Dryck & Mat — Swedish Fine Dining / Wine-Focused, Uppsala
Dryck & Mat — ‘Drink & Food’ — has been described by visitors as the favourite restaurant in Uppsala and one of the top five restaurants in all of Sweden. Chef Niklas Engemar and his colleagues have built a kitchen since its re-opening that has received nothing but exceptional reviews, with wine pairings described as “easily better than many Michelin restaurant wine pairings” — a remarkable claim that regular visitors confirm.
The kitchen’s philosophy places wine and food in equal partnership: the seasonal Swedish ingredients that the Uppsala region provides are prepared with technical precision and presented in a format that is designed specifically to showcase the wine programme’s depth. The result is a restaurant where the choice of bottle genuinely shapes the evening’s arc.
The wine programme is the strongest in Uppsala and among the strongest in Sweden outside Stockholm: a cellar assembled with genuine knowledge of the relationship between Swedish seasonal cooking and the international wine regions that provide its best accompaniment. Natural producers alongside the classical appellations; Swedish craft beverages alongside the international selections.
Dryck & Mat makes the case for Uppsala as a serious dining destination rather than a day-trip from Stockholm. The 40-minute train journey becomes worthwhile the moment the wine pairing begins.
Best Occasion: Impress Clients
Top five in Sweden, with wine pairings that exceed Michelin restaurant standards: Dryck & Mat communicates a depth of culinary and viticultural knowledge that clients familiar with the Stockholm dining scene will find genuinely surprising.
Best Occasion: Proposal
A restaurant in the top five of Sweden for food and wine, in a university city of cathedral beauty: Dryck & Mat provides the conditions for a proposal that uses Sweden’s finest wine-focused cooking as its occasion.