Restaurant in Rønne, Denmark
Michelin recognition at mid-range prices in Rønne.
Det Røde Pakhus is Rønne's strongest dinner booking: a Michelin Plate-recognised modern cuisine restaurant (2024 and 2025) at an accessible €€ price point. With a 4.7 Google rating from 322 reviews and a warehouse setting that adds character without formality, it delivers quality well above its price tier. Easy to book outside summer peak.
At the €€ price point, Det Røde Pakhus punches well above its tier. This is modern cuisine with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, sitting in a city where serious kitchen ambition is rare. If you are visiting Rønne and want one restaurant that justifies planning your evening around it, this is the booking to make. For context on the broader dining scene, see our full Rønne restaurants guide.
The name translates directly as The Red Warehouse, and the building delivers on that industrial promise. The physical setting is a converted warehouse in Snellemark, giving the room a scale and structural character you rarely find in a small island city. Exposed brickwork, high ceilings, and the bones of a working harbour building create a dining environment that feels grounded rather than decorated. For a first-timer, this matters: the space sets a tone of seriousness without formality. You are not walking into a fussy fine-dining room. The atmosphere is more considered bistro than white-tablecloth ceremony, which makes the Michelin recognition feel earned rather than performed.
Det Røde Pakhus has held the Michelin Plate consecutively, which tells you the kitchen is operating at a consistent level year-round rather than spiking for inspections. The Michelin Plate designation signals cooking that is good enough to warrant attention from the guide's inspectors, without yet reaching Star territory. That positioning is relevant to how you should plan your visit.
For a first-timer, dinner is the stronger choice. Evening service at a Michelin-recognised venue in this category typically carries the fuller expression of the kitchen's capabilities: longer menus, more considered pacing, and the room operating at the energy it was designed for. At an €€ price range, a dinner here will cost you less than a comparable experience at Michelin-starred venues in Copenhagen, making it one of the more accessible entry points into Denmark's broader modern cuisine scene.
If lunch service is available, it represents a different calculation. Lunch at a venue of this tier often means a shorter, more relaxed format at a lower per-head spend. For travellers passing through Bornholm mid-itinerary rather than building an evening around it, a lunch visit lets you experience the kitchen without the full commitment of a dinner booking. That said, without confirmed lunch hours in our data, contact the venue directly to establish what is currently on offer before planning your day around it.
The Michelin Plate milestones in 2024 and 2025 are the most useful trust signal here. Two consecutive recognitions indicate the kitchen is not coasting on a single strong season. For a restaurant operating outside Denmark's major cities, sustaining that standard over multiple inspection cycles is a credible sign of intent.
Rønne is the main port town on Bornholm, an island in the Baltic that has developed a genuine food identity over the past decade, anchored in part by Kadeau Bornholm in Åkirkeby, which brought national attention to the island's produce-driven potential. Det Røde Pakhus operates in that broader context: modern cuisine informed by what the island grows, catches, and makes. The €€ pricing keeps it accessible relative to the island's reputation for quality dining.
The Google review average of 4.7 across 322 ratings is a reliable secondary signal. A high score across a meaningful number of reviews in a city this size means the experience is consistent rather than occasionally brilliant. First-timers can book with reasonable confidence that what they receive will match expectations set by the venue's reputation.
Booking is rated easy, which reflects both the city's scale and the venue's capacity. Rønne is not a high-pressure reservations market in the way Copenhagen is. That said, summer on Bornholm draws significant visitor numbers, and a Michelin-recognised table at an accessible price point will fill faster during peak season. Book ahead if you are visiting between June and August.
For travellers building a wider Denmark dining itinerary, Det Røde Pakhus sits in useful company. Within Denmark, Frederikshøj in Aarhus and Henne Kirkeby Kro in Henne represent different expressions of regional Danish modern cuisine at higher price points. Closer in tier, Alimentum in Aalborg and ARO in Odense offer useful comparisons for how this calibre of cooking lands outside the capital. For the Copenhagen benchmark, Geranium and Jordnær in Gentofte are the reference points at the leading of Denmark's restaurant hierarchy. Det Røde Pakhus is not competing at that level, but at €€ with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition, it is delivering quality that significantly outpaces its price tier.
For planning the rest of your time on the island, our full Rønne hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide cover the surrounding options.
Det Røde Pakhus is not in direct competition with Denmark's top-tier Copenhagen restaurants. Geranium, Noma, Alchemist, Koan, and a|o|c all sit at the €€€€ tier with Michelin Stars and multi-month booking windows. If your trip to Denmark is built around a single serious dining event, one of those venues is the right call. If you are already on Bornholm, or are specifically travelling to the island, the comparison shifts: Det Røde Pakhus is doing something those venues are not, which is delivering Michelin-recognised modern cuisine at an accessible price point outside the capital.
Within the Bornholm context, Kadeau Bornholm in Åkirkeby is the island's flagship fine-dining address with Michelin Star recognition, making it the obvious choice if you want the highest-tier experience the island offers. Det Røde Pakhus is the stronger option if you want quality cooking without the commitment of a full tasting menu price. The two venues are not interchangeable, but together they give Bornholm a more complete dining argument than most Danish regions outside Copenhagen can make.
For travellers who want to compare Det Røde Pakhus against regional peers elsewhere in Denmark, Domæne in Herning, LYST in Vejle, and Dragsholm Slot Gourmet in Hørve all operate in a similar register of modern Danish cuisine outside the capital. Det Røde Pakhus holds its own in that set, particularly on value. The booking is easy, the price is fair, and the Michelin Plate is a credible quality marker. For a first visit to Rønne, it is the restaurant to book.
Det Røde Pakhus is the only Michelin Plate holder in Rønne, which narrows the field considerably. Bornholm's food scene has grown around local produce, so smaller harbour-side spots in Rønne and nearby Gudhjem offer casual island cooking at lower prices. If you want a comparable level of kitchen ambition on the island without the formal setting, look at what's currently open in Svaneke or Allinge — but for Michelin-recognised modern cuisine at the €€ price point, nothing in Rønne directly competes.
Specific menu items are not documented in the venue record, so naming dishes would be speculation. What is documented is a modern cuisine format with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, which indicates a kitchen running a focused, consistent menu rather than an overly long one. Check their current menu directly when booking — at the €€ price point, most guests find the full dinner format the right call.
Dietary policy is not documented in the venue record. At a Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant operating at the €€ level, kitchens generally accommodate common restrictions when notified at booking. Contact them directly at the time of reservation to confirm — do not assume flexibility on the night itself.
Bornholm is a seasonal destination, and Rønne's dining options are limited at the Michelin-recognised level. Book at least 2–3 weeks out during summer months, when ferry traffic peaks and island capacity is stretched. Off-season, lead times are shorter, but phoning or emailing ahead is still advisable given Det Røde Pakhus is the only Michelin Plate holder in the area.
Yes, with the right expectations. Back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition and a converted warehouse setting in Rønne make it the strongest occasion-dining option on the island at the €€ price range. It is not a Copenhagen-level fine dining room, but for a milestone dinner on Bornholm, it is the most credentialled choice available locally.
Menu format details are not confirmed in the venue record, so this cannot be answered precisely. What is confirmed: Michelin Plate status in both 2024 and 2025 at the €€ price point, which positions Det Røde Pakhus as good value relative to its recognition tier. If a tasting format is offered, the pricing context makes it a lower-risk commitment than comparable Michelin-recognised menus in Copenhagen.
At the €€ price range with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition, yes. The value case is stronger here than at most Michelin-recognised restaurants in Denmark, where mid-range pricing and that level of kitchen consistency rarely coincide. If you are already on Bornholm, this is where the dinner budget should go.
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