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Best Restaurants Open Late in Stockholm 2026
Open Late · Stockholm · 7 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published February 15, 2024 · Updated June 21, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
At Sturehof the kitchen still takes orders at two in the morning, which in a city that often eats by seven puts it in rare company. Stockholm dines early, so the test for a late table is simple and unforgiving: is the kitchen, not just the bar, still cooking after eleven? A surprising number of the city's best rooms pass it, because the grand brasseries here were built for long nights and the Soder beer halls never learned to close on time. These seven keep a real kitchen running past 23:00, ranked by how late they cook, how well they cook it, and what the bill looks like at the end.
1.Sturehof
The 2:00am close and an 1897 seafood pedigree make this the late benchmark; for a serious dinner after midnight, book it.
Sturehof has worked the corner of Stureplan since 1897, and its dining room stays open until two in the morning every night of the week, with the kitchen taking late orders, which is the single most useful fact on this page. The room is a proper marble-and-brass seafood brasserie, the oysters and the fish stew are the things to order, and a plateau de fruits de mer is the splurge. Reckon on roughly 245 to 395 kronor for a main and well past 600 for the cold seafood tower, so the value sits in the a la carte rather than the shellfish. After midnight the early-evening crush thins and you can usually walk in. For the latest food, sit at the bar.
Walk in late or book a bar seat through sturehof.com.
2.Riche
Open to 2:00am Wednesday through Saturday, this 1893 brasserie keeps the bar crowd fed long after rivals close; arrive late and order.
Riche on Birger Jarlsgatan has been a Stockholm institution since 1893, and from Wednesday to Saturday the room runs until two in the morning, with Monday and Tuesday closing at midnight and Sunday at eleven. It is a cosmopolitan brasserie with a famously busy bar, the kind of place where the late crowd is half the appeal; the steak tartare and the sole are the reliable orders. Mains land around 245 to 420 kronor, which is standard Ostermalm money for cooking this consistent, so you are paying for the room and the hours as much as the plate. The adjoining Lilla Baren keeps going latest. Book the dining room before 23:00, then move to the bar.
Reserve on riche.se; the bar takes walk-ins late.
3.Brasserie Astoria
Bjorn Frantzen's brasserie cooks to 1:00am midweek and 2:00am at the weekend, a rare late kitchen at this standard; reserve ahead.
Brasserie Astoria opened in 2022 inside the former Astoria cinema on Nybrogatan, the more relaxed end of Bjorn Frantzen's Stockholm group. The kitchen closes at midnight on Monday and Tuesday, one in the morning midweek and two at the weekend, which is unusually late for cooking this polished. The menu is brasserie at heart, the rotisserie and the classics done with real technique, and mains run from about 265 to 520 kronor. You are paying a Frantzen premium, and on a late midweek night the value is in the bar menu rather than the full carte. Book a weekend table well ahead; late slots after 23:00 are easier midweek.
Book through Brasserie Astoria or the Frantzen Group site.
4.Pelikan
A 1904 Soder beer hall serving herring, schnitzel and pyttipanna to 1:00am, the best late-night value on this list; go hungry.
Pelikan is a high-ceilinged Sodermalm beer hall on Blekingegatan, trading in its grand 1904 premises and serving classic Swedish husmanskost late into the night. The kitchen runs to midnight on Monday and Tuesday and one in the morning the rest of the week, and this is where the value on this page sits: pickled herring, fried Baltic herring, schnitzel and pyttipanna at roughly 195 to 325 kronor a plate, with a hall full of beer to match. It is unpretentious, loud and genuinely local, the opposite of a hotel dining room. For a late table at the weekend, book; midweek you can usually walk in after 23:00.
Reserve through Pelikan or walk in midweek.
5.Restaurang AG
Johan Jureskog's dry-aged steakhouse on Kungsholmen serves to midnight, 1:00am at weekends; for a late, serious steak, choose it.
Restaurang AG occupies a former silver factory on Kungsholmen, where chef Johan Jureskog and sommelier Klas Ljungkvist have run one of Sweden's best steakhouses for over a decade. Beef is dry-aged in the glass cabinet by the door, and the kitchen serves until midnight on weeknights and one in the morning on Friday and Saturday. This is the most expensive late option here: a proper dry-aged cut with sides will clear 500 to 700 kronor a head, so the value is in the quality of the meat and the cellar rather than the size of the bill. Reserve the kitchen before 23:00 for the dry-aged cuts, which sell out. Sit near the cabinet.
Book through Restaurang AG or restaurangag.se.
6.Berns Asiatiska
Sweden's first Chinese dining room, opened 1944, now a pan-Asian kitchen serving to 1:00am at weekends; for late dumplings, head here.
Berns Asiatiska sits inside the opulent Berns Salonger on Berzelii Park, and traces its line to 1944, when it became the first Chinese restaurant in Sweden. Today it is a broad pan-Asian kitchen with a raw bar and a dim sum tradition, serving until half past eleven early in the week and one in the morning Wednesday through Saturday. Mains sit around 225 to 365 kronor, fair for the grandeur of the room and the breadth of the menu, though the cocktails and the club next door can move the final bill. It is the late choice when you want something other than herring or steak. Aim for the weekend for the latest kitchen, and book the dining room rather than the bar.
Reserve through Berns Asiatiska or berns.se.
7.Kvarnen
A 1908 Soder institution near Medborgarplatsen pouring beer and plating Swedish classics deep into the night; for cheap and late, pick it.
Kvarnen has stood on Tjarhovsgatan by Medborgarplatsen since 1908, a vast Sodermalm beer hall that doubles as the spiritual home of Hammarby's football crowd. The kitchen turns out honest Swedish husmanskost, meatballs, herring and the like, at roughly 165 to 265 kronor a plate, and the doors stay open to one in the morning on Sunday and as late as three at the weekend. It is the cheapest and least precious room on this list, more about the beer and the noise than the cooking, but the food is real and it is there when you need it late. Check the kitchen's last order at the bar when you arrive, since it closes before the room does.
Walk in; the kitchen closes before the bar, so ask on arrival.
Not for a late dinner
Right city, wrong hour
Operakallaren. The historic gastronomic room at the Royal Opera is one of the city's great dinners, but the kitchen winds down around ten, and the formal menu is built for a long early-evening sitting rather than a midnight plate. Book it for an occasion, and eat at a civilised hour; for late food, walk five minutes to Riche or Sturehof.
Frantzen. Bjorn Frantzen's three-Michelin-star flagship is the best meal in Stockholm, but it runs one long seating that begins in the early evening and books out months ahead, so it is the opposite of a late, spontaneous table. Save it for a planned event, and keep this page for the nights you decide to eat after eleven.
Booking a late table in Stockholm
Stockholm eats early, so the single rule for a late table is to separate the kitchen's last order from the room's closing time; they are rarely the same. Sturehof and Riche are the safest bets after midnight, and both will usually seat a walk-in at the bar once the early rush clears. For the weekend, when the city's late options fill, book Brasserie Astoria, Restaurang AG and Berns Asiatiska a few days ahead and ask specifically for a seating after 22:00, since many kitchens stop taking new tables before they stop cooking for those already seated.
If you land after 23:00 without a reservation, head for the brasseries and beer halls rather than the fine-dining rooms: Sturehof, Pelikan and Kvarnen are built for it and rarely turn away a late diner. Order before the kitchen's stated last order, not the closing time on the door, and confirm that order with the floor when you sit, because in Stockholm the gap between the two can be an hour. Everywhere here takes cards.
Frequently asked
Which Stockholm restaurant has the latest kitchen?
Sturehof keeps the latest reliable kitchen, serving food until two in the morning every night of the week at Stureplan. Riche matches it from Wednesday to Saturday, and Kvarnen on Sodermalm stays open later still at the weekend, though its kitchen closes before the bar does. For a guaranteed late plate any night, Sturehof is the safest choice.
Do Stockholm restaurants serve food after midnight?
Yes, but fewer than you might expect, because the city dines early and most kitchens close around ten. The dependable after-midnight options are the grand brasseries and the Soder beer halls: Sturehof and Riche cook until two, Brasserie Astoria and Pelikan run past midnight, and Kvarnen serves late on Sodermalm. Fine-dining rooms almost all close their kitchens by ten.
Where can I eat late in Stockholm on a budget?
Pelikan and Kvarnen, both Sodermalm beer halls, are the best-value late tables in the city. Classic Swedish husmanskost, herring, schnitzel and meatballs, runs roughly 165 to 325 kronor a plate, well below the Ostermalm brasseries, and both rooms keep going past midnight. Order before the kitchen's last call, which lands earlier than the closing time on the door.
Is Brasserie Astoria open late?
Yes. Bjorn Frantzen's Brasserie Astoria on Nybrogatan closes its kitchen at midnight on Monday and Tuesday, one in the morning on Wednesday and Thursday, and two on Friday and Saturday. It is the latest kitchen in Stockholm cooking at this standard, though you pay a premium for it. For a late midweek bite, the bar menu is better value than the full carte.
How much does a late dinner cost in Stockholm?
Plan on 200 to 450 kronor for a main at most of these rooms before drinks. The beer halls, Pelikan and Kvarnen, are the cheapest at roughly 165 to 325 kronor a plate; the brasseries Sturehof and Riche sit in the middle; and Restaurang AG's dry-aged steaks are the splurge, clearing 500 to 700 kronor a head. Drinks move the bill more than the food.
Can I walk in for a late table in Stockholm?
Often, yes, especially after the early-evening rush clears around eleven. Sturehof, Riche, Pelikan and Kvarnen all take late walk-ins at the bar or in the room most nights. For Friday and Saturday, or for Brasserie Astoria and Restaurang AG, book ahead and ask for a seating after ten, since the late slots are limited and fill first.
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