El Grillo

About El Grillo

Seyðisfjörður is a small fjord town in East Iceland, and El Grillo is a combination of restaurant and bar there, serving Icelandic food at lunch and dinner. For travellers working their way around the east, the town is a common overnight stop, and having somewhere that covers both dinner and a drink simplifies the evening.

Reaching Seyðisfjörður means either the Norröna ferry or the mountain pass down from Egilsstaðir, and in a town with few places to eat, a single room that both feeds you and pours a drink carries real weight. The long daily hours count for more here than in the capital: on this stretch of the east, a late arrival can otherwise find nothing open.