Restaurant Oxenstiernan — Restaurant in Stockholm

A divided experience whose clean decor and polite but slightly aloof personnel sadly doesn't change the fact that the food was a confusing mix between aggressively mediocre, sometimes delicious but at worst plain bad attempts at fine dining that barely scratches the surface of what a Star experience should be, much less a Michelin one. Most of the items didn't impress any more than any café you'd find in the area, apart from one vegetable dish made of what seemed to be braised sliced white radish and some type of consommé that was honestly fantastic. The positives sadly ended there as the paired goose breast was overcooked far beyond any reasonable standard, dry, tasteless and unimaginative and the dessert tasted again like nothing you haven't tasted literally anywere before.

I had hoped, even with our limited resources up here in the North, we would have acchieved some type of higher culinary level for earning one of the few Michelin Stars we have in this country. Regrettably I now strongly believe the bar for earning one has rather been lowered in line with our collective expectations.

A quick edit: First of all thank you for your comment. It was indeed over a year since I last visited you. I simply came to think of the experience the other day and decided to leave a review better...

It is only righteous to start with the interior of the restaurant which felt very genuine, representative and showcased a lot of different cool artist. Everything from the decorations, glasses and plates at the table to the interior of the toilet has a thought or artist behind it. However, while a lot of interesting artist were showcased, overall, the place felt like it lacked direction in what it wanted to be and failed to established a memorable experience.

Onto the food, it can be either order in a tasting menu or al la carté. We decided on the latter which meant we had to order several dishes, tapas style. We lacked smaller plates to share the dishes. The food was good (however the brioche was stale, cold and had received some treatment under a flame to reignite it…) but a recurring theme is once again that the food lacked direction in what it wanted to be.

I would return to this place in a couple of months as I believe the people behind it could really create something amazing. The...

I enjoy a place that cooks normal ingredients into fabulous dishes. Combined with a dine in the kitchen environment, the whole dinner was a great experience. The beef tartar, which I’m referring to their own creation 50/50 tartar, was a harmony of different savory bites. The artichokes’ crunchiness matched the softness of the beef, and the egg yolk added the creaminess without extra grease. The grilled perch absorbed in the charcoal scent was very tender, the seafood butter sauce was not so salty, and the carrots balanced the whole dish well. My personal favorite was the leek and potato dish, such plain ingredients can do miracle when cooked right. The potatoes were served both fried and deep fried, and the leek was served both fried and into a cream sauce. That created multi layers of texture, and the seasonings were used just right. I would definitely come back for new dishes...