Maison Corail
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Wood-fired · 42 seats

Wood, salt
and a fire
that never
goes out.

A 42-seat room in Copenhagen where everything passes through live oak embers. Coastal Nordic cooking, cooked in front of you, served without ceremony.

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1,240 reviews · Michelin Bib Gourmand 2024

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Our story

One fire. Two cooks. Ninety percent of the menu never touches a pan.

We built Maison Corail around a single six-metre hearth because we wanted nowhere to hide. Everything you eat is cooked over live oak — some of it for three minutes, some of it for eleven hours.

The room seats forty-two. There is no second sitting and no turn times. When you book a table, it is yours for the evening, the way a dinner at a friend's house works.

2016
Opened on Snaregade
42
Seats, one sitting
6m
Oak-fired hearth
Fig. 01 The hearth at Snaregade, drawn from the pass.
Signature

The eleven-hour short rib

Buried in embers at 10am, lifted at 9pm, rested twelve minutes and carved at the table. We fire eighteen portions a night and they are gone by the second course.

Cook time11 hrs
Portions18 / night
Price295 kr

The menu

Everything passes through the fire

Four courses, 545 kr. The kitchen writes a new menu every morning around what the boats bring in.

  • Whole turbot for two

    595

    Hanged over oak, brown butter, capers, parsley root

  • Côte de bœuf, 900g

    495

    Dry-aged 48 days, bone marrow, smoked salt, watercress

  • Eleven-hour short rib Signature

    295

    Buried in embers at 10am. Eighteen portions, that is all

  • Ember pumpkin, sage

    185

    Whole-roasted in skin, sage butter, toasted seeds

  • Lamb shoulder, wild garlic

    325

    Six hours on the bone, ramson oil, fermented mustard

Menu changes daily. Allergens and dietary swaps — tell us when you book and the kitchen will cook around it.

The experience

Three things we will not compromise on

Cooked in front of you

Every table faces the hearth. There is no back kitchen — you watch the fire, the turning, and the twelve-minute rest before the short rib is carved.

One sitting, no turn time

We take a single booking per table per evening. Arrive at seven, leave at midnight, nobody will ask you to move along.

One menu, cooked once

No à la carte, no substitutions on the fire. Twelve or thirteen dishes a night, each made the one way the kitchen believes it should be.

Tonight's room

Live table availability

Updated 4 min ago
17:30 3 tables Bar only
18:15 1 table Bar only
19:00 Fully booked Waitlist
19:45 2 tables Bar only
20:30 4 tables Bar only
21:15 5 tables Kitchen closes 21:30
Available Last table Fully booked Reserve a time

What people say

Reviewed by people who sat at the counter

"The short rib is the single best thing I have eaten in Copenhagen this year. We booked again before we'd finished the cheese course."
Helle L.Google · March 2026
"No turn times, no rush, forty-two seats. It feels like being invited to someone's very good dinner party where the host happens to cook over live oak."
Marcus O.TripAdvisor · February 2026
"We had the bar seats facing the fire and barely looked at each other for two hours. Booked six weeks out and worth every day of the wait."
Anne S.Google · January 2026

Reservations

Book a table

Tables are held for fifteen minutes past the booking time. For parties of seven or more, or for the counter seats facing the hearth, call us and we will sort it out properly.

  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
  • Counter seats facing the fire on request
  • Dietary requirements handled by the kitchen
  • Confirmation by email within a few minutes

Prefer to speak to someone?

+45 31 28 44 07

Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00 – 22:00

Reserve your evening

Four courses · 545 kr per person

No card required. You will receive a confirmation email you can cancel from.

Practical

Find us and how we run

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
17:30 – 23:00
Wednesday
17:30 – 23:00
Thursday
17:30 – 23:00
Friday
17:30 – 00:00
Saturday
12:00 – 00:00
Sunday
12:00 – 21:00

Kitchen closes 30 minutes before the room does.

Where we are

Maison Corail
Snaregade 14, st.
1205 København K
Denmark
Call to book 2 min from Gammel Strand Metro

Getting here

Eighteen portions of short rib. Two hundred and fifty-two evenings a year.

The next few weekends book out about three weeks ahead. Tuesday and Wednesday are usually still open.

Book a table Call +45 31 28 44 07