Restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden
Michelin-starred Japanese omakase, hard to book.
Dashi holds a Michelin star (2024 and 2025) for its osusume tasting-menu format in Stockholm's Vasastan neighbourhood, with kitchen staff drawn from Sushi Sho and comparable Japanese restaurants. At €€€ it sits below the city's most expensive starred tier, making it one of the better value-to-recognition arguments in Stockholm's fine dining bracket. Book well ahead — this is a hard reservation.
If you are deciding between Dashi and Sushi Sho, the most obvious comparison in Stockholm's Japanese dining scene, know this upfront: they are solving different problems. Sushi Sho is a counter-driven sushi experience. Dashi, despite sharing some of the same culinary DNA — several of its crew came through Sushi Sho and comparable kitchens — is an osusume restaurant, built around a tasting menu of small dishes and bites rather than nigiri. That distinction matters when you are choosing where to spend €€€ in Vasastan. Dashi has held a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025, which tells you the format works. The question is whether it works for you.
Osusume, in the Japanese tradition, means the chef recommends. You surrender the menu to the kitchen, and a sequence of small, precise dishes arrives at the counter or table. At Dashi, that framework has been transplanted into Stockholm's Vasastan neighbourhood, executed by a kitchen with documented roots in some of Sweden's most technically demanding Japanese restaurants. The Michelin recognition , two consecutive years , confirms the ambition is being realised at a high level. The Google rating of 4.8 across 635 reviews adds a layer of evidence that this is not a critical favourite that divides civilian diners; the broader audience is aligned.
For a food-focused traveller comparing Dashi against, say, Washoku TOMO, the distinction again comes down to format. Washoku TOMO leans into kaiseki precision and a more ceremonial register. Dashi's osusume approach is less codified structurally, allowing the kitchen to respond to the season and the market. If you want to eat Japanese food in Stockholm and you want the chef to be in control, Dashi is the more direct route to that experience in 2025.
Because hours data is not confirmed in our record, the specifics of whether Dashi runs a distinct lunch service cannot be stated with certainty. What can be said from the broader context of Stockholm's Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurants is relevant here. At venues of this format and price point, the evening tasting menu tends to be the flagship experience: more courses, higher price, the full kitchen in motion. Lunch, when offered, typically delivers a condensed version of the same philosophy at a lower entry price, which is how Frantzén and comparable Stockholm destinations structure their daytime offer. If Dashi follows that model, a lunch booking , if available , would represent better value per course but a shorter sequence. For a first visit, and particularly for a solo traveller or a pair testing the format, a lunch sitting would lower financial risk without fundamentally compromising what the kitchen is doing. Check directly with the restaurant on current service times before booking.
Dashi is a hard book. Two consecutive Michelin stars in a relatively small restaurant in a city where tasting-menu dining is genuinely competitive means demand reliably exceeds supply. Treat this like any starred Stockholm reservation: you should be planning at least four to six weeks ahead, and further out for weekend evenings. Stockholm's fine dining calendar fills faster in winter, when the local population concentrates on indoor dining, so if you are visiting between October and February, extend that planning window. If you cannot get Dashi on your preferred date, AIRA operates at a comparable level and offers a different culinary perspective worth considering as a fallback.
Reservations: Book well in advance , this is a hard reservation to secure; contact the restaurant directly as no online booking link is confirmed in our data. Address: Rådmansgatan 23, 114 25 Stockholm. Price tier: €€€ , meaningfully below Stockholm's €€€€ tasting-menu tier (Frantzén, AIRA, Ekstedt), which makes it among the more accessible Michelin-starred options in the city. Format: Osusume tasting menu , no à la carte. Dress: Not formally specified, but smart casual is appropriate for a Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant of this type. Google rating: 4.8 from 635 reviews.
Stockholm's Michelin constellation extends well beyond the capital. If you are building a broader Swedish dining itinerary, Signum in Mölnlycke, VYN in Simrishamn, Vollmers in Malmö, Koka in Gothenburg, PM & Vänner in Växjö, and Knystaforsen in Rydöbruk each represent serious destinations. Dashi in Stockholm occupies a specific niche , Japanese tasting-menu at €€€ with Michelin validation , that none of those Swedish-focused restaurants replicate. If the Japanese format is specifically what you are seeking, it also invites comparison with the broader tradition: restaurants like Myojaku and Azabu Kadowaki in Tokyo represent the format at its origin, which is useful context if you are calibrating expectations. Dashi is not trying to replicate Tokyo; it is doing something culturally specific in a Stockholm context, and the Michelin recognition suggests it is succeeding on those terms.
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Dashi earns the booking if you want a Michelin-starred Japanese tasting-menu experience in Stockholm at a price point that sits below the city's most expensive tier. The staff pedigree from Sushi Sho and comparable kitchens is a meaningful credential. The 4.8 Google rating across 635 reviews indicates consistent execution, not just critical favour. Book it if the osusume format suits your appetite for surrendering the menu to the kitchen. If you want to order à la carte Japanese food, or if you need more flexibility than a tasting menu allows, look elsewhere.
Bar or counter seating specifics are not confirmed in our data. Given Dashi's osusume tasting-menu format, the experience is designed around a set sequence regardless of where you sit , so the question of counter versus table matters less than at a restaurant where you order freely. Contact Dashi directly to ask about seating configurations before booking.
No dietary information is confirmed in our record. For a tasting-menu format like osusume, dietary requirements are almost always handled during the reservation process rather than on the night. Contact the restaurant at the time of booking and be specific , kitchens at this level generally accommodate serious restrictions when given sufficient notice, but assumptions in advance of confirmation are not advisable.
At €€€, Dashi sits a full tier below Stockholm's most expensive starred restaurants , Frantzén, AIRA, and Ekstedt all operate at €€€€. For a two-consecutive-year Michelin star restaurant with a documented kitchen pedigree and a 4.8 Google rating, €€€ represents strong value within the city's fine dining bracket. If you are comparing on price-to-recognition ratio, Dashi is among the better arguments in Stockholm right now.
Plan for a minimum of four to six weeks ahead, and further for weekend evenings or if you are visiting during Stockholm's busier winter dining season (October through February). Two Michelin stars in a small restaurant with a fixed tasting-menu format means availability is genuinely limited. Treat this reservation like any other hard-to-get starred booking in a competitive European city , early planning is not optional, it is the mechanism that gets you in.
Yes, with caveats. The Michelin pedigree, the tasting-menu format, and the €€€ price point make it a credible special-occasion choice. It works leading for pairs or small groups who are comfortable with a chef-led sequence and do not need a conventional à la carte menu. If the occasion requires maximum pomp or a grander setting, Operakällaren at €€€€ offers more theatrical grandeur. For Japanese format specifically, Dashi is the right call in Stockholm.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dashi | €€€ | Hard | — |
| Operakällaren | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| AIRA | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Etoile | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Adam / Albin | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Ekstedt | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Dashi and alternatives.
Bar seating specifics are not confirmed in the venue record, and Dashi's format as an osusume tasting-menu restaurant means the experience is structured around a set sequence of dishes rather than casual drop-in dining. check the venue's official channels at Rådmansgatan 23 to ask about counter or bar options before assuming flexibility exists. Given how hard this reservation is to secure in general, walk-in bar access is unlikely.
Osusume-format restaurants typically require guests to communicate dietary restrictions well before the meal, since the kitchen builds the entire sequence in advance. Dashi's tasting-menu structure makes last-minute changes difficult to accommodate. Notify the restaurant at the time of booking and confirm your requirements are workable before you commit, especially given the effort required to secure a reservation.
At €€€ with two consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025), Dashi sits in a price bracket that is competitive but not Stockholm's most expensive. Compared to Sushi Sho, which focuses on sushi, Dashi offers a broader small-plate osusume format with a crew that shares some of the same kitchen lineage. If a structured, chef-led Japanese tasting menu is the format you want, the price-to-credential ratio holds up.
Book as early as possible — this is a genuinely difficult reservation. Two consecutive Michelin stars at a small restaurant in Stockholm's competitive tasting-menu market means tables move fast. Aim for at minimum four to six weeks out, and check back regularly if your preferred date is unavailable. No confirmed online booking link is in our record, so check the venue's official channels.
Yes, with the right expectations. The osusume format — where the kitchen decides what you eat — suits occasions where the meal itself is the event, not a backdrop for conversation. Two Michelin stars and a focused Japanese small-plate sequence make a clear case for a birthday or anniversary dinner. If your group wants à la carte flexibility or a louder atmosphere, this is not the right fit.
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