ARK København

Amazing experience with mind blowing food and awesome Team!

Amazing dining experience. Chef had such creativity blending and complementing complex flavors and textures . Best eating experience we have had in a long time Staff was super friendly and explained all the dishes. Yindi was very warm and welcoming Would recommend to Vegans and non Vegans go eat there when you are in Copenhagen

Excellent food and service with two very appropriate wine pairings that accompanied the menu development, recommended by the highly competent host Indi

Truly interesting, innovate and good tasting food, and very nice service, especially from our server Indi who was excited about the food and explained the different components of the dishes very well. An experience I think everyone should try.

Ark was such a playful and exciting experience. So much knowledge, research and passion is put into dishes and service. The pairings (both wine and non alc) are absolutely laekker. Kudos to Dima that guide me trough this wonderful experience

Just lovely all around, and a special thank you to Dima for taking care of us.

There's a moment during dinner at ARK in Copenhagen when you stop wondering if you're "missing" something (no meat, no fish, no compromises) and start wondering why fine dining hasn't always looked like this. It's a subtle moment, perhaps arriving with the third course, perhaps with the fifth. But it arrives. ARK is an entirely vegan restaurant known for its exemplary approach to sustainability. The setting is bright and lively, with that typically Danish aesthetic rigor that manages to be minimalist without being cold. The nine-course tasting menu is a journey through the best of what the earth produces, reinterpreted with a sensitivity that surprisingly looks to the East. The pairings with Japanese flavors aren't an exotic whim but a thoughtful choice: vegetal umami meets Nordic precision, and the result is a cuisine with its own distinctive, recognizable, and coherent voice. The ingredients are local, many wild, and much of it comes directly from the restaurant's own farm. The home-grown mushrooms deserve a special mention: they are the true highlight of the cuisine, treated with care and a variety of techniques that reveal just how complex and fascinating this raw material can be in the right hands. The service is friendly and never intrusive. We were fortunate to be looked after by a server (Indi, delightful with her Roman accent) who spoke fluent Italian, a small unexpected gift that made the evening even more relaxed. Is this the future of fine dining? After dining at ARK, I'm even more convinced. It's not about giving up, but about redefining. A cuisine that respects the land, the territory, and the diner, and that does so with elegance, creativity, and a genuine joy in doing so. At the end of the evening, we were given a slip of paper with the menu to soak and bury because it contained small seeds... a symbolic gesture for an experience I recommend without hesitation.

Beautiful service and food. Our server Dima walked us thru each course - his descriptions lent a level of detail that brought out the life and intention of each dish. I’m grateful to have been able to experience Ark and the people that have brought this place together.

The food was innovative and delicious--as expected from a restaurant of this level. However, the atmosphere and service seemed no better than I've experienced in regular restaurants. It was our dream restaurant to eat at, and we were celebrating our wedding anniversary, so maybe we just set our expectations too high. I did overhear our server tell another table that she was working 10 days in a row and needed a break, so it might have just been a bad day for her. But we randomly had a server change during our meal without any explanation or introduction, which was surpising. Again, everyone was nice and professional, but I've definitely had more memorable service at regular restaurants. I just don't think our experience was worth the price tag. The food was as good as we expected, but during our vacation, it ended up being one of the least memorable meals we had, despite being by far the most expensive.

Exceptionally and creatively seasonal plant-based food with a twist. The food is made up of a tasting menu that covers starters, main plate, and dessert. The personnel is very friendly and loves to present the different dishes and the idea behind them. ARK is a must when visiting Copenhagen!