Restaurant Ekstedt

This the memorable experience, I will not forget in my life. The experience was insane. The way how to show the Swedish culture in the kitchen. The smokey flavour in the place and the food was incredible. Last dessert looks simple but booming flavour. I can guarantee this restaurant. Deserves more than one Michelin star. End of discussion. And thank you for the team. That they adjust the menu for me. As a Muslim I don’t eat pork or alcohol in the food. Very rare restaurant could do that. And keep the same experience.

Excellent combination of flavours - the best in my life. The restaurant deserves one more Michelin star! We had an amazing time! Everything was perfect- food, wine, service and the amazing tour through the kitchen. Highly recommended to visit! Thank you! We will come back!

Spring 2025 The journey and experience are part of the charm here. You start the meal in the lounge with two incredible amuse-bouche. Seriously the second one might have been my favorite bite of the night. You get to walk into the kitchen for a couple courses and are immediately hit with the intensity of the heat in there. It was spectacular. After witnessing the scorching wood oven they are using, and enjoy an amazing oyster presentation, you get seated in the main dining room. Here you really get to experience the magic and go through another 7-8 courses. Almost every bite I had was amazing. A couple of the highlights for me were the scallop and mushroom souffle. It was without a doubt one of the best meals I've had. Period. I'll never forget that kitchen.

Note: Being from San Francisco, my bar for great restaurants is very high. Hard to understate just how UNIQUE this restaurant is. If you are looking at the Michelin guide of Stockholm and trying to figure out where to go, as we were, go here! This can't be beat and will be one of the most unique restaurants you'll ever go to. Everything cooked with fire! Deserves more than one Michelin star ⭐️! Absolutely incredible.

Fun, interesting, excellent, and amazing experience in a Michelin one star restaurant that uses only wood fires to bake and cook all the food. Dinner starts in a lounge area near the host stand with small bites and cocktails, wine, or water. Next, you go to the dining room and order a drink pairing or drink choice before you are brought to the kitchen and shown the wood fires and see the heat and heat resistant aprons by the chefs and try delicious appetizers with a flaming show as the chef pours the reindeer fat over the oyster, then you are brought back to the dining room to enjoy the rest of your diner. There were 12 courses listed on our menu. My husband chose the non-alcohol drink pairing which featured unique and delicious flavors to go with the food. Like the food, to create the non-alcohol pairings and all the time it can take is truly artistic craftsmanship. I have a limited stomach capacity, so I drank water and enjoyed a sip or two of my husband's non-alcohol drink pairings. Before coming, I was worried based on a few negative reviews that the food would taste smokey and there would be smoke in the air. Happy to say, food did not have a smokey flavor although there was an item like juniper smoked reindeer (tastes like steak). Also, sensitive to air quality, I did not smell or see any smoke in the restaurant and never coughed or had a problem breathing. The kitchen has an amazing exhaust system. Also, hats off to the chefs working all night on open fires; strong and dedicated! Service was on point and explanations were mostly at a good volume to hear what was being described. At the end, you might be asked what your favorites were. Mine were: - Roasted hay, dry aged beef tartar and lumpfish roe - served in the lounge - Flambadau oyser and beurre blanc - for the wow factor of seeing it prepared - Ember baked scallop, spruce shoots and onion - seaweed fired langoustine, celeriac and solaris - sweeter, more tender than a small lobster - Wood oven fired cep mushroom souffle, woodruff and blueberries - dessert and didn't taste like mushrooms which I normally don't like so very interesting - Ember baked almond potato and spun sugar - mini volcano Fascinating, surprising, interesting, fun, and tasty sensory experience. For me, Michelin level cooking is about the layers of flavors they infuse into the food. Ekstedt had that plus in the non-alcohol drink pairing. Definitely worth booking!