TAK Oslo crowns the Sommerro hotel at Sommerrogata 1 in Frogner, a round rooftop bar and restaurant that wraps a 360-degree view of the city and the fjord around a single floor.
The rooftop is run by chef Frida Rønge under a Nordic-Japanese banner, per the Sommerro house listing, and it opened as part of the hotel's 2022 restoration of the old Art Deco power-company headquarters. The kitchen and the view are pitched at the same level.
Who would love it: a drinker who wants the best rooftop sightline in west Oslo with food worth ordering alongside the cocktails. Who would not: anyone after a cheap pint, because this is a hotel rooftop and the prices match the postcode.
The room is a circular glass-walled space with a terrace that opens in the warmer months, and the round plan means every seat gets a slice of the panorama. Star Wine List notes the bar runs a serious by-the-glass programme, which rewards the drinker who skips the obvious.
The move is a cocktail or a glass of something interesting with a few of the Nordic-Japanese small plates. The bar takes walk-ins rather than reservations and runs a 25-year age limit after 10pm, per the venue's own information, so the late crowd skews older than a downtown bar.
Hours run Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm to midnight, closed Sunday and Monday, which makes it a planned outing rather than a casual drop-in. The terrace is the seat to ask for on a clear evening, and on a summer night it goes fast.
The crowd is a mix of hotel guests, west-side locals marking an occasion, and visitors who booked the view. Falstaff and Tripadvisor reviewers both center the panorama and the kitchen, with the usual rooftop caveat that the bill climbs quickly.
Best time to go is the hour before sunset on a clear evening, when the light works across the fjord and the terrace is open. For another high room in the centre, compare it with the rooftop at the Grand Hotel over Karl Johans gate.
The building is part of the appeal worth understanding. Sommerro restored a 1930s functionalist landmark, and TAK sits on top of it as the public crown, which gives the rooftop a sense of place that a glass-tower bar rarely has. The round floor plan is the design signature.
For the drinker, the trade is clear: pay west-Oslo rooftop prices and get a 360-degree view, a real wine and cocktail list, and a kitchen with a name attached. It is a special-occasion room, and it knows it.
The wider hotel is part of the calculation. Sommerro houses several bars and restaurants below the rooftop, including a champagne bar and a ground-floor brasserie, so a night here can start lower in the building and finish at the top. That makes TAK a fitting last stop rather than the only reason to come.
For the cocktail drinker, the round bar at the centre of the floor is the seat to ask for over a terrace table on a cold night, because it keeps the view without the chill. The bartenders work a list that changes with the season, and asking for a recommendation tends to beat ordering off the menu.
Booking is worth a thought even without reservations. Because the bar runs a walk-in policy, arriving early on a clear evening is the surest way to land a terrace seat before the after-work crowd claims the rail, and a weeknight visit beats a packed Saturday for the view.
For more high-up rooms, see our rooftop bars in Oslo guide and the global rooftop bars list, or browse the wider Oslo bar guide.
Nearby in Oslo: Nodee Sky, another of the city's rooftop bars worth a stop.
