Celeste

Amazing experience! The food was incredibly good, and I had one of the best citrus cocktails of my life. Watching the midnight sunset from the stunning rooftop was unforgettable definitely something you shouldn’t miss. Thank you to all the staff for being so friendly!

I have mixed feelings I almost would like to keep This joint as a secret for myself. But that would not be fair to the staff or to other potential guests that want an excellent meal. Great menu, perfect precision, lovely taste and boutique wine yard type of wines that are crazy good. And we shouldn’t forget the cocktail bar. Been here twice and the reindeer was mind blowing.

This is a new review based on a more recent visit in November 2024. Not so attentive staff, serving the table with dirty wine glasses. Not folding the napkins when you leave the table. Serving food from the wrong side and placing glasses from the wrong side. Not worthy of a star in the guide. We started off with a Non Dosé Champagne 🥂 from Philipponnat and some amuse-bouches. The pairing of the broth and philipponnat wasn't the best choose in my opinion. Wine, Cocktail or Non alcoholic? The concept of being able to choose what to drink for each dish is a fun twist and as far as I know not so common amongst Michelin Restaurants. Good fun though! Regardless of your choice the drink/food experience was enjoyable and well worth the 3+ hours we got to spend with Celeste's lovely staff. Bottom line, I don't think they really want that star. My choice managing that restaurant would be to stay at a Bib gourmand level and continue to have fun. Photos for first and second dine.

This Micheline restaurant promised a culinary experience. For the hefty price tag of 7000 kr (roughly €640), we received an overpriced dinner in what felt like a side-road bar. Service started 15 minutes late, setting the tone early. We were seated near the kitchen. Very few dishes appeared to be cooked on site. Food was pre-made, lifted from plastic boxes (labels still on), assembled like IKEA furniture, and mostly cold. We’ve never seen so many plastic boxes used in a restaurant! Even the herbs were taken straight from supermarket plastic boxes. No chefs to speak of — despite this being Friday evening - just young staff without real knowledge doing their best with ready-made components. How is it possible that a restaurant that opened 2-3 years ago doesn’t have a chef on site on Friday evening – one of the most important nights of the week? No one appeared to be in charge. At one point, the “cook” went from handing guest jackets directly back to the stove. One waiter was even scrolling on her iPhone. The food itself was bad. We didn’t finish half of it. Lowlights: • Crips with roe that felt supermarket-bought with kitchen smell. • Beef tartare with liquorice jelly: an experiment that should have stayed in the lab. • “Grilled” lobster that wasn’t grilled at all, just blow-torched. Why own a Japanese grill if you’re using a flame torch? • Bagel with foie gras and passion fruit, where the passion fruit completely drowned the foie gras. • Cod that was too salty with a backstory told by the waiter that felt forced since no chef was on site. • Meat arrived on a cold plate. • Sugar-coated almonds were served cold in a bag — you find better ones in Skansen. We are fairly sure we were charged extra for “matching drinks” that were supposedly part of a dish. Most striking was the total absence of heart, soul, or any sense of story. We’ve eaten at many Michelin-level restaurants, and this felt nothing like one. Our guess is that this restaurant won’t survive for long. We never write reviews because we don’t believe in harming someone’s income. But a restaurant charging these prices should offer more: it’s a disrespect for the clients and an insult to our intelligence.

An attractive rooftop bar, complementing the restaurant, which serves inventive and well-balanced cocktails with unique spins on traditional classics. The stunning view enhances the atmosphere, but be mindful that seating might be limited if the weather isn't conducive for outdoor sitting. The clientele tends to be somewhat older compared to other bars in the area. The food offerings, though, could use some improvements in terms of balance, but the drinks are superb.

The menu I had was made of 10 incredible dishes with a wonderful non-alcoholic pairing. The only "deception" I had was with how salty the langoustine was. The familiar service is not what you'd expect when you taste the gastronomic food but it creates a really warm and cosy atmosphere. If they put their mind to it, they could definitely get a michelin star!

The food was disappointingly bland and the service was much below expectations, not clearing the table, empty glasses (and very long waits in between dishes with no drinks or snacks on the table) and we were served beverages in dirty and broken glasses. They also forgot the cocktails for our table and the table next to us, so after the food was served on the table we had to ask for the cocktails and wait for them to be made and served a couple of minutes later (in a chipped and sharp glass). We have tried all Michelin restaurants in Stockholm in the last 12 months and this was by far the worst experience. The restroom was a real mess and throughout the evening there was a constant flow of drunk and loud bar goers from the adjacent bar walking past the tables to head to the restrooms. I do not recommend trying this restaurant.

The food was excellent, with 3 courses from the "Stora menyn" really standing out. I also appreciated the light, compact atmosphere of the space. The weakest part of the experience came right at the start. The welcome felt a little off and not very attentive, and we found ourselves walking around trying to locate someone to assist us. When we finally got help, we began with drinks outside. However once we had finished no one came to seat us, and we eventually went inside to ask to be shown to our table. Service improved after that, but the initial impression was underwhelming. The restrooms could have used more attention (bins were overflowing etc), and the outdoor tables weren’t cleared for quite some time, which lowered the overall experience. Compared with other Michelin-starred restaurants in Stockholm, Celeste didn’t reach the same level for me.