Søllerød Kro is a one Michelin star restaurant in

Søllerød Søllerød is a suburban district of Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The original village, one of the oldest in the area, is perched on Søllerød Hill on the south side of Søllerød Lake. It merged with ...

, Rudersdal Municipality, in the northern suburbs of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. The restaurant building is an old inn from 1677 which faces the local village pond. It was listed in 1964.

History

Søllerød Kro was opened by the pastor at the local Søllerød Church after he had obtained a license from the king. In the 1980s, the restaurant established a reputation as one of the best in Denmark. Since then the kitchen has been headed by some of the most well-known chefs in the country, including Søren Gericke,

Michel Michaud Michel Michaud (born 1946) is a French chef who brought French cuisine to Denmark in 1971. Gaining wide acclaim for gourmet cuisine in restaurants across the country, he moved to Ruth's Hotel in Skagen in 2004. Biography Born in Cognac in the Fr ...

, Francis Cardenau, Jan Petersen and Paul Cunningham. Jakob de Neergaard took over the kitchen in 2001 and with him as a head chef the restaurant received its first star in the Michelin Guide in 2007. He was succeeded by Christian Ebbe. Brian Mark Hansen took over the position as head chef in 2013.

In popular culture

The inn is used as a location in the films ''

Tag til Rønneby kro ''Tag til Rønneby Kro'' is a 1941 Danish family film directed by Jon Iversen and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast * Johannes Meyer as Kroejer Bartholdi *Bodil Kjer as Anne Lise *Ib Schønberg as Tjener Sørensen *Poul Reichhardt as Journalist Daniel J ...

'' (1941), '' Bruden fra Dragstrup'' (1955), '' Soldaterkammerater på efterårsmanøvre'' (1961) and '' Tænk på et tal'' (1969).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sollerod Kro Restaurants in Copenhagen Listed buildings and structures in Rudersdal Municipality Buildings and structures completed in 1677 Thatched buildings in Denmark 1677 establishments in Denmark Companies based in Rudersdal Municipality