Café Valvet — Restaurant in Sigtuna kommun

With the name and the website, I was really expecting something in the line of a chic French Bistro with price-tags to match. Since we were visiting Sweden, we were not going to try this spot until our local host recommended it as a place where one could get quality meals for a reasonable price in an unpretentious setting. As we arrived for the several dinners we had here well after the last tour-ferry went back to Stockholm for the evening, we're pretty certain that the other tables were full of Sigtuna locals, which speaks well for the place.

The first night I had the Hemjorda Köttbullar, since Swedish meatballs are one of the few tiny snippets of cultural heritage my family kept when they assimilated to American ways. Cafe Valvet's Köttbullar are better than my grandmother's, and I can see why lingonberries are the traditional companion of these little balls of meaty heaven. Raz had the Fisk-och Skaldjursgryta, which was a very good bouillabaisse made with care and remarkably fresh ingredients. What he had wanted to have was Valvet's Klassika Laxpudding, but the kitchen was out and the dish apparently takes a day to prepare, so we made plans to come back on the assurance he could try some.

True to their word, Valvet had Laxpudding for Raz our second night. While the fishy dish was not to my taste, he was still raving about it 3 days later as we flew to Iceland, so I would recommend it to people who like fish. I had the Wallenbergare Original, which is kind of like a super juicy and fat hamburger patty with no bun. Had I scanned the menu more carefully, I'd have skipped it since it was indeed a French dish. The lingonberries made it much more unique and local, though, and on the whole, one can't go wrong with well-prepared ground beef.

The ambiance of the place was much more casual than I had initially expected, which I found a pleasant surprise, and the prices were quite reasonable compared with the other restaurants in Stockholm and the surrounding county. I would definitely recommend a dinner here to anyone spending some...

We were greeted immediately after walking in by friendly staff, who made small talk about the weather and were overall super nice, bringing the menus fast (explaining which options are unavailable), bringing water and accommodating us by helping move two tables together. The menu was only in Swedish and a highchair was available, but it was too tall for some tables and didn't have it's own table. Upon ordering, they offered to make a kids version of the meatballs for the little one which was very useful. We enjoyed the mussels very much, and the visit was a pleasant experience! The staff were incredibly helpful...

Total rip off / tourist trap. No prices on anything and then everything is so much more expensive than you’d think possible. My friend was charged 279 kr for a tea and a sandwich. Luckily she has no issues standing up for herself and questioned it, after which she returned the sandwich. They still tried to charge her 97kr for the tea, which she asked a refund for as well, after which they charged her the still unreasonable 47kr. All the food looks delicious but it’s really a bit of a trap. I could see so many people being shocked at the prices (swedes too) when getting to the till, so this...