Latest reviews from Torshavn

“Small, rather alt place. 6 local brews on tap, didn’t check the bottles. Enough local brews to be a point of interest in Tórshavn.“

Psytron 320 days ago

“The alcohol store. Nice selection, friendly staff and even some tasting some times.“

bjakk 413 days ago

“A small friendly place. Have beer from Borg brewery Iceland, as well as some invited guests.“

bjakk 413 days ago

“A really nice place, good selection of both Faroes and international beer. Friendly staff.“

bjakk 434 days ago

“A typical irish pub. Nice service good food, not great selection of beer.“

bjakk 441 days ago

“A nice place. Worth the walk, as it is not smack downtown. The place shows well the brewery and is rustic. Food is good and there is a good selection of beers.“

bjakk 441 days ago

“A state monopol store with the biggest selection of beers on the islands. Fair prices, available in cases, sixpacs or singles. Many imports and most of the domestic brews - although this one only carried Fororya and Okkara. A bit funny openning hours, but if you need beer, you'll make do with that.“

MarkoNm 623 days ago

“A small place right next to the port, located in the old traditional city house. Low ceilings, a bit cramped up. Relaxed and easy going atmosphere, fair selection of beers with prices according to the location - pricey. Place was full of people enjoying beer when I visited.“

MarkoNm 623 days ago

“A newly opened place at the edge of Torshavn, about a kilometer from the port. A large brewery with quite some tables. One bar serves beer while the other serves some typical bar food. About 16 taps, plus some merchendise and cans in their shop next door. Modern and cool looking place. Definitely a big acquisition in Torshavn. Mikkeller Torshavn finally got some craft company up there. In addition, prices here are much friendlier then elsewhere (from 30 to 50 DKK for a small pour - 2dl). Nice atmopshere and a cool place to hang out.“

MarkoNm 623 days ago

“A spendid selection, all things considered. I guess 25 local beers, a good selection of Belgians, too. Even a Westvleteren. A good place to find Biskopskeldan beers, don't think they are available elsewhere in Torshavn.“

KnutAlbert 658 days ago

“Fantastic atmosphere in an old building near the harbour. Tall visitors could do with a helmet, the beams in the ceiling are very low. The competition is not too big - so if you want a broad selection of beer, it's an obvious stop. But the selection is very similar to Mikkeller bars around the globe.“

KnutAlbert 658 days ago

“Bar/Restaurant with local FO beers, plus a few foreigner ones. The service was good. The price OK.“

efeesse 679 days ago

“NIce cozy place with lots of great Borg brews on tap. Good service, very friendly staff. My favorite beer bar in le capital du Les Isles Faroe.“

rolickstamp293 1671 days ago

“It's a bar.., on a ship... with local Faroese beers (actually.. only Föroya Bjór).“

rolickstamp293 2024 days ago

“Visited on a Saturday evening in late January 2018. Located in central Torshavn in the same building as Sirkus. A small place with a wooden interior. They had 8 beers on tap, most of them from Borg Brugghus. More than 10 bottles from Borg and some others. (among them Rodenbach Alexander and Westvleteren 12 that cost 280). The service was very friendly and talkative. Would visit again if visiting Torshavn in the future.“

gyllenbock 2270 days ago

“Visited on a Saturday in January 2018. I walked to this clean store from my hotel in Torshavn, it took around 25 minutes. The selection was better than expected, I bought 10 different Faroese beers. Westvleteren 12 was available, it cost 109,55. A decent place.“

gyllenbock 2270 days ago

“Visited on a Friday and Saturday evening in late January 2018. The place is located in a cozy old house in central Torshavn, close to all hotels. The selection was decent, I took the opportunity to drink some beers from Mikkeller SD. The service was friendly and fast. The prices were quite high, a bit more than in Copenhagen. A rather small place with tables upstairs and in the basement. The toilets were in the basement, shared with the restaurant next door. Both Friday and Saturday were really relaxed, not many other guests during both visits.“

gyllenbock 2270 days ago

“http://mikkeller.fo/mikkeller/ Mikkeller Tórshavn // Gongin 2 // FO-100 Tórshavn // Faroe Islands Tel. +298 411500 // mikkeller@mikkeller.fo“

rolickstamp293 2345 days ago

“Good selection of brews, Faroese and internationals. Good service.“

rolickstamp293 2400 days ago

“Great place for the freshest and best quality sushi. Some sake and a couple of Japanese beer are available + of course some local/other foreign beers.“

rolickstamp293 2445 days ago

“I usually don’t rate liquor stores but I’m duly impressed by the Rúsan store at Hoyvik, north west of downtown Torshavn. Not only did it offer a dozen different beers from each of the Faraoese breweries, Okkara and Föroya Bjór, but I also spotted a good selection of excellent Belgian beers, including lambics and the world famous Westvleteren 12 (which cost just a little above 100 DKR!). Visited: 2017-04-12“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“Brell Café offers guests its own roasted coffee and a good selection of bottled beers. When I was there, tourists sat around nursing hot coffees while uploading photos from cameras to laptops. For me this was more of a café than a beer place, so I only had one bottle before I left. Visited: 2017-04-12.“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“Not much beer on offer but a very popular place. A bit too open for my taste, with window walls allowing people on the street outside to look straight in. So despite a good food menu (I didn’t try it) I would not recommend this as a beer place. Visited: 2017-04-15“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“Bjórkovin (Faroese for "Beer Cave") opened up in December 2016 and is located on the ground floor in the Sirkus Föroyar building near the marina in Torshavn. The bar has new wooden furniture (they still smelled strongly), friendly service and focuses on beer from Icelandic brewery Borg Brugghús, including five on tap, but you can also get a bottle of Westvleteren 12, Boon Oude Geuze Marriage Parfait and Rodenbach Alexander here. Bjórkovin has by far the most impressive beer selection of any beer bar I’ve been to on the Faraoe Islands Visited: 2017-04-15“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“I’m not a big fan of Irish pubs in general but given the lack of better options in Torshavn, especially if you need a beer early in the afternoon, I did visit Irish Pub / Glitnir a couple of times. The atmosphere is what you can expect in a generic Irish pub and service seemed good, though food was very slow one evening. Beer selection didn’t make me jump with joy, in addition to the commonplace Kilkenny’s and Guinness Stout the bar also offered three beers from local brewery Okkara and three from Föroya Bjór. Most of the beers were pilsners of some kind. Food was decent, with a menu offering both lamb, fish & chips and burgers. For more exciting beers try Hvonn or Sirkus Bjorkovin instead. Visited: 2017-04-14“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“Nine beers on tap the night I was there, including two from Mikkeller and two from local brewery Okkara. Leffe Blond and Hoegaarden. Atmosphere isn’t much to mention, this really is a hotel bar, but since beer bar competition is low in Torshavn you can do worse than stop at Hvonn for a beer or two. There are also a few bottled beers, including Brasserie Fantome. For food go upstairs to Hvonn Restaurant, the bar only offers nuts and cheesy Nachos. Visited: 2017-04-16“

beeroverwithme 2559 days ago

“Really nice Sushi restaurant in Tórshavn - Too limited beer selection for my taste. But again - I really did not go there to taste beer :)“

The-Malt-W 2694 days ago

“Nice cosy store with a good selection of Faroese beers as well as a reat diverse, rotating international selection. Staff is incredibly friendly and knowledgeable and they always give qualified recommendations. Service is spot on and the prices are really reasonable.“

The-Malt-W 2695 days ago

“Visited twice during my stay in Torshavn. Service was ok, selection as well, but beer served in plastic cups ?, ok for a festival, but nothing to do with a proper pub in my opinion. I tend to stay away from oirish pubs outside Ireland, no reason to change this.“

gunnar 2787 days ago

“Selection from both Okkara and Foroyar Bjor, and some foreign beers like Guinnes, Kilkenny and Heineken, not greatest i know, food looked very good, prices are ok, recommended.Music can be depressing, but someone asked for it to be changed ... Oh yeah dont know why the maps derp at this moment, its located near the marina of Torshavn“

SVD 2800 days ago

“Only Foroyar Bjor beers, service was friendly, prices ok.“

SVD 2800 days ago

“Expensive sushi place in Torshavn, didnt have any food, beer selection was small, not a place for beer.“

SVD 2800 days ago

“Selection is the same as the Rusan, but more expensive, coffees looked nice.“

SVD 2800 days ago

“Better to buy beers here and drink them at your hotel, they offer these 6 packs of 6 different beers from okkara and from foroyar. And other foreign beers, selection for the rest was ok i guess.“

SVD 2800 days ago

“This is a cafè, specializing in coffees, but they have more than a decent beer selection, only bottles though. Fridge with easy access for customers, about 25 different at my visit. I had an Okkara Portari, and enjoyed it as the sole beer drinker amongst milk drinking babys and their mums sipping hot coffee. Interior is cosy, 25 seats, also some places outside if the weather gets warm. Recommended place.“

gunnar 2811 days ago

“3 or 4 beers from Faroe Islands I hadnt found in bars, so dont expect to find many local beers here. I was more happy with the European selection, Evil Twin, Mikkeller, To Øl, Amager, 2 from Westvleteren (8,10) amogst other, also some US beers from Prairie. Recommended stop in Torshavn, a nice 15 min walk from the city center.“

gunnar 2811 days ago

“Busy bar where you can taste beer from both Föroya and Okkara, and some international well known suspects. In the summer season there is also a mobile tap tower outside, serving 3 different beers, which you can take with you over the street and enjoy in the new small concrete stairs/square. Lively and young athmosphere.“

gunnar 2811 days ago

“Central located bar/restaurant with a limited beer selection, only from Föroya Bjór at my visit. Beers in good condition at my 3 visits. Gets crowdy in the weekends, popular place for visitors from the other islands.“

gunnar 2811 days ago

“Small sushi restaurant in central Torshavn that offers fewer than 10 bottles, including two Hitachino Nest ales (Red Rice and the White) along with a couple of obligatory terrible Föroya Bjór products. It’s certainly not a beer destination but in this town it can be difficult to find something drinkable so having Hitachino available (for 45 DKK) is a perk. The kitchen is lovely, serving savory miso soup, a number of vegetable dishes such as kelp salad and edamame, fatty and flavorful local salmon nigiri and sashimi, as well as cuts of locally-harvested cod and halibut and a number of special warm dishes such as gyoza, chicken and fish teriyaki, langoustine with lemon and seared scallops with roe. It’s an enjoyable spot for lunch, the entire side of the building facing the street is composed of glass for people watching, they have an extensive wine list and offer some sushi dishes for take-away.“

3fourths 3319 days ago

“Hotel bar and restaurant that has a better selection than most pubs in Torshavn, but with only 8 taps that’s not saying much. Other than a few taps for the local Föroya and Okkara beers, you can find Leffe Blonde and Carslberg lager and Hoegaarden and not much past that. There seems to be a lack of quality beer in the Faroe Islands, surprisingly there is not a craft beer bar offering the well-known Danish micros. So this may be what you have to settle for, bleak as it is. The ambiance is comfortable, though a little too faux-swank for my tastes with the bright red furnishings and hair salon discotek soundtrack.“

3fourths 3319 days ago

“As with most other restaurants and bars in Torshavn, the beer menu is limited to just a few Föroya and Okkara selections, not ranging much further than pils, dark lager and amber lager. It’s basically a step up from an Irish pub in terms of decor and ambiance. There’s really no good beer spot in Torshavn, so you get to pick from a small number of places with similar drafts and few choices if you’re not into the poorly made local lagers.“

3fourths 3319 days ago

“Not a beer destination but a regular where it is possible to try Föroya Bjór. Unfortunately they did not sell the other Faroese brand Okkara when I went there, which would have been good for the selection. Service is very friendly, I went there a few times and the guy behind the bar did know a little bit about the beers and was talkative and well behaved in general.
The location is central in Tórshavn and the place gets lively in the evening with live music and what not. I didn’t try the food, but it looked ok all though I fear it follows the same ’90s inspired style as the decor.“

SlackerMads 3415 days ago

“They have a decent selection of beers produced on the Faroe Islands but I kind of expected more since this is a monopoly. The rest of the selection were rather sad. The big macros, a couple of belgians plus a couple of beers from fullers and mikkeller was about it. And annoyingly most of the local beers are sold i sixpacks or bigger.“

Meilby 3580 days ago

“We visited once on a Friday evening during the time when there were festivals outside Tórshavn leaving much of the city centre deserted. Nevertheless the café had a live band of two guys playing great music that unfortunately only met with small applause from the 5 or so people in the relatively large bar area. The place has big windows allowing you to follow life as it unfolds in the street outside. In our case this was limited to car traffic going to and from the harbour. I asked the barman whether he had any Okkara beer on bottles as I could see all the taps were Foroya. His answer was that since they had been bought by Foroya Bjor they were not going to sell Okkara. That makes sense I guess but it’s not really doing anything for the place as a beer destination in Tórshavn. The music and the café-like ambience (apart from an entrance made of smashed glass) is what could make this place worth a stop. In general we ended up preferring the Kaffehusid however, which serves bottled Okkara. In general Tórshavn lacks worthwhile beer destinations.“

humlelala 3594 days ago

“Visited some years ago when the boat to Iceland had a stop in Tórshavn so we had some hours to spend. Very close to the harbour... first bar we saw and it was also open on the early morning hours. Had Föroya Bjór beers on taps. Café like atmosphere. I have no other Faroe Islands bar to compare with...“

rosenbergh 3779 days ago

“My one-man effort to get the sailing ships of the world into stocking some decent beers continues. This Faroes-based ship sails between Seyðisfjørður in the east of Iceland, the Faroes and Hirtshal in Denmark throughout the year. I find it hard to believe that the Sky Bar is open outside the summer months given its top deck setting exposed to some of the elements but I rate it **** for pluck. 8 beers from Foroya including the strongest. Usual shocking prices, including ’budget’ hot dogs, easily distracted service. But strange things happen at sea.“

Tim Webb 3892 days ago

“In contrast to mainland Denmark, the Faroes follows the rest-of-Scandinavia model of state-run liquor stores, known as Rusan or the Monopol. These are the only places on islands to buy beer to take home. This being the most central, it has the potential to draw down from the full list of 75-80 beers, including most if not all of the local brews from Okkara and Föroya, plus imports that now run to Rochefort and Chimay plus a few unusual Brits. It is nudging forward slowly but still has no Danish craft beers, amazingly.“

Tim Webb 3892 days ago

“A great variety of Faroe beers, but they have the idea that you have to buy a case of beers, and not single bottles. As long as they are Faroe beers, imported you can buy one at at time.“

mzaar 4235 days ago

“Nice sushi restaurant with a beer selection clearly above average for the Faroe Islands. Both Faroese and foreign beers. The sushi was quite tasty. Would visit again.“

Sigmund 4675 days ago