Review of Sjöpaviljongen – by Adrian N.
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Fantastic Beach location, cozy Restauranglokal and phenomenal views over the Ulvsundasjön lining at Tranebergsbron Beach. Pretty well-cooked dishes and balanced portions. Good and varied wine/beer assortment. The First time we visited the place, was last summer cyklandes, a beautiful sunny day, we drank only wine & beer and ate some snacks at the pavilion's outdoor terrace. So this time we took with us 3 other guests to experience and enjoy the same phenomenal view & environment as we did.
At The visit, our company consisted of 5 people. The Table was booked 3 weeks in advance and 2 vegetarian main courses were ordered at the time of booking. Upon arrival, The Court champion our booking and special diet. We were assigned to the dining table and were given the menu. Patted and finished with the selection of the picnics we ordered for drinks & beer that we were served immediately plus a basket with different varieties of homemade bread and whipped butter. So far, so good.
Then It was time and our waiter, who by the way looked like a träfigur who sits at the top of an Indian totem pole, would record what we wanted to eat: 2 today's Vegetarian, 2 Wallenberg & 1 Steamed Lofoten-Cod. Then he shouted to us with a high voice volume so that it echoed the entire dining room & basunerade out, that there was no vegetarian left and he thought that the colleague had talked about it to us on arrival, the reason according to him was that there were so many who had ordered Vegetaris K. We pointed out that we had ordered vegetarian already 3 weeks ago when we booked a table. No, he said with even higher voice filled with stress and frustration. We were completely inclined, slightly jittery and lost the appetite of the waiter's tearing and uppläxning. He was completely uncompromising.
Given that we lacked plan B, 2 hardcore vegetarians since 26 years back as invited guests, a 86 year old lady with who would be celebrated on her feast day and not a thought of such rough and brutal treatment, so we decided to order maybe only desserts like E N Last resort, then came the hoof champion who received at the entrance and said that the kitchen had put away 2 vegetarians and told what the mains consisted of. So turned the male waiter on his heels and walked away without apologizing for the misunderstanding. Incidentally, the rest of the serving process flawlessly and without notice of the aggressive/angry waiter, except when we ordered a bottle of red and asked to get it to the main dish when we were finished with our for drinks, no we got anyway our wine glasses stuffed Before we had even toasted finished in our for drinks. We paid the bill politely and left the pavilion. As a guest you do not expect to hear the fanfare when you arrive at a restaurant nor that the service staff should be in attention on a row bow and Niga, but a decent response as to say welcome on arrival and welcome again when the guests leave The restaurant, it is called normal behaviour civilised people in between.
Do we Dare to go back for several visits to the pavilion? No, I do not think, which kroggäst want to be treated like a doormat?! The Sea pavilion can afford to miss a number of diners then & then and perhaps more than that considering that the owners have a monopoly on an attractive beach location, boat Club, and views in central Stockholm and herewith a steady stream of guests. But as a guest after a kind of treatment that we have not experienced before in our restaurant visits, we are at the competent distance henceforth from the pavilion and start looking for other Swedish culture beads/eateries.