{{Short description|Norwegian restaurant in Svalbard}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox restaurant | name = Huset Restaurant | image = | image_caption = | established = | current_owner = Hurtigruten | head_chef = Alberto Lozano Aviles | food_type = Nordic fine dining | street_address = Vei 212 | city = Longyearbyen | state = Svalbard | country = Norway | coordinates = {{coord|78.2076|15.5897|type:landmark_region:NO-21|display=inline,title}} | other_information = | website = {{URL|https://huset.spitsbergen.no}} }} '''Huset Restaurant''' is a Nordic fine dining restaurant in Longyearbyen, located on Svalbard, a northern archipelago of Norway, and is the northernmost restaurant in the world. Spanish chef Alberto Lozano Aviles is head chef.
== History == The Huset building was built in the 1950s as a community centre for miners in the village.<ref name=":0" /> The name means "house" in Norwegian. It operated as a post office, library, church, school, gymnasium and hunting shop. It was briefly used as a hospital after an avalanche.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuta |first=Sarah |date=2022-10-19 |title=How This Restaurant Is Turning the World’s Northernmost Town Into a Fine Dining Destination |url=https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/huset-restaurant-longyearbyen-norway-fine-dining-1234761994/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Robb Report |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2010, the building was converted into a bistro. Hurtigruten bought the restaurant in 2022 and converted it into a fine dining establishment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lockhart |first=Katie |date=2023-01-23 |title=What It's Like to Run a Restaurant in the World's Northernmost Town |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/huset-restaurant-norway-profile |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Thrillist |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the company invited Spanish chef Alberto Lozano to run the restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ávalos |first=Almudena |date=2023-05-14 |title=Huset, extreme cuisine in the Arctic by a Spanish chef |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-13/huset-extreme-cuisine-in-the-arctic-by-a-spanish-chef.html |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Description== Huset Restaurant is a Nordic fine dining restaurant located in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2024-08-26 |title=How Huset Chef Alberto Lozano Embraces the Arctic at the World’s Northernmost Fine Dining Restaurant |url=https://observer.com/2024/08/alberto-lozano-chef-huset-restaurant-arctic-circle-svalbard/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> It is the northernmost restaurant in the world.<ref name=faw/>
Its menu is based around local game meats and foraged ingredients,<ref name=faw>{{Cite web |title=I Dined at the Northernmost Restaurant on Earth — With Reindeer, Seal, and More Arctic Ingredients |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/huset-restaurant-longyearbyen-norway-11860354 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Food & Wine |language=en}}</ref> like seal, whale, and ptarmigan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-30 |title=The strange tastes of a restaurant at the end of the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240724-the-strange-tastes-of-a-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-world |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{{as of|February 2026}}, Alberto Lozano Aviles remains head chef.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chef Alberto Lozano Aviles |website=Chef Alberto Lozano Aviles |date=9 May 2023 |url=https://www.albertolozanochef.com/#chef |access-date=5 February 2026}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.huset.com/}}
Category:2022 establishments in Norway Category:Longyearbyen Category:Restaurants established in 2022 Category:Restaurants in Norway