Restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden
Michelin sushi, narrow window, plan ahead.
Hoze is Gothenburg's only Michelin-starred sushi restaurant, run by chef José Cerdá and open just four evenings a week. At €€€€, it's the city's clearest answer for high-precision sushi, with an OAD European ranking that has climbed every year since its 2023 debut. Book hard and early — Thursday is your best shot if Friday and Saturday are gone.
If you're returning to Hoze after a first visit, the single most useful thing to know is this: the restaurant operates Wednesday through Saturday, 6–8 pm only, with no lunch service at all. That two-hour window, four nights a week, is the entire access point. Thursday is your leading tactical option for a second booking — Friday and Saturday fill fastest, and Wednesday bookings tend to go to regulars who already know the rhythm. Get on the Thursday reservation as early as the booking window opens. At the €€€€ price point, with a Michelin star confirmed for 2025 and an Opinionated About Dining ranking of #503 in Europe (up from #394 in 2024), demand has only increased since the recognition stacked up.
Hoze is a sushi restaurant in Stigbergsliden, on Gothenburg's west side, run by chef José Cerdá. It holds a Michelin star as of 2025 and has been on OAD's European radar since being recommended as a leading new restaurant in 2023. The Google rating sits at 4.6 across 116 reviews , a reliable signal that the experience holds up past the honeymoon period for a new opening. The format is compact and highly controlled: a short service window, a sushi-focused menu, and no walk-in culture to speak of. This is a reservation-or-nothing proposition.
The €€€€ pricing places Hoze in the top tier of Gothenburg dining. For context, Gothenburg's fine dining scene runs from creative Nordic at venues like Koka and Project through to modern European formats like 28+. Hoze is the city's clearest answer to the question: where do you go for serious sushi? There is no direct competitor in the same city at the same level. That makes the value question direct , if sushi in an intimate, Michelin-recognised format is what you want, Hoze is the booking. If you want Nordic or French-influenced tasting menus at a lower price point, look elsewhere.
The editorial angle on Hoze's format is worth spelling out plainly: there is no morning or weekend brunch service, and no lunch sitting. The 6–8 pm window covers dinner only, Wednesday to Saturday. Sunday through Tuesday the restaurant is closed entirely. This matters for anyone planning a Gothenburg weekend trip around a Saturday lunch or a Sunday splurge , Hoze will not fit that itinerary. What it does fit is a Thursday or Friday dinner anchor for a longer stay, or a dedicated Saturday evening that gets booked well in advance. If you're travelling to Gothenburg primarily to eat at Hoze, build your trip around a Friday or Saturday dinner slot and accept that you'll need to book hard and early.
For those planning a broader Gothenburg food trip, check our full Gothenburg restaurants guide for venues that do offer lunch and more flexible booking windows. You'll also find weekend brunch options in our Gothenburg bars guide and evening pairings in the Gothenburg hotels guide if you're building a full itinerary.
Hoze's OAD ranking of #503 in Europe for 2025 puts it in credible company. For Swedish reference points, Frantzén in Stockholm operates at the three-Michelin-star level, while one-star venues like Vollmers in Malmö and Signum in Mölnlycke give a sense of the national single-star tier Hoze now occupies. What separates Hoze is format specificity: it is doing sushi, not New Nordic or modern Swedish, and in a market where that is relatively rare at this level, it functions as a singular option rather than one of several credible choices. Internationally, if you're calibrating expectations against sushi at this award tier, venues like Harutaka in Tokyo or Sushi Shikon in Hong Kong give the broader context for where one-star sushi sits globally.
Other Swedish fine dining options worth knowing about include VYN in Simrishamn, ÄNG in Tvååker, and Knystaforsen in Rydöbruk , all strong regional one-star options for anyone building a wider Scandinavian eating trip.
Book Hoze if sushi is your format and you're prepared to plan around a narrow service window. The Michelin star, the OAD ranking trajectory (rising from new recommendation in 2023 to #394 in 2024 to #503 in 2025 across a larger pool), and a 4.6 Google score across 116 reviews all point in the same direction: this is a restaurant that has found its level and is holding it. At €€€€, it is not a casual booking , but for what it is, within Gothenburg, there is no closer equivalent.
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Group bookings are unlikely to be direct at Hoze. The restaurant operates a short two-hour service window, four nights a week, which implies a small, tightly controlled format. At the €€€€ price tier in an intimate sushi context, groups of more than four will face practical limitations. Contact the venue directly to confirm capacity , no phone number is currently listed, so check the booking platform used for reservations. For larger group dinners in Gothenburg at the same price tier, 28+ or Koka are likely to offer more flexibility.
Given that Hoze is a Michelin-starred sushi restaurant, the menu is fish- and seafood-focused by nature. Vegetarian or vegan guests, or those with shellfish or fish allergies, should contact the venue before booking , this is not a format that adapts easily to major dietary restrictions. No specific dietary information is published in available data. Reach out via the booking platform at the time of reservation to confirm what can be accommodated.
For Michelin-level cooking at €€€ rather than €€€€, Koka and 28+ are the natural alternatives , both operate in the modern cuisine space with more flexible booking windows. Project and SK Mat & Människor cover the modern Nordic tier below that. If you want sushi specifically, Hoze has no direct Gothenburg competitor at this level , that's both its strength and the reason it books hard. For a lighter spend with a more accessible booking, Bar La Lune offers French-inspired cooking at a more approachable entry point.
No seating configuration data is available for Hoze, but sushi restaurants at this tier typically operate a counter format rather than a bar-and-dining split. Whether walk-in counter seats exist is unconfirmed , treat Hoze as reservation-only until stated otherwise. The 6–8 pm window and the booking difficulty rating both suggest there is no reliable walk-in path here.
At €€€€, Hoze sits at the leading of Gothenburg's price tier, and the Michelin star plus an OAD European ranking that has climbed consistently since 2023 suggest the kitchen is delivering at a level that justifies the spend , for the right diner. If a structured, high-precision sushi experience is what you're looking for, the award trajectory and Google rating of 4.6 across 116 reviews make a strong case. If you're unsure whether sushi is your preferred format for a €€€€ evening, consider 28+ or Koka instead, both of which offer tasting menus in a broader cuisine format at €€€.
Hoze does not serve lunch. The only service is dinner, Wednesday through Saturday, 6–8 pm. There is no choice between formats here , dinner is the only option, and the two-hour window means it runs as a single, tightly timed sitting. Plan accordingly, and book the slot that works for your schedule rather than trying to optimise between services that don't exist.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoze | Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe Ranked #503 (2025); Michelin 1 Star (2025); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe Ranked #394 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top New Restaurants in Europe Recommended (2023) | €€€€ | — |
| Koka | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| 28+ | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| Familjen | €€ | — | |
| Bar La Lune | — | ||
| Human | €€€ | — |
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Hoze operates on a tight 6–8 pm window, Wednesday through Saturday, which limits flexibility for larger parties. Given the sushi format and Michelin-level pacing, groups of more than four should confirm capacity directly before assuming availability. This is not a venue built around big-table dining.
Hoze is a sushi restaurant, so fish and seafood are central to the format. If you have significant dietary restrictions, contact the venue ahead of your booking — omakase-style sushi restaurants at this price point (€€€€) typically require advance notice to adjust. Don't assume flexibility without confirming.
For a broader Nordic menu rather than sushi specifically, Koka and 28+ are the established Gothenburg fine dining references. Bar La Lune suits a more casual evening. Hoze's distinction is its sushi focus with Michelin recognition — no direct sushi competitor in Gothenburg currently matches its OAD and Michelin credentials.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available venue data. At sushi restaurants operating at this format and price range, counter seating is often the primary configuration — but contact Hoze directly to confirm seating options before booking.
At €€€€ pricing with a Michelin star earned in 2025 and an OAD Europe ranking that climbed from #394 in 2024 to a recommended new entry in 2023, the trajectory supports the price. If sushi is your format, the credentials justify the spend. If you want a broader Nordic tasting experience, 28+ or Koka give you more range for a similar outlay.
Hoze does not offer lunch — the only service is dinner, Wednesday through Saturday, 6–8 pm. There is no choice to make here: if you want to eat at Hoze, you are booking dinner. Plan your evening around the fixed window rather than expecting flexibility.
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