The Best Steakhouses in Stockholm

A blackboard listing dry-aged beef cuts is the first thing worth studying at Portal, a well-worn neighborhood restaurant near Sankt Eriksplan that draws a devoted lunch and dinner crowd. The chef's Paris pedigree shows in the precision, but the room feels genuinely Swedish, right down to the artisan beer and the rotating game. Bar Portal next door handles small plates and a longer wine-by-the-glass list when the mood calls for it.

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A former silver factory in Kungsholmen, now home to one of Stockholm's serious steakhouses. The in-house butcher shop and ageing room are visible from the dining room, which is either very honest or very confident, probably both. Swedish dairy cow aged up to 90 days is the signature, though the list runs to Galician old cow and Japanese A5. Ranked eighth on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which narrows the crowd considerably.

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Red leather banquettes, panelled walls, and a wood-fired grill open to the room set the tone at this upscale Stockholm steakhouse. Nordic beef gets top billing alongside Japanese Wagyu and American imports, most of it dry-aged and kissed by flame with the sort of restraint you'd expect from a culture that considers minimalism a moral position. It landed at number 69 on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which is a fine thing to be.

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