Food tours and tastings to book

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All 30 cafes

Ranked by our editors.

Da Matteo Magasinsgatan

  • ★ 4.7
  • Espresso with house-roasted beans
  • Centrum
  • Gothenburg

Da Matteo's Magasinsgatan branch houses the company's roastery and serves espresso and filter drinks using beans roasted on site.

SOL Bageri och Kaffe

SOL Bageri och Kaffe on Eklandagatan is among Scandinavia's most respected small bakeries, known for sourdough loaves, laminated pastries and specialty.

Drop Coffee Roasters

  • ★ 4.7
  • Pour-over light-roast filter
  • Sodermalm
  • Stockholm

Drop Coffee on Wollmar Yxkullsgatan in Stockholm's Södermalm is the third-wave cafe and roastery from 2009; light-roast filter, pour-over and a Mariatorget.

Da Matteo Vallgatan

  • ★ 4.6
  • Espresso and pour-over filter
  • Centrum
  • Gothenburg

Da Matteo on Vallgatan is the flagship cafe of the Gothenburg coffee company that pioneered specialty coffee in Sweden.

Café Pascal

  • ★ 4.6
  • Flat white with cardamom bun
  • Vasastan
  • Stockholm

Café Pascal on Norrtullsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan runs the third-wave coffee bar locals send friends to; the cardamom bun pulled apart and arranged.

Rosendals Trädgård

Rosendals Trädgård on Rosendalsterrassen in Stockholm's Djurgården runs the biodynamic garden cafe; wood-fired sourdough, cardamom buns and an orchard.

Cafe Husaren

  • ★ 4.5
  • Filter coffee with a hagabullen
  • Haga
  • Gothenburg

Cafe Husaren in Haga has served the neighbourhood since 1890 from a listed building on Haga Nygata.

Vete-Katten

  • ★ 4.5
  • Filter coffee with kanelbulle
  • Norrmalm
  • Stockholm

Vete-Katten on Kungsgatan in Stockholm's Norrmalm has run the classic Swedish konditori since 1928; semla, kanelbulle, princess cake and karlsbader buns.

Fabrique Stenugnsbageri

  • ★ 4.5
  • Cappuccino with cardamom bun
  • Sankt Eriksplan
  • Stockholm

Fabrique on Odengatan in Stockholm's Vasastan is a branch of the stone-oven bakery chain, which now has bakeries in Stockholm, London and New York.

Lillebrors Bageri

Lillebrors Bageri on Rörstrandsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan bakes the Vasastan cardamom bun the local press argues about; sourdough, pastries and coffee.

Kaffelabbet

Kaffelabbet on Landsvagsgatan in Majorna is part coffee gear shop and part brew bar.

Rada Gelato

  • ★ 4.4
  • Organic gelato by the scoop
  • Majorna
  • Gothenburg

Rada Gelato on Landsvagsgatan in Majorna makes organic gelato in creative flavours including tonka vanilla, brown butter and seasonal fruit.

Cafe Saturnus

  • ★ 4.4
  • Cinnamon bun with filter coffee
  • Ostermalm
  • Stockholm

Cafe Saturnus on Eriksbergsgatan in Stockholm's Östermalm bakes the city's largest cinnamon bun, marble cakes and a runs Sunday brunch on the corner.

Nordic Brew Lab

  • ★ 4.4
  • Pour-over with bean of the week
  • Vasastan
  • Stockholm

Nordic Brew Lab on Torsgatan is a Stockholm flagship store with an experience bar: rotating specialty roasters, brewing gear and coffee workshops.

Viktors Kaffe

  • ★ 4.3
  • Specialty filter coffee
  • Vasastaden
  • Gothenburg

Viktors Kaffe opened in 2012 just off Avenyn and combines specialty coffee with rotating art exhibitions on its walls.

Brunchoteket

Brunchoteket on Linnegatan is Gothenburg's best-known brunch cafe, serving avocado toast, eggs Benedict, pancakes and chicken waffles every day.

Konditori Ritorno

  • ★ 4.3
  • Filter coffee with princess cake
  • Vasastan
  • Stockholm

Konditori Ritorno on Odengatan in Stockholm's Vasastan has run the same 1950s konditori since 1959; princess cake, semla in Lent, meatballs from the kitchen.

Mellqvist Kaffebar

  • ★ 4.3
  • Espresso with poppy seed cake
  • Vasastan
  • Stockholm

Mellqvist Kaffebar on Rörstrandsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan is the writer's cafe that Stieg Larsson used as office; espresso, sandwiches and a steady.

Gast

Gast on Rådmansgatan in Stockholm's Norrmalm-Vasastan border runs a specialty-coffee bar built for breakfast, brunch and fika; rotating roasters.

Alkemisten Kaffebar

  • ★ 4.2
  • V60 brewed specialty coffee
  • Hisingen
  • Gothenburg

Alkemisten is a neighbourhood coffee bar on Hisingen that brews specialty coffee using V60 and espresso, with carefully sourced beans and an unhurried pace.

Bar Italia

  • ★ 4.2
  • Espresso with pistachio croissant
  • Linne
  • Gothenburg

Bar Italia on the corner of Linnegatan brings Italian cafe culture to Gothenburg's food street.

Il Caffè

  • ★ 4.2
  • Cappuccino with biscotti
  • Sodermalm
  • Stockholm

Il Caffè on Bergsunds strand in Stockholm's Hornstull runs an Italian-leaning cafe with a waterside terrace; espresso, sandwiches and the Reimersholme bridge.

Kaferang Nytorget

  • ★ 4.2
  • Cappuccino with sourdough sandwich
  • Sodermalm
  • Stockholm

Kaferang on Skånegatan in Stockholm's SoFo runs the bistro-cafe next to Nytorget; breakfast and fika in the morning, sourdough sandwiches and pastries.

Cafe Hebbe Lelle

  • ★ 4.1
  • Coffee with giant cinnamon bun
  • Haga
  • Gothenburg

Hebbe Lelle is a classic Haga fika cafe serving giant plate-sized cinnamon buns alongside coffee in a small wooden building on the main cobblestone street.

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