Lupa
Bistro Lupa is developed by the team behind Restaurant Ark and Beyla - called ‘The Ark Collection’. We are the second restaurant in the Nordics to receive a Green Michelin Star - an accolade awarded to restaurants that focus on sustainable gastronomy, and one of only 13 fully plant based restaurants in the world along with our sister restaurant - Restaurant Ark.
Lupa is a bistro re-envisioned. Focusing on completely plant based cuisine, with friendly service, a high level of craftsmanship and focus on sustainability - exemplified by our Green Michelin Star. Our food takes inspiration from seasons and what we can forage in our local environment.
Lupa represents protection, leadership, spirit and the importance of social connections.
We’ll hope to see you soon.
OUR TEAM
At the core of the company are three distinct but tightly aligned roles.
Jason Renwick, founder and CEO, is the engine, equal parts operator and dreamer, shaping the company’s direction while running day-to-day operations and foraging ingredients himself; his global hospitality background, business training, and Aussie roots (surfboard never far away) feed a constant pursuit of innovation and sustainability.
Alongside him, Brett Lavender, Executive Chef, translates vision into flavor, drawing on nearly two decades across England, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan to craft bold, high-level cuisine that challenges expectations and prioritizes excitement as much as precision.
Completing the trio, Jenia Nelisova, Creative Director and Brand Manager, is the storyteller and architect of experience—overseeing design, branding, concept development, and strategy to ensure every touchpoint, from interiors to menus to marketing, feels cohesive, memorable, and rooted in the company’s sustainable ethos.
THE ARK COLLECTION
OUR CAUSE
Bistro Lupa is part of ‘The Ark Collection’. Located in different parts of Copenhagen, The Ark Collection restaurants pose a variety of high quality, plant based food concepts, with cool contexts, that happen to be good for the planet.
Our menus are inspired by seasons, local produce but also global influences. The Ark Collection offers places for any occasion, taste or budget.
Through craftsmanship and determination, the Ark collection exemplifies that plant based food can be exciting and flavorsome.
Only these food characteristics challenge mindsets and can inspire others to eat less meat and thereby ease the current environmental pressure on our planet.
Conscious, yet exciting, dining.
OUR STATEMENT
VISION
We want to keep pioneering the plant based scene in Denmark.
We believe that by posing a unique, positive and attractive approach to the vegan narrative, we continue to dissolve stereotypes, and exceeds expectations
MISSION
We will continuously create places and dishes that are exciting, have a story, and focus on quality.
We question conventional methods and remind people about the bigger picture. Our choices matter.
We see the good in people, and believe that by bringing them together we can learn how to move forward together.
VALUES
Our projects showcase that businesses can create concepts that ease the environmental pressure on our planet, and we believe that sustainability isn’t simply an option but a must in our business model now and in the future.
As a company we do not preach, nor are we perfect - but we are honest, inquisitive and determined.