk to this place from Radisson Plaza Hotel at the Train station. Nice selection of both Norwegian and foreign beer. The ambiance was ok, slightly loud during the afternoon rush. This is a small place. Friendly and knowledgeable staff, would love to visit again in the future. Well worth a visit.

Impressive selection of craft beer and a service minded and quite knowledgeable staff (although the bottles were handled a bit rough). Irritating top 10 pop music and a very persistent burglar alarm, but apart from that the ambiance is quite ok. It’s located in the middle of nowhere, but luckily Mathallen contains an impressive collection of other beer and food stores that you should visit as well.

Mathallen in Oslo should be of interest for beer drinkers coming to Oslo. The hall contains four beer destinations; Smelteverket is a large bar and restaurant downstairs with quite a few Norwegian microbrews on tap. The bottle shop Ølhandleriet is located upstairs with about 200 bottles below 4.75% abv to choose from. Its range of Norwegian beers should be one of the best in Norway. On the ground floor you’ll find Grünerløkka Brygghus and Øltorget in addition to places like Smaken av Valdres which offers beers from the local region. Øltorget has got an amazing selection of about 300 bottled beers and about 10-12 interesting, mostly Norwegian, ales on tap. There are shelves filled with beers from Denmark (Amager, Coisbo, Midfyns Bryghus, Hornbeer, Mikkeller etc), USA, Holland, from Trappist breweries and, of course, from Norwegian breweries like Nøgne Ø, Haandbryggeriet, Ægir, Kinn etc. I had two beers from the excellent Norwegian microbrewery called Sundbytunet. Friendly and attentive service. Øltorget, like the other places in the hall, opens at 10.00 in the morning (at noon on Sundays), except for Mondays when the hall is closed. It took me less than 20 minutes to walk from the city center (National Theatre) to Mathallen (visited 11.12.2012).

I love market halls like this. Nice beer selection as well.