Scan Magazine | Culinary Profile | Restaurant Format
A touch of class and character Format is a newly opened gourmet restaurant in Copenhagen with the mission to change the Danish perception of what hotel restaurants are capable of. By Nicolai Lisberg | Photos: Stine Christiansen
From the moment you enter Restaurant Format you get the feeling that you are in for something extraordinary. The interior design is inspired by the many backyards you will find in Copenhagen; there is graffiti on the walls, the lights hanging from the ceiling resemble clotheslines, and there is a huge tree in the atrium. But it is not only the design that is different: the food on the menu is what truly 20 | Issue 106 | November 2017
separates Format from your traditional hotel restaurant. “It’s not that common for people in Denmark to go to a hotel restaurant to have dinner; that’s something we see more in foreign countries. In Denmark, the food served at hotel restaurants has a reputation for being a bit boring and traditional. We want to change that reputation. We
strive to deliver high quality and taste, and we want to exceed the expectations of our guests. We want to show them that the food you get at hotel restaurants can indeed be gourmet food,” says Morten Andersen, service director at Format. The idea for Format was born when Claus Hildebrandt bought Hotel SKT Annæ and decided to give it a makeover. Hildebrandt knew Kristian Arpe-Møller and Rune Amgild from the Restaurant Uformel, which is located close to another of Hildebrandt’s hotels. He liked what Arpe-Møller and Amgild had done