Cafe Opera is the hipper younger sister of Opera Kallaren Restaurant(Opera Cellar) perhaps the most beautiful restaurant in Stockholm. It is ideally located just across the lake from the Grand Hotel inside the Opera House next to the Kungstratgarden. The ambience is rich on the border to snobbish, the location is beautiful. Once a place only for the beautiful, rich and famous, it now welcomes everyone. The food is delicious and Swedish cuisine is the chef's menu of choice for both lunch and dinner crowds. Very pricey, if you are on a budget the place can be lethal. There is a main dining and an outdoor seating. Our view of the park included children playing on a makeshift flying trampoline.
The staff are young, very good looking and very attentive. Our server, who might have just popped out of GQ magazine, even entertained our 8-year-old son with a little magic. When my husband (an original Stockholmer himself who since moved to US) asked for a drink, Sbarta VinBerg (obviously favored by the moneyed Stockholmers for the fact that all their bottles are empty), "GQ" sprinted at another restaurant next door to fulfill my husband’s hearts' content. He also did not bat an eyelid when I asked to be moved to another table because Mr. Chimney sits at the next table to us.
Cafe Opera turns into Revolver Nightclub after dusk. Easy to get in on weekdays; however, on weekends you’d better be either connected with the guards, good-looking, or show a VIP card because it is difficult to get in. The dance floor is pretty small, make sure that humping and grinding in a confined space is your thing. Go, have a drink and mingle, just do not forget to look at the beautifully decorated ceiling. Daytime patrons are a mix of all ages. The nightclub welcomes younger dressed-to-impress beautiful people. Ugly is not a word to use with this crowd.