Aure, Copenhagen: A Michelin-Starred Dinner in an 18th-Century Gunpowder House

Book a table: Reserve at Aure on the restaurant's official booking page. This is the booking link from Aure's own website, restaurantaure.dk.

Copenhagen has plenty of famous restaurants, so a dinner reservation there can feel like a competition. Aure is a one-menu restaurant in a historic gunpowder house at Holmen, open four evenings a week. For our second Stars & Stalls guide, here's what you need to know before you book. Star status follows the MICHELIN Guide as we checked it on 16 October 2026. Everything else comes from Aure's own website, checked on 17 October 2026.

The Michelin view

Distinction: One MICHELIN Star (MICHELIN Guide), as listed when we checked on 16 October 2026.

Read the inspectors' full write-up on the MICHELIN Guide page.

In the restaurant's own words

Aure was created by Nicky Arentsen and Emma Nørbygaard. On their website they describe a historic gunpowder house from 1745 at Holmen, where they have built an experience around the finest ingredients and nature's changing seasons.

They say the kitchen draws on three elements: the sea, the earth and the forest. In practice that means fish and seafood, vegetables and herbs, and game and berries, cooked so that each ingredient can express itself "in its purest form". The restaurant also says it works closely with suppliers and producers who share its respect for nature and for quality ingredients.

The menu and price

Aure serves one menu, The Aure Experience. It comes with snacks and petit fours. The price is DKK 1,850: the restaurant's website and menu page list it as "1850,-" without naming a currency, and we've read it as Danish kroner. Checked on 17 October 2026.

Here are some examples from the menu published when we checked on 17 October 2026. Most of the savoury courses were fish and seafood: lobster claw with horseradish and garden sorrel, brown crab with kumquat and dill, Norwegian shrimps with vanilla and elderflower, and turbot in clay with truffle and chanterelles. Norlin wagyu with ramson capers and sansho pepper was on the list too, along with milk bread and butter from Aabybro. Among the sweet courses was mandarin with honey and blackcurrant leaf, and the petit fours included a sticky toffee pudding listed as "Homage to the Gunpowder House". UK readers may smile at that last one. The restaurant says the menu is subject to change, so take these as examples of the style rather than a promise of specific dishes.

Aure's website links to its wine listing on Star Wine List. It doesn't publish a price for a drinks pairing.

Opening days and times

Aure is open Wednesday to Saturday, 18.00 to 00.00. It's closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (website). There's no lunch service listed.

Booking and cancellation terms

You book online through the official booking page. The restaurant's terms and conditions are worth reading in full before you confirm, because booking means you accept them. The main points:

• Card guarantee. You need a valid credit card to secure a reservation.
• Cancellation. You can cancel through your confirmation email up to 72 hours before your booking. If you cancel later, you're charged the full menu fee per person.
• No-shows and late arrivals. The restaurant may charge a no-show fee equal to the menus booked. If you're more than 45 minutes late without letting them know, the booking is cancelled automatically, the table goes to the waiting list, and the full menu fee is charged.
• Changes. Your arrival time and number of guests are fixed once you book. They can only be changed with written confirmation from the restaurant. To change or cancel, phone +45 31 68 65 68 or email [email protected].
• Children and pets. Children under 10 aren't allowed, and nor are dogs or other pets.
• Groups. For the private room or larger events, email [email protected].
• Dietary requirements and allergies. Contact the restaurant directly before you book, and read the relevant section of the terms.

Location

Aure's address is Krudtløbsvej 8, 1439 København K, and the restaurant describes its home as a gunpowder house at Holmen (website). Check the address against your hotel before you decide how to get there.

Planning a Copenhagen trip around Aure

Choose your night first. With dinner only, Wednesday to Saturday, Aure is easiest to fit into a midweek break or a Friday or Saturday night. If your only free evenings are Sunday to Tuesday, it won't work.

Mind the 72-hour line. You can cancel free of charge until 72 hours before your table. After that you pay the full menu price per person. If your flights are uncertain, plan around that cut-off.

Give yourself time to get there. Arriving more than 45 minutes late without warning means losing the table and paying the full fee. Plan your route from your hotel in advance, leave plenty of time on the night, and keep the restaurant's number handy in case you're delayed.

Plan the budget in kroner. The menu price is listed in Danish kroner, and drinks are extra. Convert at your bank's rate on the day of travel.

Travelling with family. Because children under 10 aren't admitted, families with young children will need to plan this as an adults' evening.

Gift cards. If you're booking Aure as a present, its website links to an official gift card page.

Aure offers one menu, four evenings a week, in a gunpowder house from 1745. Read its terms before you confirm, and plan your evening around them.