Klosterkroen

Odense


This handily central restaurant makes a semi-successful stab at recreating the feel of an old-style Danish inn. It serves a good range of classic, traditional dishes like roast pork with crackling and kogt torsk (poached cod) with a creamy mustard sauce and all the trimmings.


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