Kōnā

There’s certainly no shortage of trendy, counter-seated restaurants in Copenhagen but none are quite like Kōnā. From the team behind the city’s hottest ramen joint, Slurp, the idea was to bring a slice, or rather two different slices, of Japan to Copenhagen in the form of a dual-concept restaurant.

Upstairs, the team slings out comforting Japanese izakaya classics including perfectly layered katsu sandos, miso soup and fried chicken so good that it practically has its own fan club, while downstairs is a chance for head chef Philip Limpl to really show off, with a big-hitting omakase (‘chef’s choice’) menu.

The team joins us for a week with an epic, 7-course Japanese tasting menu created specially for the occasion. Highlights include ‘Dashi, Ginger, Smoked Eel’, ‘Raw Langoustine, Rose, Caviar’ and ‘Trout Roe, Egg Yolk, Koshihikari Rice, Miso Soup’. Never one to disappoint their fans, you’ve also got Kōnā’s famous chicken katsu sando on therre, because, well, need we say more than chicken katsu sando?