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This award-winning gourmet restaurant is a special-occasion place. Thoughtful and intriguing dishes are predominantly fishy, and include smoked mussels with pickled cucumber and baked anglerfish with cherry tomatoes and risotto. For a really exceptional blow-out, go for the seven-course degustation fish menu. Awkwardly, the restaurant closes from mid-June to late August.
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A Hereford Beefstouw
If you're feeling anaemic, this upmarket steakhouse is the answer, offering all manner of meat, including T-bone steaks, veal sirloin and rack of lamb. Solid meals are served on solid African oak tables, and you get a good view of busy Linnégatan as you eat.
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Aldardo
Right by the tourist office, this busy deli sells authentic Italian fast food - pizza al taglio (by the slice) and pasta dishes.
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Alexandras
In the central Saluhallen, this place is renowned for its excellent hearty soups and stews, particularly welcoming on a cold day.
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Andrum
One for the veggies, Andrum does an all-day lunch buffet which is excellent value for money. Choose your plate size, then select from a spread of salads, hot mains and homemade breads. It's simple, tasty, wholesome stuff, and cheerfully recommended.
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Bliss
Bliss has one of the hippest interiors in Göteborg, with low designer seats, multicoloured fairy lights, and superb food. It's a real night-time joint: if you're not up to a big meal, you can share tapas-style bar snacks and dance to live DJs until late.
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Bombay
Bombay is quite a busy lunchtime spot. It does good-value Indian dishes to eat in or take away, with decent tandoori and vegetarian selections.
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Brasserie Lipp
You're spoilt for choice along Kunsportsavenyn, although prices can be higher than in other parts of town. This classic, classy eatery has good light meals on its menu, including Caesar salad and a club sandwich, plus more substantial main courses.
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Brogyllens Konditori
Essentially a museum of pastry, this showpiece café and bakery is easy on the eyes and palate both. Linger over coffee and cake in a seat under the grand chandeliers.
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Café Garbo
For a quick snack while you stroll, Café Garbo is one of several comfortable hangouts facing the leafy Vasagatan boulevard.
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Café Kosmos
One giant mass of tables (don't expect any privacy), this slick place attracts 20-something crowds. All the usual coffee 'n' café snacks are served up, although one feels the social scene is more important.
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Cafe Mio
Next door to Espresso House is this cozy little Italian café with filling meals at good prices.
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Crepe Van
This takeaway van near McDonald's offers sweet and savoury crepes from afternoon until the wee hours.
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Den Lilla Taverna
A welcoming place with authentic Greek dishes, plus a great array of mezes (starters) perfect for sharing.
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Espresso House
Espresso House is one of several comfortable hangouts facing the leafy Vasagatan boulevard.
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Eva's Paley
A huge corner place open late and serving good-value dishes including panini, baked potatoes, pasta, salads and seriously good muffins - an institution on Avenyn.
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Feskekörka
Feskekörka is called the Fish Church due to its curious appearance. It isn't a church at all - it's a fish and seafood market, and a perfect stop for lunch or a snack.
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Fiskekrogen
This is a magnificent fish and seafood restaurant in former East India Company buildings. It has an impressive circular dining room called Blåskajsa, and an equally impressive cellar of over 400 wines.
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Java Kaffebar
Along the leafy Vasagatan boulevard, near the university, there are quite a few cafés. Java Kaffebar is a true student haunt, thick with dreadlocks, dyed hair and nipple rings. It offers cheap bagels and sandwiches to its customers.
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Joe Farelli's
A casual Italian-American restaurant-bar, where you can slap ketchup on your US burgers 'n' steaks, or get misty-eyed about the old country with Sicilian-style bruschetta, pizza and pasta. Its Sunday brunch is perfect for soaking up Saturday night's beer.
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Kalaya
Not far from the hostel area, Kalaya has authentic Thai cuisine, including soup, noodle and curry choices.
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Linnéa
Modern Swedish cuisine is served up at exclusive, intimate Linnéa. Fancy ingredients and some surprisingly homely ones (gooseberries, nettles and lentils) are spun into subtle and succulent meals, beautifully presented on glass plates.
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Magnus & Magnus
This modern restaurant draws fashionable crowds with its relaxed atmosphere. Low chairs and handsome tables make it feel more like someone's (swanky) home than a business, and there's a summer courtyard for alfresco dining. Meals are mainly meat and fish, with a tasty range of starters.
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R.O.O.M.
Get inspired at this great interiors store - and if your knees go weak from looking at the price tags, you can repair at the funky café and enjoy a more affordable Caesar salad or Thai curry soup.
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Ruby Nuevo Latino Bar
A newish spot along the main drag, the Ruby is perpetually abuzz with diners and spectators; nestle into the 'red corner' for some tapas, or have a drink on the terrace and watch the human traffic go by. Food is served late.
