Gamla fjósið / Old Cowhouse is a family restaurant located on the farm Hvassafell in south Iceland, just beneath the magnificent mountain Steinafjall and the famous volcanic glacier Eyjafjallajökull. . After the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 tourism increased significantly in the area. The family seized the opportunity and turned an old abandoned barn into a unique restaurant. .
Hvassafell is a cow farm with 70 grassfed dairy cows. . The bulls born on the farm are the key ingredients in the delicious menu of the restaurant. . The Old Cowhouse takes pride in offering excellent service and a delicious menu that consist of fresh, natural produce from the farm and surrounding areas..
Gamla fjósið
Hvassafell
861 Hvolsvöllur
Phone: 487-7788
gamlafjosid@gamlafjosid.is
www.gamlafjosid.is
11 – 21 every day
The Old Cowhouse is family restaurant. Heiða Björg Scheving, operates the restaurant while the farmer , Páll Magnús Pálsson, takes care of the farm and cultivates the products on the restaurants menu.
The staff consists of lovely professional people who live in harmony on the farm.. They aim to bring our gests outstanding service, food and unique experience.
This is our menu.
We take pride in offering excellent service and a delicious menu that consist of fresh, natural produce from the farm and surrounding areas..
Matseðill / menu
Offer of the day
Arctic trout kr. 2.400,-
Oven baked with vegetables, potatoes and icelandic butter
The trout are caught in our water, Holtsós in this morning
Arctic trout is a salmon fish that lives both in lakes and sea in the Arctic. It can weigh up to 12 kilos, but rarely exceeds 500 grams. The name is derived from the reddish-pink color of the abdomen. It is the freshwater fish that lives on the north and begins with oxygen-rich cold waters that do not freeze.Offer of the day
Arctic trout kr. 2.400,-
Oven baked with vegetables, potatoes and icelandic butter
The trout are caught in our water, Holtsós in this morning
Arctic trout is a salmon fish that lives both in lakes and sea in the Arctic. It can weigh up to 12 kilos, but rarely exceeds 500 grams. The name is derived from the reddish-pink color of the abdomen. It is the freshwater fish that lives on the north and begins with oxygen-rich cold waters that do not freeze.Offer of the day
Saltkjöt og baunir - Túkall
Salt meat and bean soup kr. 2,700,-
Salt meat, lentils, beetroot, carrots, onions and potatoes
Sprengidagur (Blast Day)
„Sprengidagur is the Icelandic equivalence of Mardi Gras. The Icelandic tradition holds the
custom to eat soup made from lentils and vegetables accompanied with salted meat, a dish called “saltkjöt og baunir” in Icelandic. As this is the last day before Lent, a period celebrated by fasting, people would use the opportunity and eat their fill, many to the brink of bursting, hence the name.“ (Icland Magazine)
Gamla fjósið is located on route 1 .
Only 30 min drive from Hvolsvöllur.
Only 5 min drive from Þorvaldseyri.
11 - 21 every day
