Iceland Guide: Friðheimar Tomato Green House

Friðheimar Tomato Green House

When traveling, I really enjoy visiting farms to table restaurants and the Fridheimar experience was certainly unique among these.

Given Iceland’s climate, this tomato farm is operated as a green house and produces two tons (!!!) of tomatoes per day. The harvest is only sourced to stores and restaurants in Iceland to promote sustainable, local farming. Call in advance to book your reservation and enjoy lunch served among the botanical scents of tomatoes and basil for a new experience.

We ordered the tomato soup buffet which is essentially bottomless tomato soup, with a variety of breads and spreads. The soup was fragrant and thin, like tomato water. It was very good and my son really liked it. We also put in an order of ravioli with pesto which again tasted fresh and delicious and the garden salad which my only suggestion was that it needed more salt but otherwise also delicious. For dessert we had an apple and green tomato crumble with cream and again, my son devoured every last bite. It was fresh and simple. Of course, I also tried a green tomato IPA beer. It was refreshing with a light tomato after taste that was pleasant. My wife had the Bloody Mary. The mix was quite similar to the soup, lighter in color and texture than most Bloody Mary mixes and enjoyable.

Following your meal, you can stroll the rows of tomato vines and you’ll see boxes of bumblebees to pollinate the plants.