RFK Rankings · Stockholm
Best Counter-Only Restaurants in Stockholm 2026
Counters & chef's-counter rooms · Stockholm · 6 ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 23, 2026 · Updated June 23, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Sushi Sho has twelve seats, no tables and no menu to choose from. That is the purest version of what this list is after: a room built around a counter, where you sit facing the chef and the cooking happens in front of you. Stockholm's counter scene is small and almost entirely Japanese, from one-star Edomae sushi to a single-chef washoku room. Below are six, ranked, with the format spelled out for each and the best solo seat noted.
1.Sushi Sho
Stockholm's only Michelin-starred sushi counter, twelve seats facing Carl Ishizaki and no tables at all. Book months ahead for the city's definitive omakase.
Sushi Sho at Upplandsgatan 45 in Vasastan is the city's definitive counter: an L-shaped bar of about twelve seats clad in white tile, with no à la carte and no tables to retreat to. Chef-owner Carl Ishizaki has spent more than twenty years on Edomae sushi, and his omakase, around 1,295 SEK, is served to every seat at once, with a signature soy-cured egg and a sake list he chooses himself. It is Sweden's first Asian restaurant to earn a Michelin star and carries one star in the 2026 Michelin Guide. This is the best counter seat in Stockholm.
Book the moment the window opens, weeks ahead, and arrive on time, since the omakase starts together for all twelve seats.
Reserve on the Sushi Sho site as soon as dates release.
2.Soyokaze Omakase
A twelve-seat counter for a 21-course omakase handed straight over the bar. Reserve it for the city's most theatrical sushi night.
Soyokaze Omakase at Frejgatan 3 in Vasastan runs a twelve-seat counter where chef Batjargal Ochirbat and his family serve a 21-course nigiri omakase, passing each piece directly across the bar. The menu is 1,850 SEK, with a sake pairing at 1,200, and the room has been one of Stockholm's hardest sushi seats to book since it opened in 2016. Every seat faces the chef, so there is no bad one. Take the pairing and let the counter set the pace.
Reserve a counter seat well ahead, since the single nightly sitting fills fast, and add the sake pairing.
Book a seat on the Soyokaze site; take the sake pairing.
3.Nana
Jonas Bokedal's chef's counter where seven of nine seats face the pass for a Nordic-Japanese tasting. Book the bar for a front-row kitchen night.
Nana at Västmannagatan 17 in Vasastan, opened in 2019 as Nana Omakase, is chef-owner Jonas Bokedal's room: nine diners a sitting, seven of them at a bar directly in front of him. He cooks and serves a Nordic-Japanese tasting menu himself, around 2,000 SEK, blending kaiseki technique with Swedish produce. The counter is the whole experience here, not an add-on, and the two side seats are the only ones off the bar. Take a bar seat and watch every course built.
Book ahead and ask for the bar rather than a side seat, since only seven face the chef directly.
Reserve a bar seat on the Nana site.
4.Washoku TOMO
A solo chef cooking a 17-course washoku omakase at an eight-seat counter for 650 SEK. Book it for the best-value counter in the city.
Washoku TOMO at Timmermansgatan 15 in Södermalm is run single-handed by chef-owner Tomoko Hayashi, who cooks, serves and manages an eight-seat counter alone. Her roughly 17-course washoku omakase, listed in the 2025 Michelin Guide Sweden, costs about 650 SEK, a fraction of the city's sushi counters, and moves through seafood from Spanish sea bass to Canadian black cod with Japanese precision. There are no walk-ins, so book ahead. For real counter cooking at this price, nothing in Stockholm comes close.
Reserve in advance, since the eight seats and single chef mean limited covers, and come ready for a long sitting.
Book a counter seat on the Washoku TOMO site.
5.Minako
A chef's-counter omakase that always runs Wagyu and bluefin tuna, from a kitchen founded in 2016. Take the counter for the full Minako experience.
Minako at Västmannagatan 48 in Vasastan offers two ways to eat, and the one that counts is the omakase at the chef's counter, where dishes come straight from the knife. Founded in 2016 by the late chef Jashim Uddin, whose team still runs the room, the Minako experience always includes Wagyu and bluefin tuna across its courses. Skip the dining-room tables and book the counter, which is where the kitchen shows what it can do.
Book the counter seats specifically rather than the dining room, and tell them you want the full omakase.
Reserve the chef's counter on the Minako site.
6.OSO Omakase
A sixteen-seat reservation-only counter for nigiri and otsumami at 980 SEK. Reserve it for an intimate, lower-priced omakase on Söder.
OSO Omakase at Ölandsgatan 47 in Skanstull, on the southern edge of Södermalm, is a sixteen-seat counter run by chef Mike with host Alice, the newest of the city's omakase rooms, opened in 2024. Service is reservation-only and starts for everyone at once: a single sitting of nigiri and otsumami at 980 SEK, the chef's pick that shifts with the season. Arrive on time, since latecomers miss courses. For a relaxed, well-priced counter, this is the seat.
Book ahead through the OSO site, arrive a few minutes early, and skip strong scent so the room reads the fish.
Reserve a counter seat on the OSO Omakase site.
Not for a group or a table night
Skip these counters if you want a table
Not for groups of more than two, or anyone who wants to linger over a slow table dinner. These counters seat eight to sixteen, run a fixed menu on the chef's clock and start service together, so a party of six or a relaxed three-hour table evening does not work here. Book a dining room instead.
Frantzén and Gastrologik have open kitchens and a counter moment, but they are full table-service tasting houses, not counter rooms, so they sit outside this list. Imouto, the nine-seat sushi bar that won a star in 2017, closed in 2018, whatever older guides still list.
How to book a Stockholm counter
These counters are small, eight to sixteen seats, and they sell out weeks ahead, so book the moment the window opens and set a reminder for date drops at Sushi Sho and Soyokaze. Four of the six are in Vasastan, within a short walk of each other, so you can string a counter trip across two or three nights without crossing the city.
Service almost always starts together, so arrive on time or you will miss courses, and ask for the bar seat by name at Nana and the counter rather than the dining room at Minako. Counters are the best seat in the house for one, so they double as the city's strongest solo-dining bookings in Stockholm; for a wider field, compare the counter rooms in Copenhagen.
Frequently asked
What is the best counter-only restaurant in Stockholm?
Sushi Sho at Upplandsgatan 45 in Vasastan is the best: an L-shaped counter of about twelve seats with no tables and no à la carte, where chef-owner Carl Ishizaki serves an Edomae omakase around 1,295 SEK. It is Sweden's first Asian restaurant to earn a Michelin star and holds one star in the 2026 guide.
Where can you eat omakase at a counter in Stockholm?
Several rooms run a counter omakase. Sushi Sho and Soyokaze in Vasastan are the top sushi counters, Washoku TOMO in Södermalm is a solo-chef washoku omakase, OSO in Skanstull is a sixteen-seat reservation-only counter, and Nana on Västmannagatan serves a Nordic-Japanese tasting from a chef's bar. Book the counter seat by name.
How much does a counter omakase cost in Stockholm?
It ranges widely. Washoku TOMO is the value pick at around 650 SEK, OSO is 980, and Sushi Sho is about 1,295. The longer omakase counters cost more: Soyokaze is 1,850 SEK with a 1,200 sake pairing, and Nana's Nordic-Japanese tasting lands near 2,000. All are fixed menus, paid per seat.
Is Sushi Sho the only Michelin-starred counter in Stockholm?
Yes. Sushi Sho is the only counter in this list with a Michelin star, the first Asian restaurant in Sweden to win one, and it carries one star in the 2026 Michelin Guide. Washoku TOMO is listed in the 2025 guide without a star, while Soyokaze, Nana, Minako and OSO are not in the guide but are strong counters in their own right.
Are Stockholm counter restaurants good for solo dining?
Yes, counters are the best solo seats in the city, since you sit facing the chef with the kitchen for company. Sushi Sho, Soyokaze, Washoku TOMO, OSO and Nana all seat single diners at the bar for a full tasting, and service starts together so no one feels stranded. Book one counter seat and ask for the bar, not a side seat.
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