I am going to give a 5 star because it is consistently pleasant here and...when I forgot my cap in…read moreminus weather this winter, I came back and there is a rack at the door where kind patrons hang up stuff other people like me forget. There was an umbrella, a pair of gloves, a scarf and my cap I bought last year in Osaka during sakura season.
This little cafe is in the Haga neighborhood, which is written about in every tourist brochure and online review, and a favorite of locals like myself to walk through the cobblestone streets and browse through the antique stores, specialty shops, and cafes. The name is also true to Gothenberg's famous sense of humor and play on words in the Gothenberg dialect. Like (P)arken. Don't worry, if you don't speak Swedish or Göteborgska you will still enjoy this place as a tourist or a local. The breakfast is what brings me in all seasons--when it is chilly to warm I sit outside to watch the people pass by. The street is officially closed to traffic, but there are still trucks and cars that pass through, although not as busy as the Avenyn district. For 70kr you get either the oatmeal or yogurt breakfast, I prefer the yogurt which gives you a hearty bowl of yogurt, homemade muesli, and your choice of raspberry jam or applesauce, a cheese sandwich, and a glass of apple or orange juice and cup of coffee or tea. Tea is refillable for free and coffee is just about 1 dollar. The cheese sandwich is on either a whole wheat or white bread that is always fluffy, moist and filled with nuts and poppyseed on the top. I often wrap it up to take with me when I leave for a little snack later as I go about my day. It holds its texture all day,not drying up to a crouton as many breads will. The decor is a little dark and with muted greens and greys and they have a shelf on the far end with local artists work that rotate and the wall on the left or entrance side is one long bulletin board that they are very open and happy to let whoever wants to post their flyers. Artists shows, yoga teachers classes and retreats, book releases, dog walking services, it is all there in a friendly chaos. They also offer the standard fare of salad, sandwiches and Swedish fika sweets so it is a nice place to take a break if you are a tourist or visitor to experience the Swedish fika. During the winter, it is very warm...so you feel at home and can really take off all your coats, scarves, sweaters, etc. and relax there. The women who work there are always friendly and the food, as I said, is always consistent and tasty. It is a place to take a book to read, meet and linger with a friend to catch up, work on your novel. Friendly staff, and consistently friendly is for some reason a rare thing for me to find in Gothenberg, so this bumps it up to a 5 in my yelp book. Ö+=