Every restaurant has a story, this is ours.

Hygge was founded in 2017 by Jorge and Irena.
We grew up in very different worlds, but discovered we shared the same way of thinking about food.
Irena was born and raised in South Iceland, in a family deeply connected to nature. Her father worked as a fisherman and a small-scale farmer, while her mother taught her the traditional Icelandic way of preserving food—making homemade jams from wild berries and rhubarb, growing herbs, preparing pickles and making the most of the short Icelandic summer before the long winter arrived.
For her, food wasn’t a trend.
It was simply everyday life.
Jorge’s journey was different.
After years working in professional kitchens across Europe and Asia, he arrived in Iceland and discovered just how extraordinary its ingredients could be.
He realised the best cooking doesn’t begin in the kitchen.
It begins with exceptional ingredients.
Today, we continue building Hygge together as a family business.
We created the kind of restaurant we would always choose ourselves—a place for great food, warm hospitality and good company, where everyone feels welcome.