There aren’t many restaurants with as much character and personality as 19 Glas. Owner Peter Bennyson is a bit of a one-off. With his huge enthusiasm...
The sacral atmosphere in the whitewashed cellar vault, the Swedish-French tone of the cuisine, the professional, formal service which addresses ladies...
Two of the country’s most talented chefs are finally out at pasture among ordinary restaurant goers after years without their own fine dining restaura...
The entrance in the old industrial building on Kungsholmen may be discreet but inside Johan Jureskog’s and Klas Ljungquist’s huge establishment two fl...
It’s hard not to get caught up in the bubbling enthusiasm of this place. Passionate young souls work both front of house and in the kitchen. Where and...
The taxi stops in front of an interior design store. The word “Living” in slanted font dispels the darkness with its harsh white neon. We go around th...
It may be short on space but it’s long on love. Everything is possible and nothing is too much trouble for the staff who help create the great atmosph...
It was a heavily hyped opening night when little Babette opened at the beginning of 2015. Not surprising, considering the dream team behind it. The he...
There’s still a buzz around Bastard’s heart - the big, beautiful bar which runs in a square in the middle of the restaurant and frames not only the ki...
Bhoga means enjoyment in Sanskrit, and you really do enjoy yourself here. The restaurant, which was extended last summer, is decorated using a restrai...
Outside Umeå, where not that long ago fields dominated the landscape, stands a converted garage, Bistro Le Garage. Choose three dishes freely from the...
Few restaurants have such a finely honed concept as Bloom in the Park, beautifully situated in Pildammsparken and with a quietly sensational interior...
Once you’ve cruised up to the highest floor, tacked across the simple canteen, and find yourself waiting for the friendly maître d’ to find your booki...
Almost a year ago B.A.R got a sibling on Engelbrektsgatan 13 in the Gamla Väster area. The restaurateur duo became a trio, increased their focus on na...
Karin Fransson was one of the first to drag fresh herbs into Swedish restaurant kitchens. Today they form the backbone of her confident cooking. Here,...
Nya Carnegiebryggeriet provides a dazzling restaurant experience on a par with the light that once shone from here when the famous Luma light bulb fac...
Luleå was named Growth Municipality of the Year in Sweden in 2015 and in the main city the restaurant scene is growing like mad. Which means that the...
”Surface tension” is what Daniel Berlin calls his winter menu. The expression refers to the way in which liquids through inner cohesion fight against...
The concept is created by meat lovers for meat lovers and is extremely well thought through. One animal at a time is the motto here. All cuts of meat...
A visit to Dorsia is like being dreamily transported in time and place to the decadent Paris of the Roaring Twenties. Take a dose of grandiose furnitu...
It’s easy to miss this little cosy nook. From the outside it looks as though it’s part of the significantly larger restaurant, Stationen. Once inside...
The day after our dinner the smell of smouldering birch wood lingers in our clothes like a dear, slightly faded memory. Because at Ekstedt the kitchen...
A party atmosphere reigns over Eriks Gondolen and has done since one of Sweden’s most popular restaurateurs, Erik Lallerstedt, took over the place alm...
Gastronomic artistry at the esoteric level reached here at the top of this old theatre building is unparalleled in this country, probably in all the N...
Combining a city-slick hipster feel and a glint in the eye with cozy turn-of-the-century romantic nostalgia is not something many people manage to pul...
A few steps up from the street, Fiskekrogen with its huge windows looks out over the very oldest part of Gothenburg with its canals and bridges. Large...
It’s incomprehensible how a dining room made up of one large room with 100 seats can feel so intimate. The rough exposed beams (think barns) meet blac...
The legend Magnus Nilsson and his super professional ensemble run what is without doubt Sweden’s most outstanding performance up in the mountains of J...
The bright white and copper-shiny restaurant on Artellerigatan could so easily have been transformed into a humourless clinical backdrop - the cosines...
Gotthards Krog in Umeå’s most central and lively district has almost everything a really good restaurant should have: excellent staff in the dining ro...
The hole in the wall on busy Sankt Eriksbron chugs along on its chosen path. Well-thought-out, vegetable-focused dishes are paired with intense carniv...
We felt it straight away. Something had happened. When we sat down in front of the tables decked in white, freshly-ironed tablecloths, we were met by...
Few places can deliver such a charming complete experience as Gula Hönan. The large, wonky house with creaky floors, faded ceiling murals and old lace...
Den Gyldene (Swedish for “The Golden”) is really shining and shimmering this year. We’ve always enjoyed this restaurant. It’s a place you want to come...
It’s easy to see why Elsa Elisabeth Brahe wanted to build on this particular spot in 1659: the view over Görvälnsviken bay is breath-taking. And so, c...
They appear to have a fine feel for pure flavours, the Laiti family from Tornedalen. Simon, the nationally recognised founder of Hemmagastronomi, has...
The curtain goes up at 7pm on the dot. A stone’s throw from Stigbergstorget there’s a Japanese microcosmos where nothing is left to chance. This is Jo...
What to do when spring arrives and the parsnips are still in the ground? When the frost has given them a rounder taste and added sweetness? Restaurate...
A restaurant experience doesn’t get much more in your face than the omakase bar Imouto in Esperanto’s dining room. As soon as we park ourselves around...
When Kock & Vin became Koka a couple of years ago it was a sign of the times. The previously pretentious service and setting was transposed into a mor...
The legendary cloakroom is gone; these days you just hang up your coat as you come through the door when you enter Konstnärsbaren’s magnificent and ch...
Ulrika Karlsson was rummaging around in her wellies snipping lichen and shoots long before foraging and ultra-local produce was even a trend. That’s w...
Carnivores would do well to choose Köksbaren. And there are many that do this evening. They know their meat here. And serve carefully chosen cuts from...
It’s going really well for Lilla Ego. After two years it’s still full steam ahead at this little restaurant behind Odenplan. A hardy and hopeful gang...
On a fine summer’s day, take the number 1 bus to Lilla Essingen, go down the steps under the bridge and walk along the little waterfront promenade to...
Natural. That doesn’t just sum up the wines but the whole experience in this always crammed little corner joint in the restaurant-packed area around F...
There are numerous restaurants on lovely Magasingatan. It was a different story when Magnus2 opened their doors almost 20 years ago. These days the po...
Grand Hôtel, S Blasieholmshamnen 6, 103 27 Stockholm
The entrance is the same, but if you head off to the left in Mathias Dahlgren’s establishment in the Grand Hotel a rather more lively show awaits you...
The heart of Mellbygatan is called Samuel Didier and can be found in the dining room. He is like a happy combination of a jolly pub landlord who knows...
The style is a synthesis between diametrically opposed approaches to restaurant cooking right now. Here you’ll find references to fast food alongside...
Djurgården has many attractions, of both the more sophisticated and accessible kind. Oaxen Krog and Slip align well with their two concepts. These day...
The “Slip” (named after the Swedish word for slipway) may be the simpler part of restaurateur couple Magnus Ek and Agneta Green’s restaurant venture o...
Do we really have to go here? We are predisposed to dislike concept restaurants, especially tone that focuses on something as old-school, unhealthy an...
Who would have thought that we would get to grill marshmallows over an open fire at a table at Operakällaren? The Swedish national restaurant under th...
Like a seasoned workshop leader, the maître d’ takes us systematically through what’s going to happen over the evening, point by point. It may sound l...
A smart dining room, roof terrace, cafe, bakery and hotel. The PM empire dominates central Växjö. But it’s around the bistro on the ground floor that...
Klas Lindberg was Chef of the Year in 2012 and an Olympic Gold medal winner the same year. He belongs to the wide circle of top chefs who choose to pu...
The little deli on the street whets our appetite and clearly signals what the kitchen here is passionate about – top-notch, carefully selected produce...
Pubologi is no ordinary pub. Sure, if you were feeling generous you could say the decor was pub-like – with high tables and bar stools alongside. Ther...
Punks showed an anarchistic finger to both the bourgeois and progressive Seventies, created an anti-aesthetic and were powered by a brazen do-it-yours...
You can rely on Rolfs. This is the place to go when you crave well-cooked food with a sure footing in Nordic food culture, smartened up to appeal to a...
Naturally, the name Råkultur (raw culture) was not chosen by accident. Here, Sayan Isaksson and his team have created a veritable cult around raw moll...
The chef’s table at Shibumi is recommended for those with an exhibitionist bent. The table for four is placed right in the line of vision behind the c...
The tastefully renovated red-painted former warehouse, which once upon a time belonged to the East India Company, is beautifully situated by the entra...
Not far from the buzzing nightlife on Avenyn a warm welcoming glow shines out from a pair of enormous arched windows towards an anonymous and peaceful...
As soon as you cross the drawbridge the tone is set. This is not some joint you casually slip into unnoticed. A glass of cava and an amuse-bouche, lik...
From the outside, Smak doesn’t look like much; it’s easy just to walk on past it. But don’t, because once you’re inside – wow! In a spot which obvious...
After a peaceful walk along the beach or through the picturesque village on Gotland’s east coast it’s wonderful to sit down to a laid table. The sea r...
A stone’s throw from the central train station and up a flight of stone stairs, a graphic crossbow, armed with a fork, indicates that we’ve reached to...
Helsingborg may be one of Sweden’s most restaurant-packed cities, but those who want to get a taste of the most luxurious flavours in the area should...
You go to Spisa to drink and eat tasty and rustic food from the cuisine of the Mediterranean, but above all to socialise and have fun. The pleasurable...
It's slightly ironic that a restaurant situated inside a museum dedicated to wine and spirits has one of the best alcohol-free drinks lists in the cou...
There are some restaurants you visit once, others you return to - and then there’s Sturehof. This is a restaurant you want to keep coming back to – ag...
This little hole in the wall with big ambitions is popular, and exactly an hour after we take our place it’s time for the next big group of sushi fans...
In Gothenburg, harbour, opposite the grandiose opera house, you’ll find Swedish Taste. A food-curious clientele come to former Chef of the Year Magnus...
These days you can begin your evening in the round bar to the left of the entrance and let a stern Ingmar Bergman look down over your party from the a...
The warm, cosy atmosphere hits you at the door – and right away creates the feeling of living to the manor born, if only for one evening. From the cap...
Next year Thörnströms Kök celebrates 20 years in the same location. These days, when concepts and restaurateurs are ever changing, it’s refreshing tha...
On the same street as the historic Hotell Borgholm Chef Jonas Åhman runs his restaurant. The party atmosphere is apparent as soon as you come in throu...
High above everything else in Gothenburg soars this restaurant which since its opening has aimed for the stars - in more than one sense. And sure, it’...
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Södra Hamnen 6, 471 32 Skärhamn
In a building which runs out into the sea and harmonises with the barren Bohuslän rocks, lies both a watercolour museum of world-renown and one of Boh...
In a cluster of Uppsala’s beautiful old buildings lies Villa Anna. It’s a neat, low-key and elegant building from 1874, which provides a clear indicat...
The paint has barely had time to dry after the renovation of Sandskogen Värdshus - these days renamed Villa Strandvägen, with the many-time Chef of th...
Vin & Skafferi is right next door to a medieval tower and guests sit comfortably in the sheltered inner courtyard on a warm summer evening and enjoy a...
The Vollmer brothers have the traditional dishes served in local Scanian inns in their DNA. But the food they serve is far from the same tired old num...
Volt doesn’t make a big fuss about itself and at first glance you could easily mistake it for an ordinary neighbourhood restaurant – don’t. Nowhere el...
Clarion Hotel Post, Drottningtorget 10, 411 03 Gothenburg
Sweden meets Japan, declares vRÅ. But it’s just as much an impressive hotel lobby meeting a cosy nook. From the bustle of the Clarion Hotel Post entra...
In a time when new events on the restaurant scene keep replacing each other at an ever faster tempo, it can be a bit of a shock to cross the threshold...
It’s warm in here. The cardigans come off. And you sit so close to each other that contact with foreign bodies is unavoidable. Nothing wrong with that...
Yolo’s fine dining concept maintains its position in this affluent suburb, but most locals meet in the new Yolo bar where smaller dishes are served. T...
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