Closure
Alchemist will close five months a year from December
· Written up · The Starred Bill
Rasmus Munk’s two-Michelin-star Alchemist in Copenhagen is pausing regular service for five months every year, starting in December 2026. The break, which he calls Intermission, is for research, travel and creative work, and all of its more than 100 staff stay on full pay. November 2026 is the last month to eat there as it is now.
When you can still eat at Alchemist this year
According to HOLA! USA, the usual experience runs until 22 November, followed by five gala evenings from 25 to 29 November with a menu of past signature dishes and wines from the restaurant’s cellar. The November tables were released on 21 September, so expect very few left. During the break Alchemist plans behind-the-scenes tours of its dome and art installations, with tastings of dishes and drinks from the last season, and some special events still to be announced.
What dinner at Alchemist costs now
The Alchemist Experience, up to 50 servings over an evening of four to six hours, is DKK 5,600 (about $835) a person, and the Essential wine pairing DKK 3,000 (about $450). Danish prices already include service and 25% VAT, so nothing is added to the bill. Alchemist says that when it reopens it will charge one fixed price that includes drinks, and that for most guests the total will stay about the same, as more than 70% already take a drinks pairing. The new price hasn’t been given.
When it reopens
No date has been set. HOLA! USA reports a reopening between late April and early May 2027, with a completely new menu, reworked installations and new projections in the dome. Munk says he doesn’t want it simply to reopen but to feel like a premiere, with each new version more ambitious than the last.
Where else to book in Copenhagen this winter
Copenhagen has 21 starred restaurants on our pages, 3 of them with three stars: Geranium and Jordnær charge DKK 4,500 (about $670) for dinner, and Kadeau DKK 4,150 (about $620). Among the other two-stars, Koan is DKK 3,800 (about $565), AOC DKK 3,600 (about $535) and Kong Hans Kælder DKK 3,200 (about $480). All of them, with lunch and wine prices, are on our Copenhagen Michelin star restaurants page.
Sources
- ”Intermission” på Alchemist: Fem måneder om året skal bruges til kreativ fordybelse, Alchemist (press release, Via Ritzau), 17 September 2026.
- Alchemist: The restaurant with a 1 million-person waitlist will close for 5 months a year but keep paying its 100 employees, HOLA! USA, 1 November 2026.
- The Alchemist Experience, Alchemist (checked November 2026).
Prices and the count of Copenhagen’s starred restaurants are from our own restaurant files.
Prices and counts are The Starred Bill’s own data on 3,920 starred restaurants: stars from each country’s latest MICHELIN Guide, menu prices from each restaurant’s own website or, where it publishes none, a recent review, recorded October 2026. US dollar figures use exchange rates from ExchangeRate-API (1 November 2026).