Theatercafeen opened in 1900 inside Hotel Continental, directly across the street from the Nationaltheatret. It was designed as a grand Viennese-style café and quickly became the meeting point for Norwegian artists, writers, actors and cultural figures.
Since 1924, portraits of regular guests have been painted and hung on the walls. Today there are over 80 portraits of authors, actors, painters and musicians lining the dining room. The restaurant is still owned by the same family, now in its fourth generation.
Theatercafeen is one of the few places in Oslo where you can sit in the same room where Ibsen's contemporaries dined, surrounded by portraits of people who shaped Norwegian culture. The food is classic Scandinavian, the interior is elegant without being stuffy, and the atmosphere is unlike anything else in the city. If you want to eat where Oslo's cultural elite has been eating for over a century, this is the place.
Since 1924, portraits of regular guests have been painted and hung on the walls. Today there are over 80 portraits of authors, actors, painters and musicians lining the dining room. The restaurant is still owned by the same family, now in its fourth generation.
Theatercafeen is one of the few places in Oslo where you can sit in the same room where Ibsen's contemporaries dined, surrounded by portraits of people who shaped Norwegian culture. The food is classic Scandinavian, the interior is elegant without being stuffy, and the atmosphere is unlike anything else in the city. If you want to eat where Oslo's cultural elite has been eating for over a century, this is the place.