Best Restaurants in Sweden 2026

Feskekörka

A 19th-century fish market hall in Gothenburg whose name literally means "fish church" for its vaulted, church-like stone architecture. Inside are fishmonger stalls selling the day's catch, with a couple of counters serving prepared seafood to eat on the spot.

Gabriel

A seafood restaurant set on the upper level of Feskekörka, Gothenburg's fish market hall, giving it direct access to what's landed downstairs. The menu leans classic Swedish seafood preparations - shellfish, whitefish, and simple sauces that let the ingredient lead.

Lisa Elmqvist

A long-running seafood counter and restaurant inside Östermalms Saluhall, Stockholm's historic food market. It serves classic Swedish seafood - herring, shrimp, smoked salmon, and the seasonal delicacy of crayfish - in a market-hall setting with counter seating alongside table service.

Hermans

Hermans is a vegetarian buffet restaurant on Sodermalm, built around a large self-serve spread of hot dishes, salads and baked goods rather than a plated menu. It has run for decades as one of Stockholm's better-known vegetarian spots, with a terrace that looks out over the water toward Gamla Stan. The style is relaxed and informal, closer to a canteen than a fine-dining room.

Bhoga

An upscale vegetarian tasting-menu restaurant in Gothenburg that treats Nordic vegetables and foraged ingredients with the same technique typically reserved for meat and fish - fermentation, smoking, and reduction sauces built around produce. The dining room is understated and minimalist, in keeping with the kitchen's focus.

Ostermalmshallen

This is a food hall on Ostermalmstorg, rebuilt in recent years with a mix of butchers, fishmongers, cheese counters and small eat-in stalls under one roof. The stalls range from classic Swedish delicatessen counters selling herring and cured meats to newer additions doing oysters, sandwiches and coffee. The building itself is bright and modern after the renovation, a step up from the older market hall it replaced.

Trattoria La Strega

Urban Deli Nytorget

Urban Deli on Nytorget in Sodermalm combines a grocery deli, bar and restaurant in one space, serving modern Scandinavian dishes alongside deli counters selling cheese, charcuterie and prepared foods. It's a casual, all-day kind of place that draws a Sodermalm neighborhood crowd for coffee, lunch and dinner alike. The space is open and market-like rather than a conventional single-purpose restaurant.

PM och Vanerna

Kalf and Hansen

A Nordic deli and sandwich counter in Gothenburg built around open-faced smörgåsar piled with cured and pickled fish, cold cuts, and house-made spreads. The look is simple and market-stall casual - a counter, a short list on a chalkboard, and stools rather than a full dining room.

Berns Asiatiska

Berns Asiatiska is the pan-Asian restaurant inside the Berns complex near Berzelii Park, known historically as much for its grand 19th-century interior as for the food. The menu draws on Chinese, Thai and other Southeast Asian cooking, served in a large ornate dining room under the building's chandeliers and mirrored walls. It functions as part restaurant, part scene, tied to Berns' broader bar and nightlife operation.

Agrikultur

Agrikultur is a small farm-to-table restaurant that built its reputation on a tight, no-choice set menu sourced heavily from Swedish producers, changing frequently with what's available. The room is small and plain, putting the focus on the food rather than decor. It sits at the higher end of casual dining in Stockholm without being a full formal tasting-menu restaurant.

Gondolen

Gondolen sits up on the Katarinahissen structure above Slussen, and the main draw is the room itself: a long, narrow dining space suspended with views over Stockholm harbor and the old town. The kitchen serves modern Swedish cooking built around seasonal produce and classic technique rather than showy plating. It reads as a special-occasion restaurant more than a casual stop.

Mathias Dahlgren

Mathias Dahlgren, inside the Grand Hotel, is the fine-dining restaurant from the chef of the same name, built around New Nordic technique applied to Swedish ingredients. It has held Michelin recognition for years on a tasting-menu format that changes with the seasons. The setting is formal, matching the Grand Hotel's overall register rather than a casual neighborhood feel.

Tennstopet

Tennstopet is an old-school Stockholm restaurant and bar near Odenplan, serving traditional Swedish dishes like meatballs and other husmanskost in a dark wood-paneled room that has changed little over the decades. It functions as both a proper dining room and a late bar, with a crowd that shifts from dinner diners to drinkers as the night goes on. The atmosphere leans toward classic Stockholm tavern rather than anything modernized.

Aifur

A Viking-themed restaurant in Stockholm's Gamla Stan old town, set in a stone-walled cellar space meant to evoke a Norse mead hall. The menu draws on hearty, old-style Nordic dishes - game, root vegetables, and mead - served with a theatrical, medieval-tavern presentation.

Babette

A Stockholm wine bar and small-plates restaurant known for a wood-fired oven that anchors much of the menu, turning out flatbreads and roasted vegetables alongside a natural-leaning wine list. The room has an easy, bar-forward feel suited to sharing several small dishes rather than a formal set menu.