Restaurant Kaffegillet

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Restaurant Kaffegillet

  • June 25, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Montse from Foxboro, Massachusetts
Restaurant Kaffegillet

This restaurant is located in the old city. I read about it here on IgoUgo and happened to see it while taking an English tour of Gammla Stan. The tour guide told me that the food was very good, so we stopped in. As you enter you find a few small tables and a counter where the candle holders are covered with wax drippings. This sets the atmosphere as you go downstairs to the brick cellar where more tables await.

This building is from the 1400's and is an original piece of the old city. There are some swords and armor and each table has a clay wine jug with a burning candle. The waitress was very friendly. She took my friends' orders in Swedish and then tried to take mine. I looked blankly at her and she apologized before speaking perfect English. The food was quite good and of course, traditional Swedish. We had the Plank Steak which of course is cooked on a wooden board with potatoes and vegetables. It was very good and the portions were quite large. To drink, I had the Swedish apple cider, similiar to Cider Jack. There's many other traditionally dishes such as lox pudding (made from salmon and potatoes), reindeer, and waffles for dessert. However, if you aren't feeling adventurous you can get a hamburger too!

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Editor Pick

Restaurant Kaffegillet

  • March 16, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by dawn from Chicago, Illinois
Restaurant Kaffegillet

Upstairs there are a few tables with red-checked tablecloths and candles. Bypass this to the back of the restaurant and take the narrow bricked stairs down to the medieval cellars from the 1400's. Once upon a time, a tunnel connected this cellar to the church across the street. Part of the tunnel is still here, but it is closed off. This place just oozes with atmosphere as you sit in the vaulted room with suits of armor and little cubbyhole rooms.
I liked the fact that many of the dishes are local fare. Ron had the "fixed price" reindeer beef that came with potato, black currant jam, salad,a drink, and a dessert for $ 280sk. I had the fried baltic herring with mashed potato for $ 105sk, but also might have tried the marinated herring with eggs and cheese for $ 95sk....very traditional dishes. Sara, our waitress, recommended the waffles topped with cloudberry jam and whipped cream. It was a fine ending to our dinner! There are few places in the world to get Cloudberries, so eat them whenever you can!
This is such a friendly place! Ron is a cook ....he left California over 20 years ago to attend the university and never went home. Cute Sara goes to school here, but likes to spend summers in her cabin in the North. She told us ghost stories about nuns who killed little children and placed them in these walls.....but she had such a twinkle in her eye and a mischievous smile we knew she was spinning a tall tale! The ghosts must be friendly because the aura is warm !

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