Third time was charmed. Went five years ago and was blown away by the quality and inventiveness…read more Went 18 months ago and much less so; height of busy summer and the bevies were mostly too sweet and just ... nothing special. Felt a bit like a college frat party. Almost skipped it, based on that underwhelming evening, but had to give it another shot late upon an icy and still midnight clear in January. Just amazing...Perfect soundtrack. Sat at the bar to watch the crew, which builds drinks with a bit of panache & showmanship. Started with their Whisky for the Holy Ghost and it was in fact a religious experience: Ghost bourbon, amaretto, Maurin Quina, bitters, salt and served in a chilled corked flask topped with smoke that lingered and really added to the ceremony & taste. My fellow penitents had tasty espresso drinks. It was the second round, however, that was truly memorable. I asked the mad genius behind the bar to concoct an extemporaneous "riff on a Sazerac." Maybe lost in translation, and ended up with more a riff on a vieux carre, but what a riff it was! Michters Rye, calvados in lieu of cognac, a healthy dose of some kind of floral bitters, a few other bitters and a sazeracky absinthe spritz. Guy said he had no idea how it would be, but it was freaking perfection! Skål, indeed.

Very cool, trendy spot. Thankful my friend recommended it. The bartender seemed to really enjoy his…read morejob & helped us with anything we needed. We had one drink and mine was like nothing I've ever had before. If you like orange this will beat you over the head with that flavor in the best way possible.

Excellent food and service, nice atmosphere, and not touristy. I recommend the steak!read more

Meatballs reminded us of IKEA meatballs. Like an exact duplicate. Don't get me wrong, we are a huge…read morefan of them. This just so happened to pop in our head after taking the first bite. Fish was not memorable compared to the meatballs.

Cute eatery in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. We were walking around the neighborhood looking for a place…read moreto eat. Several places that looked good were full and weren't taking walk-ins. So we ended up at Cultur. Cultur has a very open dining room with very simple and airy decor. The food is traditional Swedish. I had the poached fish with butter and horseradish. It was delicious and comforting. Good price too!

Lovely restaurant in Gamla Stan. Good wine and interesting delicious food. I was pleasantly…read moresurprised by the "Tartare with Asparagus crème ", and the fried small potatoes with a lovely mayonnaise. Friendly and professional service. Bit more high end and the new name is "Järnet"!

Am amazing dinner in the heart of Gamalstan! Had the schnitzel and my colleague had the meatballs…read more Very high quality food and enjoyable service.

This restaurant is located in the same plaza as the Nobel Museum so my friend and I knew that it…read morewas going to be a bit pricey. I got the reindeer steak and my friend got the Swedish meatballs. The reindeer steak was maybe a bit undercooked. It had a slight note of blood which I covered with the sauce. It also came with a bunch of roasted carrots. I was hoping that they would add some other elements. Maybe roasted potatoes or cooked greens. I tasted a bit of my friends meatballs and they were super salty. There wasn't enough mash potatoes to balance the salt. You're basically paying for the location. The food was subpar for the amount of money spent. It may be worth going a few blocks away to look for better options.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience and meal for anyone lucky enough to snag a reservation…read more Reservations open at 10 am on the first of the month for the following month and will go quickly, within a couple of minutes, so for a restaurant 15 years in, is still a hot spot to be. I planned my whole Stockholm trip around coming here, and was lucky enough to snag a solo reservation for dinner the last night of my trip in May 2025. Truly nothing comes close to the overall service & hospitality experience and quality of the food and drinks. I have dietary restrictions (no red meat), that they could accommodate with no problem and even provide a printed menu that represented my exact substitutions, which rarely happens for me. The night I came, Björn Frabtzén received a third Michelin star at Frantzén's sister restaurant in Dubai, becoming the only chef in the world to helm three 3-Michelin star restaurants simultaneously, and my experience here really shows why they are the best of the best. You enter from a lobby and are greeted by a host who will guide you through the experience. I had the opportunity to use the restroom and then got a peak into some of the meats I'd be enjoying for my meal in the entryway itself. You then go up an elevator to the Lounge, where you get your first look at the drink menu and your first bites. Frantzén was one of the first restaurants to really champion this experience of moving from room to room for different courses and it sets an ambiance almost of eating at someone's home. It's casual but decadent and the chefs walk you through all of the ingredients you're about to enjoy while casually chit chatting and enjoying the best canapés of your life. After the starters, you're taken through the prep kitchen and the wine cellar to the actual restaurant, which is a large open kitchen where you get to watch the chefs work while enjoying your meal. I was celebrating my birthday, and despite getting the NA pairing (which was excellent minus one drink towards the end) had so many additional generous free pours of incredible wines and champagne throughout the night. Well worth it, as their sommelier won best sommelier at the Scandinavia Michelin ceremony one month later in June 2025, and some of the glasses they gave me for free were easily $100 a piece. Come hungry, because you'll leave stuffed beyond belief for a 5-6 hour meal (and can always hang out longer if the restaurant hasn't closed up for the night.) This menu is legendary and best to go in without too many spoilers, but I had the best dish of my life - the tear drop peas chanwamushi - sweet, so tender, unreal. Another guest told me they wait all year for pea season to get this version of the dish. After dinner, you move back into the lounge where you're treated to after dinner drinks, teas, light sweets (that they will box up for you if you're too full) and the famous cardamom, brown butter, and Madeira madeleines. These mini-versions of madeleines come in a set of 9, are made fresh to order, and are refilled for however long you want to sit and enjoy the ambiance and chat at the end of the night. I felt like over the course of this part in particular, I made friends with other diners and the staff and had one of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of my life. Frantzén is one of the best in the world (and if Reddit is to be believed, the very best) for a reason.

It was good, probably closer to a 4.5. The location is beautiful. Even their bathrooms are nice…read more However, perhaps it's because I ate at Zen already, but I felt it wasn't as special. I was celebrating my birthday there and there was no recognition of that except on the bill, which we found odd. Service otherwise was great. Lots of attention to detail. They served their famous French toast dish, but I preferred the truffle version instead.

We ate in the upper restaurant, which was more like tapas. Everything was outrageously great! A…read moremust do place!

The food here was good, but it was the service that was impeccable. Few places achieve attentive…read moreservice without the slightest hint of snobbery, but Nook does it. Our waiter, whose name I forget, patiently explained the menu to us, gave us wine recommendations (any wine they have by the bottle is also available by the glass), and kept communicating between me and the kitchen regarding my allergies. Was it okay if the pork was marinated in garlic and onion but there were no pieces? Was I lactose intolerant or lactoprotein intolerant? Wow - I didn't even know the difference myself. Now, onto the food. I had the 380kr set menu, and my boyfriend had the 420kr set menu. I would describe the place as Asian fusion. - Salmon: Wow! Baked ever so slightly so that it is still basically raw, it just melts in your mouth like butter and meshes perfectly with the eggplant puree and roe. The fried fish skin chips were also a nice addition. - Pork loin: Now, I think it was because they had to cook the pork completely differently to accomodate my allergies, but I found it a little rough and way too salty. Maybe the normal pork loin that they serve is better. - Dessert: Not many comments here. Chocolate sorbet was very good. Portions definitely run on the smaller side though, so order some snacks from their menu to go with your set dinner. Would definitely recommend checking this place out if you're in Stockholm.

The ambience and the architecture of the restaurant is just perfect. The food was a bit on the…read moreaverage side. They do have amazing cocktails and liquor selection. I went for Cuba libré and grilled chicken with sweet potatoes. The reindeer pattie appetizer is a popular item here. We were a party of 15+ and the service was good. You can order in advance because they get in fresh ingredients the morning of your dinner reservation. 3 stars because they could have been a bit quicker with the service. We waited a long time for food but maybe because we were a huge party of people.

The potato pancakes with fried pork and lingonberries were delicious. This Swedish classic didn't…read moredisappoint.

Came here for dinner after a day of exploring. Operabaren is very intimate, with beautiful stained…read moreglass. I really enjoyed their crawfish appetizer. We had great service, that actually didn't take multiple hours which tells me that they're used to tourists from America. They have another outdoor restaurant with a different menu which I would have liked to try becuase the weather was so lovely.

Although Operakällaren has a Michelin Star and air of exclusivity most well-traveled gourmands will…read moretell visitors that the better experience is next door, a tiny space called Operabaren offering classic Swedish dishes at both lunch and dinner inside a storied space dating to 1905. By no means a space for modernity nor a new age kitchen, the interior Art Nouveau from its painted ceilings and gilded molding to heavy wooden seats, guests entering Opera Bar will find most present during the week donning suits, discussion of business occurring in English and Swedish with a security detail even present on this particular day though nothing about the afternoon seemed unsafe or out of place. Able to see part of the Opera House by way of a trip to the restroom, an elegant feel not unlike most European theaters unsurprising, it was upon return to the table that Bread to be taken by hand from a basket was offered, the seemingly odd gesture from a place otherwise so refined nonetheless yielding soft and dense slices of Rye ready to be slathered with Butter plus delicate Crisps. Happy to have strolled through Kungsträdgården Park en route to make room after a busy morning of eating it was eschewing actual Appetizers that a plate of classic Swedish Meatballs started a three-course meal for two guests, ingredients supposedly the same as those next door yielding five small orbs not nearly as tender as those at Pelican nor Meatballs for the People, though the thin Cream Sauce was complex and rich both on its own or atop pureed Potatoes that contained nearly equal parts Starch and Butter. Taking in the scene while dining, an absence of the music ubiquitous in Restaurants today putting more focus on a "who's who" dynamic that clearly saw servers favoring certain tables, it was after a requested refill of Water that plates of Sausage and Quenelles de Brochet arrived, the former a classic Swedish dish with lots of texture that outperformed one past experience at Aquavit in New York while the souffléd Fish fell flat thanks to under-seasoning and Fennel which muted any Lobster flavor in the Sauce. Surveying a lengthy Dessert menu before making a decision, the sizable portions and richness already adding up, it was on the advice of others that Operabaren's Butter Cream and Meringue Cake was selected over items featuring Rhubarb or Chocolate with Walnuts, the results thankfully justifying an entire meal thanks to crisp yet nearly weightless Almond Meringue layered above and below Cream that tasted like sweetened butter but ate like Mascarpone Cheese.

Wonderful breakfast, though I'm sad the Swedish meatballs are no longer a part of the dinner menu…read more Breakfast buffet includes both Western and Scandinavian options.

Bonnie's is the restaurant located in The Bank Hotel in downtown Stockholm. We were there twice…read morefor dinner over Christmas week. The service is excellent and the food is superb. We had the steak in a nice brown sauce, the duck terrine, the beet root tartar prepared table side, the duck breast, and the special dessert, the Smashed Piggy Bank - chocolate pig prepared table side and then served with whipped cream and ice cream, drizzled with caramel which then we smashed with a hammer to reveal other sweet treats inside. A fun decadent dessert. We also had breakfast there a number of mornings - nice buffet with all kinds of fresh fruit, juices and breads and a menu for ordering hot foods, including omelets, Eggs Benedict, Eggs Royal and a creamy cheese sandwich. Great with a Swedish coffee or the house blend hot tea. A great restaurant in a great hotel in a great location.

From the owner: Mitt på Skeppsbron, fyra hus från slottet ligger Sjöfartshusets Festvåningar. Huset är från…read more1600-talet och erbjuder vackra Gustavianska matsalar och salonger. Under sommarveckorna fram till 10 augusti välkomnar vi er att njuta av Svensk sommarlunch. "Drop in" mellan kl. 11.00-14.00. (stängt måndagar) Konferens och privata middag hela året runt i ljuvlig miljö. Vid middag kan man välja tre eller fem-rättersmeny i enskild matsal. Elegant, klassiskt och prisvärt sedan 60-talet. Välkomma till gamla stan och till Stockholms bästa läge.