Westfjords · Food
Checked 1 September 2026 · 3 official sources
EAT LIKE A LOCAL
Three or four places worth planning a day around, and long stretches of road with nothing at all — so the useful skill here is knowing when the next kitchen is.
Tjöruhúsið, Ísafjörður
A fish restaurant in one of the eighteenth-century timber warehouses on the point, working from whatever the boats landed. The owners deliberately publish no menu and no hours — ring +354 456 4419 or message them to check they are open and to book a table.
📍 Map · $$$
Dokkan Brugghús, Ísafjörður
The first brewery in the Westfjords, at Sindragata 14 by the harbour. Taproom 11:00–23:00 every day, kitchen until 21:00, which makes it the most reliable hot food anywhere in the region.
📍 Map · $$
Stúkuhúsið, Patreksfjörður
Aðalstræti 50, next to the swimming pool, looking down the fjord. Soup with fresh bread, home-made cake and espresso. Open 1 June to 1 September only, so it is the southern Westfjords' summer canteen and nothing at all in winter.
📍 Map · $$
Eat when food appears, not when you are hungry
Stúkuhúsið runs June to September and the café at the Hnjótur museum May to September; between Patreksfjörður and Þingeyri there is effectively nothing. Carry lunch, and treat any open kitchen you pass as the last one for the next two hours.