An Invitation
The privilege of welcoming you to the far edge of this coast is one we have never treated lightly. Not for the past twenty years, at least. Come spend an evening by the black sea — a single tasting menu each night, drawn from the shoreline, the cliffs, and the farms we can reach on foot. Our purpose is the keeping of good company through a long, slow meal.
The Building
This low timber and stone restaurant was cut into the basalt cliffs above Reynisfjara in 1998. Successive restorations, most recently by the Reykjavík studio of Kurtogpi, have shaped its rooms into a quiet expression of the landscape around it. Today it holds a single dining room for sixteen, a chef's counter of raw basalt, and a cellar of Nordic ciders and low-intervention wines below the waterline.
Two Michelin Green Stars every year since 2019
In the Press
Onyx Named Among the World's Great Destination Restaurants
In the Spring of 2025, the New York Times profiled twelve restaurants worth the long flight. Onyx was named among those that had most rewarded the effort of travel, an honour we accept with gratitude to the fishermen, farmers, and foragers who meet us at dawn on the cold shore.
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