The best restaurants for meat in Stockholm

AG has been a popular favourite on the Stockholm restaurant scene since the day it opened. The industrial-inspired interiors combine with stone details and cuts of meats hanging in a clear meat fridge - they dry-age their meat themselves here. Sharing dishes is encouraged and makes for a fun dinner experience. 

At the BBQ restaurant Brisket & Friends, freshly smoked meat is served in authentic Texas style. Compile your own meal based on your choice of protein and any sides you prefer. The first restaurant was launched in Årsta, where it became a huge success and won a prestigious Gulddraken award.

At Sovel, the emphasis is on grilled meat from carefully selected suppliers. The menu's based on really fine cuts of meat served with optional sides in the form of sauces, carbohydrates, and salads. For groups of at least six people, they offer a meat tasting of five cuts. The restaurant also has a deli where you can buy the same meat they serve in the dining room.  

Nestled among the many other restaurants on Roslagsgatan, Las Brasas is as well-known for its well-composed tapas as its meat menu. Choose from various grilled meat dishes inspired by South America and Spain in sophisticated surroundings that includes their signature green tiles. Book a table if you want to be sure of bagging a table, but you can always take your chances and hope for a spot at the bar. 

In addition to its eccentric, inspiring decor, Griffins' delivers on the meat front. Kick off with a hot dog extraordinaire with truffle mayo and crispy onions with a pre-dinner cocktail, follow up with a beef carpaccio as a starter and top it of with fillet of beef as a main course. You'll be so full and happy you're sure to come back again and again.

A real Stockholm institution which focuses on simplicity and well-cooked meat - resulting in the restaurant coming fourth in the Meat Restaurant of the year awards in 2014. The menu includes dishes such as veal schnitzel, entrecôte, pork belly and beef cheeks braised in red wine. The interior blends contemporary functionality with timeless elegance.

Inspiration here comes from vibrant dinners in South America and the Mediterranean, with tables filled with food and drinks. The menu, created by head chef Matthias Dahlström, who has worked at several award-winning meat restaurants, is focused around top-quality meat. Dishes can vary from day to day, depending on the meat they've sourced. 

You'll find Blackstone restaurants at several different locations around the country and Stockholm has now got its first branch in Sundbyberg. Their food is bursting with not only warmth, but also ambition and flavour. Choose a protein, sauce and side dishes, and staff will grill your food and then serve it on a steaming hot lava stone.

This sleek, sparsely decorated restaurant is dedicated to local produce and organic meat and poultry. If you've got any space left after your main course, we recommend diving into the dessert menu.

Det Arroganta Svinet ("the arrogant pig") is run by Tommy Granström, who started smoking meat on the premises, and eventually opened a restaurant in his own garage. He calls it Sweden's best Texas BBQ, and in 2023 "Svinet" expanded with an offshoot in Kista.

Food is allowed to take its sweet time at Adams Smokehouse - some 10 to 16 hours, in fact. They serve Swedish beef and lamb that's seasoned, smoked and cooked to perfection, with sides such as fried potatoes, Persian rice and various sauces and dips.

You'll find this elegant restaurant in the characteristic, concave building on Birger Jarlsgatan 64, known as the “Wallenstam house”. The menu consists of snacks, medium-sized dishes, meat and desserts. Choose from grilled meats, today's cut of meat and other fine cuts of meat that are combined with sides and sauces in the classic way.

Just as the name suggests, meat takes centre stage at The Meat, right next door to Central station. Culinary inspiration comes from South America and they serve grilled dishes, burgers, tapas and cocktails, all with Latin American flavours. 

Erth is a delicatessen and restaurant with its own French rotisserie, right in the heart of buzzy Hötorgshallen indoor food market. The deli sells high-quality meat, and you can eat lunch in the restaurant. Choose from the plat du jour direct from the rotisserie, or one of their hearty sandwiches with meaty fillings such as pork belly, brisket and the meat of the day. You can also reserve a spot on one of their meat tastings with a meat sommelier. 

The Old Smokehouse calls itself Stockholm's first true barbeque restaurant. American barbecue tradition combines with Swedish smoking craftsmanship here - they only cook with proper firewood. Pair your meal with craft beer, American wines and rum-based cocktails. Sit up in the restaurant with views over the waters of Lännersta sound, or down on the jetty.

At Aleks y Filip, classic Spanish dishes are served just as they're eaten in Spain. The menu includes, among other things, Spanish charcuterie, dry-aged meat, lamb racks, and Iberico pork, all prepared in the open kitchen. Create your own three-course meal from the à la carte menu or tackle the tasting menu – preferably with a cocktail or a glass of wine carefully selected to enhance the food.

Lennart & Bror combines a restaurant and butchers, so to say they really know their meat would be an understatement. The menu varies a little depending on what they get in and it's written up on the wall, but they've become known for their excellent burgers, among other things.

Nya Carnegiebryggeriet is the love child of Carlsberg Sweden and Brooklyn Brewery, with a restaurant, bar and brewery under one roof. Come by for a locally brewed beer and comfort food that has been specially designed to pair perfectly with the drinks, such as schnitzel, burgers and classic meat dishes.

The kitchen here is inspired by flavours and aromas from all over the world, with "fun dining" as the watchword. They're particularly partial to appetisers to be shared around the table but there are also larger main courses if you prefer. The menu also has several tasty meat options that change with the seasons. A charming oasis on the Strandvägen quayside.

A fire burns in the middle of this Art Deco-inspired restaurant on Skeppsbrokajen, setting the tone for the place. Inspiration comes from French-American brasseries, with charcoal-grilled meat and cocktails served in a festive setting.

This Middle Ages-inspired restaurant in the Old Town is not a typical steakhouse, but there are plenty of meat dishes and the restaurant has received plaudits for the quality of their meat. How about some charcuterie, venison steak or perhaps homemade sausages, accompanied by a drink of braggot or mead.

Zink only works with selected quality ingredients, in order to offer as pure and authentic flavours as possible. The restaurant is not a purely meat restaurant, but the menu includes a wide choice of excellent meat dishes such as leg of lamb that has been carefully cooked for 24 hours, entrecôte and different varieties of veal. They also serve a daily meat dish for lunch every weekday.