Restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden
Private house dining, easier to book than rivals.
Ett Hem is a converted Arts and Crafts townhouse in Östermalm that functions as both a luxury hotel and a fine dining restaurant — ranked #157 in OAD's Top European Restaurants for 2025 and among Stockholm's top wine programs four years running. The residential format makes it one of the city's better choices for a long, unhurried dinner that extends well into the evening.
If you are choosing between Ett Hem and one of Stockholm's conventional fine dining restaurants, the decision hinges on what kind of evening you want. A room at AIRA or Operakällaren gives you a formally choreographed experience in a dedicated restaurant space. Ett Hem gives you something harder to find: a dinner inside a functioning luxury home, where the line between guest and resident blurs in a way that few Stockholm venues can replicate. If atmosphere matters as much as the food, book here. If you want the most technically rigorous tasting menu in the city, you may be better served elsewhere.
Ett Hem occupies a 1910 Arts and Crafts townhouse on Sköldungagatan in Östermalm, and the house is the point. Since the 2022 expansion into the neighbouring building, the restaurant has more space to operate, but the domestic scale has been preserved. You are not walking into a hotel lobby or a purpose-built dining room. You are walking into someone's idea of home done with serious care — open kitchen, library, fireplaces, rooms that feel lived in rather than staged. The ambient feel is quiet, warm, and deliberately unhurried. There is no background noise problem here, no thumping soundtrack competing with conversation. The energy runs low and slow, which makes it one of the better options in Stockholm for an evening that is genuinely restorative rather than performative.
That atmosphere carries directly into the late hours. Where many Stockholm restaurants clear out by 10 PM, Ett Hem's residential format keeps guests comfortable well past standard dinner service. The kitchen and bar continue serving hotel guests, which means the rhythm of the evening extends naturally rather than being cut off. For a food and wine enthusiast who wants to keep going after dinner — another glass, a plate of something, a seat by the fire , this is a more natural setting than most restaurants in the city.
The wine program has drawn consistent external recognition: Star Wine List ranked it in its leading four across 2024, which in a city with strong wine culture is a meaningful signal. The list is curated with the same considered restraint that defines the rest of the property. It rewards the kind of guest who wants to drink carefully rather than impressively.
The restaurant sits on the Opinionated About Dining European ranking at #157 in 2025 (up from #162 in 2024), which positions it solidly within the top tier of European restaurants while remaining below the most intense critical attention. That is not a criticism , it reflects the register of the place. Ett Hem is not trying to be Frantzén. It is trying to be something more personal, and by that measure it largely succeeds.
For the explorer traveller , someone building a serious Stockholm itinerary rather than ticking a single reservation , Ett Hem fits well alongside Aloë or Adam/Albin for contrast. Those venues deliver more conventional fine dining precision; Ett Hem delivers context and comfort. Together they cover the range of what Stockholm's upper end can offer. You might also consider reaching further out to Signum in Mölnlycke, Vollmers in Malmö, or VYN in Simrishamn if you are extending your trip through southern Sweden.
Reservations: Booking difficulty is low relative to the restaurant's ranking , easier to secure than Frantzén or AIRA. Dress: Smart casual fits the residential atmosphere; the house does not demand formality, though it rewards thoughtful dressing. Budget: Price range is not published, but the hotel tier and OAD ranking place this firmly in the €€€€ bracket , expect a spend consistent with Stockholm's top-end restaurants. Group size: Better suited to two or small groups; the intimate domestic scale does not lend itself to large party bookings. Timing: The extended evening format makes later sittings genuinely worthwhile here, which is not always true at restaurants where the kitchen winds down sharply after 9 PM.
For more options across the city, see our full Stockholm restaurants guide, Stockholm hotels guide, Stockholm bars guide, Stockholm wineries guide, and Stockholm experiences guide. If you are building a broader Sweden itinerary, 28+ in Gothenburg, ÄNG in Tvååker, and Knystaforsen in Rydöbruk are worth considering alongside Stockholm's offerings.
Book Ett Hem if you want a late, unhurried dinner in a setting that feels genuinely private , a strong wine list, a calm room, and an evening that does not end on the restaurant's schedule. Skip it if you are prioritising the most technically demanding cooking in the city; for that, look to Frantzén or AIRA. For everyone else: this is one of the more distinct dinner options Stockholm offers at this price level, and the residential format makes it especially well-suited to evenings where the meal is the event, not just the start of one.
Yes, with caveats. The residential atmosphere at Ett Hem is comfortable for solo guests in a way that a large, formal dining room is not , the scale is intimate and there is no sense of exposure. That said, the experience is designed around lingering, so solo diners who are comfortable with a longer evening will get the most from it. If you want counter dining with more social energy, Stockholm's broader restaurant scene , including Adam/Albin , offers that more directly.
For a more formally structured fine dining experience at a comparable price level, AIRA and Operakällaren are the most direct alternatives. For Nordic cooking with a strong creative angle, Adam/Albin and Aloë are worth considering. If the wine list is your primary draw, check the Star Wine List rankings across Stockholm before committing , several venues compete seriously at that level.
Specific menu details are not available in our current data. Given the hotel-restaurant format and the kitchen's Nordic-Swedish orientation, the menu will shift with seasons and availability , the kitchen is designed around produce-led cooking rather than a fixed signature repertoire. Ask the team when you book what the current format looks like; the residential style means you are likely to get a direct answer.
The extended-hours format suggests that informal eating and drinking beyond the main dining service is part of how the house operates, particularly for hotel guests. Whether non-residents can access the bar independently is not confirmed in our current data , contact the property directly to clarify if that is the experience you are after.
Yes, particularly for occasions where intimacy matters more than spectacle. The residential setting, the calm atmosphere, and the serious wine program make it a good choice for a dinner where the focus is on the people at the table. If you want a grand room with ceremony and theatre, Operakällaren delivers that more directly. For a low-key but genuinely considered special occasion dinner, Ett Hem is one of the stronger options in Stockholm at this tier.
The key thing to understand is that this is a hotel restaurant inside a converted private house , the experience is structured around comfort and informality rather than formal fine dining convention. It is ranked in the OAD Top 200 European restaurants (#157 in 2025) and has a Star Wine List top-four ranking in 2024, so the food and wine are serious. But the presentation is relaxed. Do not arrive expecting the tight choreography of a tasting menu restaurant. Arrive expecting a very good dinner in a room that feels nothing like one.
Smart casual is the right register. The residential atmosphere means there is no expectation of black tie or strict formality , but the price point and the setting do not suit overly casual dress either. Think of how you would dress for dinner at a well-appointed private home where the host takes food seriously. That calibration works here.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ett Hem | Nordic - Swedish | Ett Hem is the exclusive hotel with a homely feel that also houses a fine dining restaurant. During 2022, the hotel expanded to the neighbouring building. This has given more space to the restaurant a...; Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe Ranked #157 (2025); Star Wine List #4 (2024); Star Wine List #3 (2024); Star Wine List #2 (2024); Star Wine List #1 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe Ranked #162 (2024); Star Wine List #2 (2023); Star Wine List #1 (2023); Opinionated About Dining Top New Restaurants in Europe Highly Recommended (2023); Star Wine List #1 (2021); Star Wine List #2 (2020); Star Wine List #1 (2020); Star Wine List #1 (2019) | Easy | — |
| Operakällaren | Swedish, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| AIRA | Modern European, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Adam / Albin | New Nordic | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Ekstedt | Progressive Asador, Grills | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Etoile | Contemporary French, Creative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Solo diners are well served here. The townhouse setting at Sköldungagatan 2 means you're eating in rooms that feel like private spaces rather than a cavernous dining room, which takes the edge off dining alone. The wine program — Star Wine List ranked it in its top four consecutively through 2024 — gives you something substantial to engage with at the table.
Frantzén and AIRA are the harder bookings and the higher-prestige options if a formal tasting menu is the goal. Ekstedt offers a fire-based Nordic format that's more distinctive in concept. Adam/Albin sits in a similar register to Ett Hem but with a more conventional restaurant feel. Operakällaren is the right choice if you want Stockholm's historic grand dining room over the intimate townhouse atmosphere Ett Hem delivers.
Specific menu details are not available in our current data for Ett Hem. What is documented is a strong wine program — Star Wine List placed it in the top four Stockholm restaurants for 2024 — so leaning into the wine pairing is a reasonable strategy regardless of what the kitchen is running.
Bar seating specifics are not confirmed in our current data. What is documented is that the 2022 expansion into the neighbouring building gave the restaurant more physical space, which suggests more seating configurations are available than before. check the venue's official channels to confirm bar or counter options.
Yes, and the format suits it well. The 1910 Arts and Crafts townhouse in Östermalm creates a genuinely private atmosphere that works for occasions where you don't want a big, buzzy room. Ranked #157 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it carries enough credibility to justify a celebratory booking without the lead time required for Frantzén or AIRA.
The venue is a functioning boutique hotel first, restaurant second — dining here means eating inside a house, not a purpose-built restaurant space. Booking is easier than you'd expect for a venue ranked in Europe's top 200 by Opinionated About Dining. Come for a slow, unhurried dinner rather than a quick meal; the setting doesn't suit rushing.
The townhouse setting in Östermalm and the venue's positioning as a private, home-like hotel lend themselves to smart casual — considered but not formal. There is no documented dress code in our current data, so when in doubt, err toward well-dressed rather than business formal; this is not a white-tablecloth ceremony venue.
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