The Best Nordic Food in Stockholm
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The best Nordic food in Stockholm, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the White Guide, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. AIRA comes out on top.
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Ekstedt and NISCH hold the next two places. The White Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater close behind.
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Rank 1. AIRA
Modern Nordic
A boathouse-shaped building of Corten steel and glass sits on the water near Royal Djurgården, Stockholm's old royal hunting ground turned city park. Inside, this two-Michelin-star tasting menu restaurant is light-filled and precise, the kind of room where the cooking matches the architecture in its sense of occasion. The waterside terrace handles pre-dinner drinks beautifully, and the non-alcoholic pairing, built from garden ingredients, is worth serious consideration.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- White Guide White Guide: Global Masters Level · White Guide
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- White Guide Global Masters Level · White Guide
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden
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Rank 2. Ekstedt
Nordic
Every dish at this Stockholm fine dining room comes from an open fire, because Niklas Ekstedt cooks without electricity. Visits begin with a kitchen tour and an oyster snack prepared in a flame-licked cone, which sets the tone neatly. Juniper smoke, reindeer, and various Scandinavian ingredients that probably had a better morning than you follow. The room holds a Michelin star, and the service team is warm enough to balance the theatrical primitivism.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- White Guide White Guide: Masters Level · White Guide
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- White Guide Masters Level · White Guide
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden
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Rank 3. NISCH
Modern Nordic
The awards
- White Guide White Guide: Very Fine Level · White Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. Seafood Gastro
Nordic Seafood
Inside the Grand Hôtel, this Michelin-starred seafood restaurant stakes its whole identity on the tasting menu, a procession of langoustines, raw shrimp, and Oscietra caviar with Japanese touches folded in, wasabi here, a chawanmushi there. The kitchen treats every piece of fish and shellfish as though it cost a small fortune, which, to be fair, it probably did. Dress accordingly and go hungry.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 5. Bobergs Matsal
Modern Nordic
The dining room inside Nordiska Kompaniet has looked the same since before anyone's grandparents were born, all gilded plasterwork and hushed department-store grandeur on the fourth floor. It's a proper sit-down lunch restaurant now steered by the team behind two-Michelin-starred Aira, running Nordic cooking with French undercurrents through a daily three-course menu and a full à la carte. The crowd tends to dress for the room, which is to say they've just been shopping somewhere expensive.
The awards
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Rank 5. Hantverket Mat & Bar
Nordic
The name means "the craft," and the kitchen takes that literally, turning classic Swedish comfort food into the kind of meal you think about on the flight home. Chef Stefan Ekengren is also a cookbook author, which explains why the hasselback potatoes and änglamat feel like they were written before they were cooked. The bar's eight-seat communal table gets the full menu alongside tailored cocktails, so there's no wrong seat in the house.
The awards