RFK Rankings · Stockholm
Best Wine List Restaurants in Stockholm 2026
Restaurant cellars and sommelier programs · Stockholm · 6 ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Frantzen sends every guest down into its cellar mid-meal, past bottles of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, which tells you most of what you need to know about how Stockholm treats wine at the top. Behind Bjorn Frantzen's three-star room sits a deep bench of cellars: a 1787 vault under the Opera, garden-driven pairings on Djurgarden, a steak house with the best California list in Sweden. Here is who each room suits, what to drink, and how to book it. Six, ranked on cellar depth, the pairing program and value, not trophy labels alone.
1.Frantzen
A three-star cellar you descend into mid-meal, gems and all. The benchmark wine night in Sweden.
Frantzen is Bjorn Frantzen's three-star flagship on the Klara Norra Kyrkogata, and the wine is built into the experience: the meal includes a guided visit down into a cellar of around 1,700 references, among them multiple bottles of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and deep champagne verticals. The set menu runs to 5,500 kronor a guest, with alcoholic and non-alcoholic pairings, lunch or dinner. This is the benchmark wine night in the country, the only room here you physically walk into the cellar of. Book months ahead, take the pairing, and tell the team if there is a region you want to drink.
Book months ahead; take the pairing and ask to see the cellar.
2.Operakallaren
Sweden's oldest temperature-controlled cellar, around 2,500 labels under the Opera. The classic vault.
Operakallaren has occupied its grand room by the Royal Opera since 1787, and its Nobiskallaren cellar, opened in 1961 as Sweden's first temperature-controlled cellar, holds around 2,500 labels with vintage depth few rooms can match. Head sommelier Carl Frosterud runs the floor over a Franco-Swedish haute menu, and the restaurant took a Silver Star at the 2026 Star Wine List of the Year for Sweden. This is the classic vault, the booking for an aged Bordeaux or Burgundy in a room with two centuries of history. Reserve a week or two ahead, set a budget with the floor, and call early for anything rare from the cellar.
Book on the Operakallaren site; ask the sommelier for an aged classic.
3.Aira
A two-star waterside room and a 2026 Gold Star wine list. The freshest top wine accolade in town.
Aira sits on the water at Djurgarden, where chefs Tommy Myllymaki and Pi Le cook a two-star Nordic tasting menu and the wine list took the Gold Star at the 2026 Star Wine List of the Year for Sweden, the freshest top accolade of any room here. The menu runs to 3,250 kronor with alcoholic and non-alcoholic pairings, the latter drawing on the restaurant's own garden. This is the booking for a serious pairing in a calm waterside room rather than a grand historic hall. Reserve ahead, take the pairing where the menu is the point, and ask the floor to range from a grower white to an aged red.
Book on the Aira site; take the pairing with the tasting menu.
4.Oaxen Krog
Magnus Ek's two-star island room with an award-winning nature-driven list. For a pairing with a sense of place.
Oaxen Krog sits on the islet of Beckholmen off Djurgarden, where Magnus Ek has held two Michelin stars since 2015 for a hyper-seasonal, nature-driven tasting menu. The wine list is long and award-winning, built to pair with a kitchen that leans hard on the seasons and the surrounding water, and the room looks out over the boatyards and the channel. This is the booking for a pairing with a real sense of place, away from the city in a setting as considered as the food. Reserve ahead for the Tuesday-to-Saturday dinner service, take the pairing, and let the floor follow the menu's lead.
Book on the Oaxen site; take the pairing with the tasting menu.
5.Restaurang AG
A dry-aging steak house with 1,000-plus bottles and the best California list in Sweden. The cellar-and-beef night.
Restaurang AG occupies a former silver factory on the Kronobergsgatan in Kungsholmen, a steak house where chef Johan Jureskog dry-ages tons of beef and partner-sommelier Klas Ljungkvist runs a list of more than 1,000 bottles. It has won Best California Wine List in Sweden at the Star Wine List awards, most recently in 2025, alongside real depth in Burgundy and Piedmont, and the list was refreshed as recently as June 2026. This is the booking for a serious bottle with a dry-aged steak rather than a tasting menu, the cellar-and-beef night on this list. Reserve ahead, set a budget, and ask the floor for a California red to match the meat.
Book on the AG site; ask for a California red with the steak.
6.Ekstedt
A one-star fire kitchen with a sommelier-led, low-intervention list. A characterful pairing, not a deep vault.
Ekstedt on the Humlegardsgatan in Ostermalm cooks everything over open fire with no electricity in the kitchen, a one-star room from Niklas Ekstedt that opened in 2011 and won its star in 2013. The wine is sommelier-led and leans toward natural and low-intervention bottles, built to match a smoky, fire-driven menu rather than to rival a classic cellar. The menu runs to 1,090 kronor with a pairing around 850. This is the booking for a characterful pairing with a distinctive kitchen rather than a deep vault of trophy labels. Reserve ahead, take the pairing, and tell the floor if you want to lean into the low-intervention end.
Book on the Ekstedt site; take the fire-led wine pairing.
Not for a serious bottle
Drink elsewhere for the cellar
Fotografiska's restaurant. A spectacular harbour view and a good kitchen, but the wine program is built for the gallery crowd, not a deep cellar night. Go for the room and the sunset; drink seriously on the list above.
The summer rooftop bars. Stockholm's seasonal terraces pour plenty of crisp white in July, but the lists are short and the markups steep. Have the aperitivo, then sit down somewhere with a real cellar.
How to drink well in Stockholm
Set a number with the sommelier and let them lead. At Frantzen, Operakallaren and Aira the lists run deep enough that a budget turns up a better, often older bottle than the name you would reach for, and all three are happy to range from a grower Riesling to an aged red. For rare bottles, call a day ahead so the cellar can confirm and stand the bottle up.
The destination rooms book weeks out; the specialists reward knowing what you want. Restaurang AG is the address for California and a dry-aged steak, Ekstedt for a sommelier-led list built around open fire, Oaxen for a nature-driven pairing on Djurgarden. Take the pairing where the menu is the point, and tell the floor if you want to lean classic or low-intervention.
Frequently asked
Which Stockholm restaurant has the best wine list?
Frantzen holds the top spot, with a cellar of around 1,700 references including multiple bottles of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, and a meal that includes a guided cellar visit. Operakallaren runs it close on depth, with roughly 2,500 labels in Sweden's oldest temperature-controlled cellar under the Royal Opera.
Which Stockholm restaurant has the deepest cellar?
Operakallaren's Nobiskallaren, opened in 1961 as Sweden's first temperature-controlled cellar, holds around 2,500 labels with vintage depth few rooms in the country can match. Frantzen's 1,700-bottle cellar is the other heavyweight, gem for gem arguably the finest, and the only one you physically descend into mid-meal.
How much is a wine pairing in Stockholm?
It varies widely with the room. Ekstedt's pairing runs around 850 kronor against a 1,090-krona menu, while the pairings at Frantzen, Aira and Oaxen climb well beyond that to match longer tasting menus. As everywhere, setting a budget with the sommelier and letting them lead tends to drink better than ordering by the name.
Which Stockholm restaurant is best for wine lovers?
Frantzen for the deepest gem-laden cellar and the cellar visit, Operakallaren for the grand classic vault, and Aira, a 2026 Star Wine List Gold winner, for the freshest top accolade. For something different, Restaurang AG has the best California list in Sweden alongside its dry-aged steaks, and Ekstedt a characterful fire-led list.
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