Restaurant entertainment in Stockholm
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Viola
Chic and just a little camp, Viola is a chi-chi combination of champagne leather booths, mini chandeliers and flouncy floral wallpaper. Glam up and join the gorgeous for perfect cocktails and a healthy round of air kissing.
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Storstad
Years later, the queues are still going long and strong at this slinky resto-bar. Could it be the fab French grub, killer cocktails or smooth sexy tunes? Personally, we think it’s the infamously flirty crowd. Once again, head in early or join the queue.
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Pet Sounds Bar
While the restaurant does decent Italo-French dishes, the real fun happens downstairs in the glam-grunge basement, perpetually packed with indie die-hards, SoFo fashionistas and the odd Goth rocker. Expect a mixed bag of live bands, release parties and kick-ass weekend DJs.
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Eriks Gondolen
Perched atop Katarinahissen, this place serves mean martinis and offers rooftop views. Slip into a leather armchair and play ‘spot the landmark’. Respected chef Erik Lallerstedt runs the restaurant, matching the views with top-notch Swedish-Mediterranean food.
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KGB
Skip the hit-and-miss menu at this ode to Red Russia (think Lenin statue, communist banners and a Stalin-wannabe cloakroom attendant) and head straight down to the gritty bunker-style bar. Here, laid-back indie types get happy on vodka, DJ tunes and fortnightly Friday bands.
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Brasserie Godot
Pop in to see the giant murals by graphic artist Erik Eriksson, then work your way through one of Stockholm’s finest cocktail menus. Unsurprisingly popular is the John Holmes, a long drink with plenty of kink. Thursday nights are best with a vibrant vibe and room to move.
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Laroy
This Stureplan ‘it kid’ draws the young and the beautiful for self-conscious cocktail sessions. Start off the night with French-fusion food in the restaurant, before trying your luck at charming the catwalk-worthy crowd. Tip: contact the venue five days ahead to get your name on the door.
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Nox
Stockholm’s style council can’t get enough of the designer back terrace here, with its mood lighting, snug poufs and chi-chi wooden decking. Inside, leather lounges, a luminous green bar (try a frozen champagne daiquiri), and smooth DJ sessions Thursday to Saturday keep the party people purring.
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Hotellet
Named for the hotel it never became, this split-level hotspot is home to blonde bombshells, impish brunettes and trendy studs with photo-shoot hair. There’s even a trés-chic garden by architect outfit NOD. Not surprisingly, the place has had its fair share of style mag coverage, which seems perfectly justified when sipping apple martinis next to the yummy Nordic eye Scandi.
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Café Opera
Wannabe playboys and their glitzy girlfriends need a suitably excessive place to schmooze, preferably one with bulbous chandeliers, haughty ceiling frescoes and a spangly party vibe. This is it, darlings. In sharp contrast, the adjoining Veranden bar is a crisp white creation by architect trio Claesson Koivisto Rune and a favourite hangout for bartenders, meaning a mediocre martini is strictly out of the question.
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Riche
While both bars here are hugely popular, the smaller Lilla Riche is the current choice of Östermalm’s hip parade. Buffed bartenders mix the drinks, skilled DJs mix the music and a tightly packed crowd of media types and celebrities flirt, flaunt and step on each other’s manicured toes. The adjoining Riche restaurant is one of Stockholm’s best for Swedish-Mediterranean cuisine.
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Berns Salonger
While the drop-dead gorgeous ballroom here hosts some brilliant live-music gigs, Berns’ hottest drawcard is the intimate basement bar/club, Berns 2.35:1, open 9pm to 4am Wednesday to Saturday. It’s packed with hip creative types, top-notch DJs and art projections. Entry is via the Berns Hotel around the corner (Näckströmsgatan 8). Entry is by invitation only; contact Berns to be put on the guest list.
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