Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.10.2014, Page 25

RESTAURANT- BAR
The only kitchen
in Reykjavík open
to 23:30 on weekdays
and 01:00 on weekends
6.690 kr.
Vesturgata 3B | 101 Reykjavík | Tel: 551 2344 | www.tapas.is
Taste the best
of Iceland ...
... in one amazing meal
Icelandic Gourmet FEAst
Starts with a shot of the infamous
Icelandic spirit Brennívín
Followed by 7 delicious tapas:
Smoked puffin with blueberry “brennivín” sauce
Icelandic sea-trout with peppers-salsa
Lobster tails baked in garlic
Pan-fried line caught blue ling
with lobster-sauce
Grilled Icelandic lamb Samfaina
Minke Whale with cranberry & malt-sauce
White chocolate "Skyr" mousse with passion
fruit coulis
25The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 16 — 2014 HYGIENE
Micro Bar
Austurstræti 6
As it’s part of a hotel, Micro Bar’s bath-
room is usually very clean. On the night
of my visit, the women’s bathroom had
recently been cleaned, but the men’s
bathroom was festering in neglect. Ul-
timately, though, everything was clean—
and they have wheelchair access.
Nice and clean, a good bathroom for a
good bar.
Brikk
Hafnarstræti 18
The wait for the women’s bathroom was
way too long considering there was no
queue to speak of. Eventually I gave up
and opted for the men’s room. There
seemed to be only one toilet for men
and one for women (with the women’s
offering wheelchair access). Once I fi-
nally got in, the bathrooms themselves
proved decent. However, anyone forced
to spend time waiting is subjected to
a terrible stink, as the smoking area is
poorly closed off.

I can imagine you’d have to wait quite a
bit when the bar is crowded.
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Dillon’s bathroom facilities proved to be
quite the surprise, reminding me that
one should never judge a book by its
cover.
The bar itself isn’t very clean-look-
ing. The interior is mostly made of timber
(which is difficult to keep clean). How-
ever, the bathroom was not only clean,
but there also seemed to have been a
whole other architect working on it. De-
spite some waiting time, my bathroom
experience at Dillon was great—there
was nothing missing and it smelled re-
ally nice.
Reykjavík’s most surprising bathroom!
Celtic Cross
Hverfisgata 26
The stalls in the women’s bathroom were
decorated with a huge, pink, pixelated
photograph of Reykjavík, covered with
large empty frames. One could guess that
guests were supposed to write a message
or something in those frames, but no one
seemed to get that idea. Now, while I was
soaking in all that art, three girls struggled
to get out of their booths, the locks all stiff.
Both the women’s and men’s rooms were
fairly dirty, and the synthetic air freshener
smell failed to cover up the toilet stink.
However, apart from a single broken sink
everything else was up to code.

Dirty, smelly and you might get trapped in-
side a booth.
HÚRRA
Naustin
In a fairly new bar you expect a fairly new
bathroom. The first thing I noticed, how-
ever, was that the new-paint-smell had
already given way to the bog-standard
puke-and-poop-scent so prevalent in
bar bathrooms. Of course I realised that
there was no toilet paper after I sat down.
Thankfully, someone in the next stall all of
a sudden handed me a roll from beneath
the divider and said, "Hey there! I noticed
that this stall didn't have any toilet paper
and I know how gross it is to have your va-
gina marinating in your panties all night!"
Disappointing for a relatively new place, but
the kind patrons make up for it.
Ölsmiðjan
Lækjargata 10
For some reason there were a lot more
men than women at this bar. Naturally this
affects the gender-divided bathrooms.
When I visited, the women’s room was by
no means perfect, but it was fine, given
that it was fairly neat and had toilet paper,
soap and hand dryers. However, the men’s
room was dirty and generally pretty ter-
rible. Those wanting to wash their hands
in that space are made to stand ass to ass
with some random guy using the urinal
that’s right across the sink in the tiny room.
Also, there was no area private enough for
guys with shy bladders (nor shy colons).
Nice for women, terrible for men.