Restaurant Alouette København

Alouette is a restaurant with one Michelin star on Kronprinsessegade in central Copenhagen. The American chef Nick Curtin runs it with his wife and co-founder, Camilla Hansen.

Curtin set it up as his own venture after years in kitchens in New York and in Copenhagen. The first Alouette opened in 2018 in a graffiti-covered building on the industrial edge of the city, an unlikely spot for fine dining, and it won its star after a single year. Andrew Valenzuela, another American, joined Curtin as a partner in the kitchen. In 2024 the restaurant reopened in a heritage-listed house on Kronprinsessegade, one of the most sought-after streets in town, and kept its star in the move.

Cooking over open fire is the main technique, and the long tasting menu follows the seasons without a fixed doctrine. It is divided into four parts called Plots, each built around one Danish farm or producer, so the meal reads like a tour of the suppliers. Monkfish is paired with miso, gooseberry and bee pollen. White asparagus goes on the grill and arrives with a Parmesan custard, lime pudding and an almond broth. Grouping the courses by farm puts the growers at the centre and lets the fire do the rest, with a smoky edge that runs through the plates.

The architect David Thulstrup designed the new rooms. His starting point included stalagmite caves, which now show in the wave-like ceiling above the dining room. The White Guide places Alouette in its Masters level. From a graffiti wall at the edge of town to a listed house in the centre, the setting has changed more than the cooking.