Although it is not located in the castle itself, this is the restaurant affiliated with Gripsholm…read morePalace. It's on the edge of the grounds, and located right off the path leading from the palace to the town. We were never disappointed with any of the slottscafeet (castle cafe) dining experiences that we had anywhere in Sweden. My daughter, who spent much more time in Sweden than me, says that restaurants near tourist destinations tend to be pretty universally good, unlike the tourism situation in the US. Because Sweden has a fairly short summer, most of the year-round business comes from locals, who won't abide poor food, so only the quality places survive. This particular place is a glass walled pavilion style building, which is perfect for a relaxing lunch. I somehow managed to miss taking pictures of this spot, but I'm posting one shot of a railroad turntable, where you can see the restaurant in the upper left corner. Also, I'm posting a couple of other pictures looking back toward the castle, and towards the town of Mariefred, hopefully showing that the location is convenient from everywhere. I didn't see a Yelp entry for the castle itself (I suspect my Swedish search skills are sub-par). So, if you find yourself at this restaurant, do not miss the castle - it's the National Portrait Gallery, as well as a spectacular building. We made one of my all-time favorite day trips to Gripsholm, by taking a train from Stockholm, and a bus into town. Highly recommended.

Pea soup that comes with freshly baked bread, hard boiled egg, shrimp, tea/coffee and sparkling…read morewater meal. Ham sandwich on the upper right hand corner. The location is great with areas to sit outside of cafe. The staff are very efficient and try to help me. I still miss the food here after leaving Sweden so definitely give the soup a try!

Best place in Uppsala Pastry and lunches are very tasty and…read morefriendly staff. Location by the Fyris river with outside seating.

Cute cafe! The spanish hot chocolate was delicious as well as the pecan pie!read more

Beat espresso in Mariefred. Flat Whites are excellent. Milkshakes, ice cream and cakes. Sit inside…read moreor outside under the umbrellas. Center of old town.

Good flatbreads.read more

Nice indoor/ outdoor cafe with coffees, pastries, salads, sandwiches, beer and wine. Ordered a…read morelatte which was okay and the apple pie with vanilla sauce was great. Service was huffy, impatient and painfully slow which is why I can't rate it higher. Prices are slightly reasonable here which is shocking because there is a view. Not my favorite place for a mid day "fika" as the Swedish would say but the setting is wonderful.

This place was amazing!…read more It's a hidden Baroque gem about a 45 minute drive from the center of Stockholm. This place is a very old and unique summer castle from the height of Sweden's age of power. I was so surprised at how cool this place was when we showed up! There's an unfinished ballroom that was closed up and untouched for hundreds of years. It looks like the workers building it just went to lunch and never came back. Apparently, this is one of the only places that you can see a real good example of such a thing. I also had no idea that there would be such a nice apple orchard open to the public! I recommend going in August or September so you get to pick some of them. We took so many apples home i'm still kinda wondering what to do with them... LOL! It's hard to keep reminding yourself how old everything in this castle really is! Just looking at the paintings of men standing in their old-school version of M.C. Hammer pants can help a little though, lol! It's a nice place to take your time wandering around in. I don't recommend the "housekeeping" tour other than the fact that you get a glimpse of the large library. They lied and said that they would try to do some english for me on the tour, but they didn't. I would've probably gone on the regular english speaking tour if I had known that. I also feel like it dragged on forever. Everyone with me said she was a weird tour guide who wanted a "discussion" rather than a tour and that she knew hardly anything about history or how to answer peoples questions. Another downside to the castle was the lack of gardens. They had images in the castle library that showed plans for expansive baroque gardens that were not actually on site. It would have been nice to see that either restored or imagined in person. I also think that the "docking area" for ships, that has been let to ruin, would have been nice to see in its restored state as well. The original home of the castle builder on the sight, which is even older than the castle, was also not available for viewing. Kind of a bummer! Apparently, they rent that building out as actual livable apartments. So, if your looking for a unique place to hang your hat you can check out www.sfv.se for a vacancy! The cafe staff were pleasant and helpful despite the food not being so great. I didn't think my caesar salad was very exciting. The other people with me got their overpriced waffles. My significant other went back for a second because it wasn't enough food for a filling lunch. But, we obviously did not come here for the food. On another note, the art exhibits surrounding the halls really didn't make a lot of sense being displayed throughout the castle and cluttering it up. It made it feel a little cheaper than it would've without all that crap. I still don't understand the artist's exhibit that was there at the time. The actual painter that was featured had no real paintings on site. It was just other unknown contemporary artists that were "inspired from his works" so far as I could tell. Strange. What I thought was the coolest thing in the building was the Armory. It's freaking huge! They had such an enormous collection on site, I was thoroughly impressed. It's definitely a must see. I love how everything hanging in a real setting makes it feel so much more relatable than if it were just sitting in a museum. Standing there you could picture being one of the men that could just grab one of those suits and a sword to go do whatever knights go do. :) VERY COOL!