Jökulsárlón · Food

Krosseyjarvegi 3, in a timber warehouse put up around 1932 that still carries the export stamps from when salt fish went to Spain. Open daily 12:00–21:30 and it takes no reservations, so go early or wait. Langoustine, fish soup and lamb.

Höfn calls itself Iceland's lobster capital and holds the Humarhátíð festival at the end of June, but Icelandic langoustine fishing has been closed since 2022 and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute advised no catch for 2024 or 2025 as well. What reaches the plate now is frozen stock or imported. Order it knowing that; the local fish and lamb are not in question.

Twelve kilometres east of the lagoon, a licensed 110-seat dining room in the cultural centre: breakfast 07:30–10:00 (08:00 in winter), light lunch and cakes 11:00–15:00, dinner 18:00–20:30 and to 20:00 in winter. Farm-raised arctic char and lamb. Groups must reserve.

Reynivellir 3, right at the water: sandwiches made through the day, seafood soup, coffee. Open all year except a few holidays — 09:00–19:00 June to September, 09:00–18:00 in spring and October, 09:00–17:00 November to February. It is the only food on the stretch, so buy groceries in Höfn or Kirkjubæjarklaustur.