Arket café
In central Gothenburg; Vegan and vegetarian café serving savoury and sweet food with a modern Nordic touch.
Location
Östra Hamngatan 39, Göteborg
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The vegan hummus bowl - changes slightly according to season. And the vegan cinnamon roll!
About
A vegan and vegetarian café serving both savoury and sweet food which can be described as modern Nordic every day food; hearty bowls and soups, sandwiches, coffee and both classic pastries and raw food treats. Lot’s of the food is vegan, and they also offer a great range of cold drinks such as Kombucha, äppelmust and craft sodas. On the warm drinks menu you’ll find both great coffee, green tea and golden milk.
This really is delicious and nourishing everyday food and drinks - and a thrive towards a more sustainable and healthy food culture.
The café is located inside the Arket clothing store in central Gothenburg.
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Mahalo
In Stockholm; A plant-based food heaven, offering goodies for every moment!
Location
Hornsgatan 61 and Odengatan 26, Stockholm
Food preferences
Vegan
Gluten-free options available (most things are)
Favourite on the menu
Any of the hearty bowls from the menu! Shown in the photo; “HUMMUS IS YUMMUS”.
About
A trendy all plant-based / vegan cafe and lunch spot located at two places in central Stockholm. Here you find everything from delicious breakfast dishes (such as smoothie bowls, American pancakes and chia puddings), hearty lunches (salad bowls, chilis, hearty sandwich and burgers to mention a few things), Swedish fika and smoothies to go.
All dishes are made up with a great amount of creativity and fun combinations of flavours and textures - this is food made by people who really loves plant-based cooking!
Kolåsens fjällhotell
In Järpen, Jämtland; A hotel and restaurant with their own garden located between the surrounding mountains
Photos Agnes Maltesdotter
Location
Kolåsens Fjällhotell 1, Järpen
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
Menu changes according to seasons and depending on whats available
About
Kolåsens Fjällhotell is beautifully located with a great view over the lake and surrounding mountains; a fantastic scenery through out the seasons. In the hotels own “mountain garden” the owner grows vegetables and herbs which - together with other local produce from regions producers - can be found on the plates in the restaurant. Every day when the restaurant is open they serve a three course dinner, all made up of whatever that is in season. The restaurant is open to both hotel guests and visitors.
A three course menu awaits every evening, and it’s cooked my Micke who works in the kitchen. Other then fresh vegetables in season the dishes consists of components such as pickles, chutneys, and marmalades made of vegetables and fruits grown in the garden, or berries and mushrooms picked in the surrounding forests.
All dishes served at the restaurant are inspired by the region, and chef Micke have a big focus on greens. However the dishes may also contain things such as organic meat or cheese from the region, but by request you can get an all vegan / plant-based three course menu.
To your food you’ll get served a range of locally produced drinks, with or without alcohol. The non alcohol range consists of drinks from Jämtlands Vingård, made of blueberries, lingonberries and sea buckthorn.
Mellqvist Kaffebar
In central Stockholm; A family owned favourite spot for many locals. Great coffee, breakfast, lunch and fika - open 365 days a year!
Location
Rörstrandsgatan 4, Stockholm
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
During breakfast a selection of goodies from the menu; over night oats, seed cracker with veggies, green smoothie and a coffee!
About
A very cosy coffee bar with a welcoming atmosphere serving great coffee, hearty breakfasts (with quite a few plant-based options such as over nigh oats, chia puddings, smoothies, sandwiches and crisp bread - and coffee of course), lunch (during summer time salads are served, and a vegan option can be ordered by request. During winter time a soup is serves - which sometimes happen to be vegan. Sandwiches can always be ordered vegan style) and yummy fika all day long. Lots of locals come by here for their daily coffee, to take away or to have sitting down in the warming inside area or just outside at the outdoor seating.
The fika range includes favourites such as cinnamon buns and croissant (vegetarian), and often some kind of raw treat. Also, at Mellqvist they make their own nourishing cold pressed juices, available all day long!
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Gott & reco
In Falun, Dalarna; All gluten-free café offering savoury meals, lots of sweet stuff and freshly baked bread.
Location
Falugatan 2, Falun
Food preferences
Vegan / vegetarian / fish / meat
All gluten-free café
Favourite on the menu
The vegan bowl with marinated tempeh. The bowl of the month is also worth taking a look at! Plus, the freshly baked bread; carrot bread loaf and bread rolls
About
Gott & reco translates to “Yum & Fair / nice” . This all gluten-free and refined sugar free café and restaurant located in the center on Falun is a real warm and welcoming place offering both savoury meals, lots of sweet stuff and freshly baked bread. Come here for hearty salad bowls, burgers, warming soups, sweet classics such as cinnamon buns and semlor (when it’s season), bliss balls and quite a few other raw treats. There are lots of creative vegan / plant-based dishes on the menu, and something for every mood! At Gott & reco you’ll also find a few delicious drinks such as smoothies, kombucha and äppelmust - which goes very well with all of the food. And - then there is coffee of course!
Snitths Hantverksbageri
In Furudal, Dalarna: Small village craft sourdough bakery with the best cinnamon buns I’ve had
Location
Furudal Järnvägsgatan 9, Furudal
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Favourite on the menu
The classic cinnamon rolls (vegetarian), and any of the sourdough bread
About
At a small and adorable street in the village of Furudal about an hour outside of Mora this craft bakery bakes their own sourdough bread, buns and other sweet things out of Swedish, local and mostly organic ingredients. Other then things to eat you can get coffee, tea and a few cold craft drinks and juices. A great place to stop by for a fika, and to bring some bread with you, whenever you’re passing by Furudal.
The buns at Snitths - mentioned above under Favourite on the menu - are classic Swedish cinnamon buns and Cardamom buns (vegetarian), and might be some of the tastiest I’ve ever had. You’ll also always find some lant-based fika, and lots of different sourdough bread and bread rolls which of course are plant-based too.
Other then selling their own baked goods they sell flour from a local mill.
Crêperie & Logi
I Åre, Visby och Stockholm: Authentic galettes with delicious fillings and great French cider
Location
Årevägen 70, Åre
and Wallérs Plats 3, Visby
and Surbrunnsgatan 39, Stockholm
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
Any of the vegan galettes, and a glass of dry non alcoholic French apple cider
About
In the cosy center of Åre Village this Crêperie and hotell, located close to the mountains, is focusing on serving - as the name lets you know - two very classic dishes from Brittany, France; Galettes and Crêpes!
Galettes are a savoury type of pancake with hearty fillings, and crepes are a sweet version often served as a dessert. The actually galette is traditionally vegan as the batter is made of only buckwheat flour and water (however cheese, among other things, is a very common filling), and the crepes contains egg and might remind you more of a thin pancake.
At the Crêperie & Logi menu, throughout the country (Yes, you find this place in Visby, at the island of Gotland, and in Stockholm too) you find a couple of vegan fillings which are changing slightly with the season and are always equally yummy. Thin potato slices, sun-dried tomatoes, crispy kale, baked onion, vegan fraîche and lemon was served during my last visit. Together with a glass of dry non alcoholic French apple cider, from a drink list which contains quite a few great non alcoholic options which goes very well with the food served, this was like a kiss with France.
Hermans Bistro
In Borlänge, Dalarna; a trendy and welcoming bistro and deli serving lunch, fika and dinner.
Location
Sveagatan 7, Borlänge
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The lunch meny changes however the sweet potato falafel bowl was great!
About
A welcoming and cosy plate, with trendy interior, in the heart of Borlänge. Come here for lunch, dinner, fika, a cup of coffee - or sit down by the bar and enjoy a drink. The bread and some of the fika comes from a local bakery and the coffee from a local coffee roaster.
Everyday a vegan soup with freshly baked bread is served during lunch, as well as two dishes of the day and their bistro dishes at a lunch price. Great flavours, simple yet creative combinations and pleasantly filling. Also, don’t miss to buy some bread or other food from their deli to bring home; some local produce and carefully selected delicatessies. During evenings a bistro menu is available, where you can choose from a few warm dishes (such as Grilled portabello roasted cabbage!) different hearty sandwiches and tapas plates. As well as classic Swedish cinnamon buns and other baked goods you find a few vegan treats from at the fika menu.
In the tiny shop, located in the same building, you find fresh flowers and beautiful kitchen utensils such as cutting boards, plates, bowls and kitchen linnen to mention a few things.
Café Zorn
In Mora, Dalarna: In an old stable with beautiful surroundings, this award winning little gem serving breakfast, fika and lunch is a must-visit.
Location
Vasagatan 34C, Mora
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The breakfast buffet is great! And the huge range of vegan fika; from raw food treats and classic cookies.
About
A popular café in Mora, for both locals and tourists. In an old stable, turned in to a cosy and welcoming café, close to the city center Mari and her staff are baking and cooking everything from scratch. Open daily from 8-17 they are serving a great breakfast buffet with sourdough bread, rye bread, sour milk bread and seed crackers with lots of spreads and toppings. Yoghurt with home made granola and of course hot drinks and cookies.
Throughout the days a wide range of fika is available; from raw food treats to classic favourites. During lunch you find seasonal dishes; soups / salads / pasta. Sourdough toasts and pies can also be found throughout the days.
An open fire is burning welcoming inside the café during winter season, and a patio invites to a fika in the sun during summer season With beautiful surroundings overlooking typical Dalarna views, delicious food and friendly staff this is a must visit for any time of the day!
Leve Bakery
In central Malmo: Sourdough bakery with both sweet and savoury food - and an impressive plant-based range!
Location
Östra Rönneholmsvägen 6, Malmö
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian
Favourite on the menu
The vegan croissant filled with cashew brie and lime marinated strawberries, or sweet corn mash and crispy veggies + the sesame sourdough bread loaf.
About
A small sourdough bakery in central Malmö. As you may expect from a popular sourdough bakery you’ll find both delicious bread and bread rolls here, and also hearty sandwiches to take on the go or enjoy outside on the bench overlooking the street. The most exciting thing here, however, must the their great range of plant-based pastries, sweet buns, doughnuts and of course their famous vegan croissant! Actually, most things at Leve is plant-based. So, for any sweet lover or bread lover you have to come here for fika and make sure to buy some freshly baked sourdough bread to take home as well.
Another fun thing is that this is a bakery with quite unusual opening hours compared to many other bakeries. Here they bake during the day, so you’ll be able to get your hands on some freshly baked throughout the day! Open from 11-18 Monday - Friday and from 9-16.
Fafelle
In central Stockholm: Falafel bowls and wraps; delicious, fun and healthy fast food!
Location
Hamngatan 14 (PK-huset), Stockholm
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The Marrakech falafel bowl AND the Middle East falafel bowl
About
In central Stockholm there is a place where you find bowls filled with delicious, fun and hearty fast food - a fusion between tradition and innovative vegan cuisine. The place is called Fafelle and falafels served with hearty salads - with inspiration from all over the world - or in hearty wraps is their thing.
Fafelle is what happens when a star chef (@joelahlin), one of the worlds most prominent vegetarian Instagrammer (@gkstories) and a few other entrepreneurs get together to create a dream out of passion and modern foodie demands. And - fore and foremost - this is the kind of food I want to eat everyday; yummy and creative food filled with different textures, flavours and colors.
Atrium coffee bar
In central Malmo: Trendy and cosy coffee bar serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and fika.
Location
Skvadronsgatan 13, Malmö
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Favourite on the menu
The breakfast plate with freshly baked sourdough bread + a oat cappuccino
About
Come here for breakfast, coffee, golden milk, lunch, brunch AND fika! And for the laidback, cosy feeling of course. A welcoming smell of coffee and freshly baked banana cake welcomes you as you enter the door in to this popular Scandinavian styled coffee bar.
For breakfast their plates with bread + toppings, bircher muesli with seasonal compote and hot + cold drinks is served. For brunch, which is served all day, you can choose from hearty vegetarian sandwiches, bircher muesli and cast iron pancakes. During lunch, served weekdays 11.30 – 14.00, two new dished are presented each week - one of them always vegan. The fika range included goodies such as a vegan banana cake, “snickers cake” and chocolate cake - served all day!
Garveriet
Just outside of Gothenburg; A place to meet, eat and learn; Sustainable, creative and delicious cooking and food.
Location
Garverivägen 9, Floda
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meet
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The seasonal salad, or the soup of the day with bread and side salad is always a good choice. Also, don’t miss the freshly baked sourdough bread and sweet buns!
About
Described as the food destination of the future Garveriet in Floda, a few miles outside of Gothenburg, is an inspiring place to meet, eat and learn. A great amount of knowledge, curiosity about and passion for innovative, sustainable and local, small-scale food production have resulted in a bakery, zero waste restaurant, local produce shop and lecture kitchen all in one! Come here for fika, lunch, dinner, pizza nights - and lectures to learn more about sustainable, creative and delicious cooking with produce from the local area!
In January 2020 Garveriet was mentioned by The New York Post as one of 52 places in the world to visit during 2020.
Sikta Stenugnsbageri
Outside of Varberg along the west coast: Charming countryside bakery with sourdough bread, sweet stuff and soups
Location
Vare 47D, Varberg
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Meat
Glutenfree options available (not the bread)
Favourite on the menu
Their hearty rye bread sandwiches with pumpkin hummus, tomato, leafy greens and pickled onion. Also, any of the sourdough breads!
About
Out side of Swedish coastal town Varberg you find Johnssons gård. An old farm tuned in to a creative collective with a bakery, flower shop, a ceramicist and a restaurant. A few times during the year Johnssons gård have special events where other local producers come and sell their things on the courtyard. Surrounded by lovely and still landscape this is a must visit!
Sikta stenugnsbageri (translates to Sikta stone oven bakery) is a craft bakery baking sourdough bread, sweets, cookies, sweet buns and other sweet treats. They also sell their own granola, crisp bread and flour from the local mill. Every day when open (Wednesday-Sunday) soup lunch in served from 11-15.
JINX Food truck
Central Gothenburg: World’s best vegan tofu buns - there is no need for further description!
Location
Jinx Food truck, Magasinsgatan 17, Gothenburg
Jinx Dynasi, Vallgatan 21 B, Gothenburg
Food preferences
Vegan / Meat
Gluten-free options available (not the buns)
Favourite on the menu
The vegan tofu bun!!
About
Great street food with a taste of Asia - Jinx serves the most delicious tofu buns in the world! A freshly steamed bao bun filled with panko fried slices of tofu with pickled cucumber, vegan mayonnaise, a crispy salad with carrots / bean sprouts / spring onion / celery, toasted peanuts and lots of fresh cilantro on top. Get them straight from their iconic food truck and sit down at the lovely courtyard.
Also, don’t miss their other place near by, located at Vallgatan 21 where they serve both lunch and dinner.
Naturaj
In Sundsvall: Fine dining nordic cuisine with inspiration from nature and what the season has to offer
Location
Torggatan 1, Sundsvall
Food preferences
Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
Menu vary with the season - however something that you will always find on the menu is the “pinnbröd” (translates to Bread on a stick) with a miso butter glaze, a must try!
About
A place where old flavour memories are brought back to life - and new ones are created. Chefs Birgit Malmcrona and Johan Backéus who runs Naturaj both spent years at several famous restaurants in Stockholm before they decided to head back north to where Johan grew up - to get closer to nature and to build up the restaurant of their dreams.
Naturaj is a restaurant where Japanese influences are tossed together with Johans and Birgits Nordic heritage. The surrounding nature is reflected in the food that are put on the plates, and you often find elements such as fermented vegetables originally from their own garden, edible wild plants and spruce shoots sugar. This is innovative and creative food which tells a story.
The menu is changing with the seasons, and whenever you visit Naturaj you can be sure to experience a food journey through the Northern part of Sweden - and a brief visit to Japan - from your seat right in front of the kitchen where the chefs are preparing the food of the evening.
Lilla Napoli
In Falkenberg: This is simplicity, skills and passion turned in to outstanding Neapolitan pizzas!
Location
Halmstadvägen 1, Falkenberg
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
Number 6 - vegan style (without anchovy) - tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, garlic, olives, capers and basil
About
In an old and tiny shack, located on a parking lot, close to the city center of Falkenberg the team behind the very popular Lilla Napoli is serving their twist on amazing Neapolitan pizzas. No fuzz - just a huge amount of food love and passion.
The pizzas are baked in the wood-fired stone oven for 60 seconds, and served a few seconds later. Perfectly soft, light, chewy and lightly crispy bread with flavourful toppings - you can really tell that these guys havre tasted and baked quite a few pizzas throughout the years. This is simplicity, skills and passion turned in to outstanding pizzas!
To get a table in the tiny shack you normally need to book quite a bit in advance as this place is very popular. If you cannot get a seat inside you have a second chance - by booking a take away. However this could preferably also be booked in advance to make sure you’ll get one!
Gunnebo Kaffehus och Krog
Just outside Gothenburg: Restaurant, cafe and bakery with it’s own kitchen garden serving seasonal and authentic nordic food and fika
Location
Christina Halls väg, Mölndal
Dietary options
Vegan / Vegetarian / Fish / Meat
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
Lunch of the day - changes with the season! Also, don’t miss the Christmas dinner served every year.
About
In the middle of the kitchen gardens of the “Gunnebo House and Gardens” - a beautifully preserved 18th century estate - this organic and KRAV certified restaurant is located. It has it’s own bakery and serve food and fika throughout the day. As far as possible they serve veggies from their own kitchen kitchen garden, together with the best ingredients from other local producers.
Along the lunch, served daily, a bread and salad buffet is served including different home baked sourdough bread and crisp bread, a plant based spread and a couple of different veggie sides. Also they offer a wide range of non alcoholic drinks such as “Äppelmust” and Kombucha.
Alkemisten
In central Gothenburg: A cosy and cool neighbourhood coffee bar serving breakfast, delicious coffee and fika all day long
Location
Gustaf Dalénsgatan 14, Gothenburg
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian
Gluten-free options available
Favourite on the menu
The grilled sandwich with hummus and ajvar, a cup of oat cappuccino and all of the raw treats!
About
At Kvillebäcken in Gothenburg this cosy and cool neighbourhood coffee bar and café open all day long (07-18 on weekdays, 10-17 on weekends) is serving breakfast, coffee and fika. Grilled sourdough sandwiches, “frallor” (bread rolls filled with different cold cuts and spreads), over night oats and coffee are among the goodies to choose from. The fika range includes everything from classic cinnamon buns to raw treats.
AND. Don’t miss their newly opened place at Lindholmspiren 2 (open at weekdays 07.30-15.30 and Saturdays 10-15) - where they also serve a delicious vegan soups with topping and lunch of the day.
Vänga Kvarnkafé och Stenugnsbageri
In Vänga outside of Borås: Countryside bakery located in an old mill in beautiful surroundings
Location
Kvarn, Fristad
Food preferences
Vegan / Vegetarian
Favourite on the menu
The walnut bread, äppelmust to drink and any of the classic buns filled with cinnamon or cardamom!
About
Countryside bakery located in an old mill in beautiful surroundings. Here you can get lovely sourdough bread, classic Swedish sweet buns such as cardamom buns and cinnamon buns and their own toasted granola and cookies.
To go with your bread and fika you can buy other Swedish small goods such as cold pressed rapeseed oil, toasted rapeseeds and Äppelmust.
In connection to the bakery you find the Vänga Kvarnkafé (Vänga Mill Café) where you can buy fika and soup with different toppings for lunch.
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