Svalbar Pub Cocktails

We didn’t quite know what to expect, but the bar menu, service and food were amazing. We split the spare ribs as an appetizer and had a whale steak and beef filet as mains. All were outstanding. Was the best restaurant we visited while in Longyearbyen.

Dinner and drinks here were fabulous. The staff are great, but more impressively this bar would be nice in NYC or London, let alone in the middle of the Arctic. Prices are very reasonable given the location. If you're in longyearbyen I can recommend you try this place

We were booked into the restaurant at the hotel polfareren, but it was closed for the weekend due to staff sickness, so the hotel booked us into the Svalbar. When we arrived for our reservation the greeter walked around the restaurant, then came back and said he couldn't find our reservation. No worries, they had empty tables so he seated us. We ordered a bottle of wine, the cheese board and the charcuterie plate as appetizers, and then I ordered the whale steak and my husband chose the cod stew. The appetizers were great, but the whale steak was so salty I couldn't eat it. I do typically like a lot of salt, but this was really intense. My husband's cod stew was also salty, but not as bad as...