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Colonialen Kranen

Restaurant Norwegian restaurant

👍👍 They are really good at what they do. The food was uniquely delicious. We enjoyed a trilogy from the Norwegian Sea. We were served by a lovely waitress named Mariela who was available at all times and recommended us to the delicious specialties of this great and unique for Bergen place. Thank you, M... People often mention menu, good, restaurant, delicious, nice, great, friendly, view,


Address

Solheimsgaten 9B, 5058 Bergen, Norway

Website

colonialen.no

Contact

+47 55 90 16 00

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (379 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 5 to 9 PM
  • Wednesday: 5 to 9 PM
  • Thursday: 5 to 9 PM
  • Friday: 5 to 9 PM
  • Saturday: 5 to 9 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 5 to 9 PM

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  • 5/5 PAVEL P. 1 year ago on Google
    They are really good at what they do. The food was uniquely delicious. We enjoyed a trilogy from the Norwegian Sea. We were served by a lovely waitress named Mariela who was available at all times and recommended us to the delicious specialties of this great and unique for Bergen place. Thank you, Mariela! We well come again!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Valentina K. 8 months ago on Google
    Amazing 🤩 the place is great, there are only few dishes on the menu but each of them is extremely delicious. What I loved was the service - it was very customer oriented, our waiter Jedrik, was so knowledgeable and helpful to suggest us food and drinks we really loved. This was one of the best services I have ever experienced in the restaurants
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rebecca C. 1 year ago on Google
    Great location and ambience. Small but plenty of space between tables. Great flavors and combinations with vegetables. Fish if the day was fantastic as well as cauliflower vegetarian dish.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Onni H. 1 year ago on Google
    We had monkfish and blueberry desert. Food was very delicious and the size of the portion was very nice. Staff was very friendly and the building is nicely renovated old Harbour crane
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thierry R. 5 months ago on Google
    What a nice discovery, right besides my hotel, I took catch of the day which was spectacular.. bravo to the chef and to the waitress who is certainly an expert at making people feel really welcome. Amazing food, impeccable service what’s not to love?
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lars Andre H. 5 years ago on Google
    Great little restaurant "in the middle of nowhere" in Bergen. Take the Bybanen to get there, and it's just a short stroll. Good vines and the staff is knowledgeable and attentive.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Erin 8 months ago on Google
    Went early In the evening for a meal. Staff was friendly. Food was delicious (bread and butter, beef tartare, and meat of the day-pork). Food was prepared perfectly and the flavor profiles amount the best I’ve ever encountered. Some surprising additions to traditional preparations that worked surprisingly well.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel G. 10 months ago on Google
    Incredible food in a beautiful setting - best meal I have had in Norway! And their music playlist was also great
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Claire C. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent and unexpected lunch at such a surreal place. What a treat and magical environment. Basically you have the feeling you’re sitting in a yacht on a harbor with other boats. The waitress, super friendly, said “from today onwards, we have changed the menu and are serving sandwiches only”- I almost left before I understood WHAT was actually on the menu: Creative tapa-style Danish-inspired smorrebrod ! It was the first time they were serving the new menu of “sandwiches” so we suggested that they rename these as they are not sandwiches but it is a hidden gem of the most beautiful creations. This is our favorites - total selection of 7 ( ranked from favorites to lesser … ) 1. Home-battered Codfish, reminds me of the Baltic Sea ( the batter was so tasty and crisp, and the cod was so tender and juicy ) 2. Liver Pate ( this is a tie with Herring ) 3. Herring with soft boiled egg, and pickled onions 4. Beef tarter 5. Duck 6. Fried oyster mushrooms ( at first I didn’t know what it was, but I think I would re-rank this after another try - it came with truffle-oil salted leafs ) Have so much to say about all the tapas but the only one I didn’t get to order was the salmon. Will have to be another time. I liked their coffee so so much too - the full-note full-body chocolate flavored coffee. I have posted both the tapas in the order I tried them - full tapa and cut-view. Eating with hands was such a pleasure and so much fun ! Come with a big open-minded appetite!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jonas M. 1 year ago on Google
    Lunch is a bargain at this place where the chefs know how to execute perfectly cooked and seasoned dishes. For dinner we expected a grill bonanza based on the website description, but this is apperently only served when the sun is shining and temperatures are above 20 in Bergen - so I guess this happens twice a year? This evening, there was no wind, the sun was out, and the temperature mild, but no grill bonanza... The alternative 'bonanza' deal was tasty but seemed too pricey. The desserts need improvement in terms of execution and composition. The heavy metal music from the kitchen overpowered the music in the restaurant at both occasions...

  • 1/5 David B. 8 months ago on Google
    horrible service—extremely long wait time for food, they forgot silverware, plates, what was out of stock on the menu, which wines were out of stock, server was very inattentive, overall bad experience. the food itself was good—I got the hungry nok so had 5 items from the menu. nothing spectacular but no complaints.

  • 1/5 Douglas W. 8 months ago on Google
    While the food is good, the service was truthfully the worst of every Norwegian restaurant we went to. One dish took 1.5 hrs when the restaurant only had 4 table with guests. This place could be great but not worth it until the service improves.

  • 5/5 Håvard T. 8 months ago on Google
    Super nice restaurant with a 360 view in the atmospheric new harbour district. Food was excellent and delicately arranged with dominante of local ingredients. Service was outstanding and personal. Reasonably priced, very good value for money.

  • 3/5 Lise Richter L. 11 months ago on Google
    Service could have been better. The food ok, but not the quality that we had expected. Good cava and burgundy white wine made the evening!

  • 4/5 Jaya M. 11 months ago on Google
    A nice restaurant. Food is quite nice but I ordered meat of the day and the oxtail had to many bones.

  • 2/5 Gregg T. 1 year ago on Google
    Couldn't believe i dropped a $125 euros for that food. Taste was fair, proportion small. Servixe was slow

  • 5/5 Jim W. 1 year ago on Google
    Interesting menu. I had the melted cheese appetizer and spicy dumplings for the main. Both excellent. Recommended.

  • 5/5 Rasko S. 3 years ago on Google
    This cafe, (restaurant )is in a very nice place. If you want to surprise someone with a view of the city marina, and ...bring them here.

  • 5/5 Alla T. 1 year ago on Google
    There is no menu in English, only Norwegian language. But the guy (i dont know is he waiter or bartender or owner of this place) translated us all the dishes. I wanted fish, but it was only with bread. I told him that i don't eat bread, he proposed me to change bread to rice, but maybe forgot this, because he brought me the fish with 2 pieces of bread on the bottom and on the top. Actually fish was good, unfortunately without rice. I asked about hot tea and it was really hot, unlike other places where you ask for hot tea, and they bring you just warm. The good thing was the honey on the side, not inside the hot tea. But when i ordered the hot chocolate, the guy say he doesn't know how to cook it🙈 But the hot chocolate was really good! I like it very much. The view also is cool, it is very close to the Moxy hotel and to the Harbour. You can eat and enjoy your meal and sea view🌊

  • 5/5 SCOTT U. 1 year ago on Google
    Limited diverse menu. Simple dishes but phenomenal taste. Great wine selection, friendly attentive staff. Sat outside because the tables inside were full. Wonderful marina view. Pablo (the owner?) came out and explained the menu and his farm to table philosophy. Best lunch place we’ve been to in Bergen. I highly recommend it!!!

  • 5/5 Adam M. 5 years ago on Google
    I loved the place! The crane building is super cool, the staff is very welcoming, friendly and helpful and the food was delicious, although if you are really hungry, then one dish may seem small. After the meal I enjoyed relaxing outside on a sunbed under a blanket.

  • 3/5 Trond Halvorsen W. 4 years ago on Google
    Got great reviews in Norway's biggest newspaper. Didn't really live up to that great review. Waitress was a bit odd and we didn't really speak the same language. Food was ok, and the prices not too bad. Downer that we had to sit on ground level and not in the crane...

  • 4/5 Axel Føyn D. 2 years ago on Google
    Schnitzel and wings <3

  • 5/5 Knut V. 5 years ago on Google
    Very charming and relaxing restaurant. Excellent food! I would definitely recommend the delicious risotto.

  • 5/5 Mathias F. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent setting in one of the city's many harbours. Fantastic view, even when it's raining (as almost all of the time anyhow). Food is a very nice blend of Scandinavian tastes, staff is very, very friendly.

  • 5/5 Lars S. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place, very good food. Only 2 main dishes pork, fish and one vegetarian but the food was excellent 👍 big wine and drink card.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Organic dishes
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
  • From the business
    • ✓️ Identifies as women-owned

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