Nam Kang

The Spis take

A long-running Japanese-Korean restaurant (going since the mid-90s) tucked into Fredensborgveien below St. Hanshaugen, with cosy vaulted-ceiling rooms. It does the full crowd-pleasing range — sushi and tempura alongside bibimbap and bulgogi — at fair mid-range prices with famously friendly service. Reviews are broadly warm if not ecstatic; a dependable, well-liked neighborhood pick rather than a cutting-edge one.