Cafe L’orange

We were visiting from the US and this restaurant was near our Air B N B Apartment.
The staff was super friendly. The menu was in Danish and the staff helped to translate it for us.
We each had a pizza. Yum!
Great food, fair price. Indoor and outdoor seating available.
We recommend this restaurant!

My husband and I just returned from a week in Denmark. We stayed in an apartment in Valby and had the great pleasure of dining at Café L’Orange the first night. I’d researched it and it was everything I hoped for. A charming restaurant with an extremely friendly, cozy atmosphere and staff and the food is just delicious! I had the Thai salad, the Curry Noodles, the Chicken burger (we were there three nights — it was that good) — and they were all excellent!
When people talk of the gems — those places they find on vacation — that helped make the experience great — they are talking about places JUST LIKE Café L’Orange.

I quite like this spot, as the service and standard of food far surpass the usual more popular Valby cafés such as Ciré (bad! Order drinks only if you have to go there!), Sommerfuglen (really incompetent service) or Fy & Bi (bad service, so-​so food). Admittedly, the location is not as nice, but if you can live without people watching on the main drag, there are 2 very nice back patios.
Brunch costs roughly the same as its competition, but there’s more variety and a bit more care, such as offering 3 lovely little desserts, and delicious Greek yougurt parfaits in jars. My husband was aggrieved to learn coffee wasn’t included in the price, but I normally fuel up on my own nicer coffee before setting out anyway, as I have learned is best.
Burgers are also a good choice, as they come with delicious garlic mayonnaise for the fries and more inventive presentation and toppings.
I have to say, however, I have been the most impressed with their salads, as decent ones are not easy dishes to acquire at normal Danish cafés. Theirs on the other hand are properly dressed and prepared. The Salad Nicoise is particularly good, as they grill tuna steaks to serve with it, and most impressive, they’re served rare in the middle!
Bar selections are okay, no giant standouts, although Jacobsen can be had. (It’d of course be nicer if there were a couple local or international microbrews), but their house wine is perfectly decent. In all, the smartest choice among Valby’s cafés.