Culinary Experiences

At our hotel, you will enjoy a unique dining experience based on local and organic ingredients, offering high-quality food, thoughtfully prepared with an emphasis on flavor and sustainability. Our focus on locally sourced food and the zero-waste principle makes it a sustainable choice for all guests.

Farm to Fork Dining
Here at Granavolden, we follow a farm-to-fork ethos. We put an emphasis on quality and taste, using local suppliers to ensure fresh and sustainable ingredients. Our meat comes from Brandbu, the local butcher and charcutier, who have won several national awards for their products. Try the røket fjordgris, or smoked pork, prized for its high quality, rich flavor, and tender texture. It’s made from pigs that have been sustainably raised among the clean and natural surroundings of the local fjords. We source our fruit, vegetables, grains, bread, eggs, and dairy products from nearby farms like Helgum Farm. This supports the local economy and reduces the environmental impact of transportation. Try the local cheeses like Rød Ku, a semi-firm, washed rind cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk and matured for 3-5 months, giving it a distinctive creamy, savory, nutty flavor.

“As a chef, it’s fantastic to work with produce from local suppliers and with ingredients that don’t look like they were processed in a factory. Knowing that these are homemade products of exceptional quality, that someone has put a lot of time into, makes me both proud and humble.”
Hanne, Head Chef

At Granavolden, all your meals are crafted to follow the seasons and are full of flavor and culinary flair, providing you with an authentic and fresh dining experience. For breakfast, we serve bread from the local bakery and homemade porridge made exclusively for our guests amongst other. You can enjoy lunch at our café and dinner at our restaurant. We offer a varied menu of Norwegian and international dishes.

The café is open daily from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, serving great food, sourced locally. Lunch dishes may include a platter of smoked fjord pork, Italian salami, and Rød Ku cheese, served with homemade wild garlic mayonnaise and boboli bread. You’ll also find prawns on rye bread, filled wholegrain sandwiches, summer salad with prawns and wild garlic mayonnaise, Greek salad with pan-fried pork and tzatziki, and mussels steamed in white wine and cream. All dishes can be prepared gluten-free, making it easy for guests with food intolerances to enjoy a carefree meal.

Our main restaurant is open Monday to Saturday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, offering a four-course set menu based on seasonal ingredients. The menu varies daily, and you can look forward to a truly gastronomic experience. In the summer months, you might be offered dishes like trout ceviche, vegetarian dumplings, pan-fried trout fillet, braised pork chop, homemade bratwurst, and homemade falafel. For dessert, you can enjoy our cheese platter with a selection of local cheeses from Thorbjørnrud Dairy, chocolate cremeaux, cold rhubarb soup (a refreshing traditional Scandinavian dessert), or fresh fruits with vanilla ice cream or raspberry sorbet.

At Granavolden, you can expect minimally processed, healthy, locally sourced, and organic food as much as possible. We follow a zero-waste principle for all ingredients, and most of our food waste is converted into biogas or animal feed. This means that as a guest, you enjoy delicious food made from local ingredients while supporting the local economy and the environment.