Restaurang Räkan
Lorensbergsgatan 16
Cuisines: Seafood
About
The Beatles are long gone, of course, but this stalwart favorite from the 1970s still survives. This restaurant has evolved into something that's artfully shabby, with a kind of "counterculture cool" that continues to remain popular despite the changing times. Not surprisingly, it has a nautical decor with buoy lamps, wooden-plank tables typical of the Swedish west coast, and a shallow-bottomed re-creation of a Swedish lake. Your seafood platter arrives on a battery-powered boat with you directing the controls. You can order various combinations of crayfish (in season), along with prawns, poached sole, mussels, lobster, filet of gray sole, and fresh crabs. One standby is Räkan's hot and spicy fish and shellfish casserole. If you don't want fish, a choice of chicken and beef dishes is available, but those aren't anything special. Attached to the restaurant is a popular pub, Yellow Submarine, named for The Beatles' song.
