For three decades, Travel + Leisure has celebrated the finest in travel through its annual World’s Best Awards, based on the firsthand experiences and votes of its readers. The results for 2025 are now in, and Grand Hôtel Stockholm has been voted the Best Hotel in Scandinavia.
Grand Hôtel: Stockholm’s 150-year-old five-star hotel and culinary destination
Founded in 1874, the Grand Hôtel Stockholm is Sweden’s international-level five-star luxury hotel and premier culinary destination. Throughout its 150-year history, the Hôtel has hosted Scandinavia’s most honoured guests - from heads of state like Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco, to global stars like
Grand Hôtel Stockholm is launching its first One Planet Plate dish, an initiative developed by Världsnaturfonden WWF to inspire more sustainable eating habits. The first dish introduced is a climate-conscious, plant-based version of the Verandan’s classic Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm is proud to announce that two additional concierges have been inducted into the renowned organization Les Clefs d’Or, a global network of professional concierges. This increases the number of members at the hotel from two to four, making Grand Hôtel the hotel with the most members in the Nordics.
Hantverket står i centrum när Grand Hôtel Stockholm presenterar 2025 års cocktailmeny. Med avstamp i förra årets hyllning till svensk natur och tradition riktar Cadierbarens prisbelönta barteam nu blicken åt våra lokala hantverkare runt om i landet. Med inspiration hämtad från hela landet är årets cocktailmeny, The Craftsmanship Menu, en hyllning till vår svenska hantverkskultur.
Building on last year’s celebration of Swedish nature and tradition, the award-winning bar team at the Cadier Bar now turns its focus to the country’s local artisans. Drawing inspiration from across Sweden, this year’s cocktail menu, The Craftsmanship Menu, is a tribute to Swedish craftsmanship culture.
The Distiller
Eminente rum, champagne and brioche distillate, saffron vermouth
A cocktail often begins with the distillate—produced using techniques such as heating, freezing, or vacuum distillation. In The Distiller, carefully measured components, each individually distilled, come together: the softness and elegance of Eminente rum, crafted in the traditional Cuban and Spanish style, is pai
Mathias Dahlgren’s exclusive restaurant Seafood Gastro, located in Grand Hôtel Stockholm, has been awarded a prestigious Michelin star at this year’s Nordic star ceremony. The award was received by the head chef Jonas Hedenqvist at the historic Savoy Theatre in Helsinki. This accolade is a testament to Seafood Gastro’s exceptional artisanship and innovation in gastronomy.
Mathias Dahlgren has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement of the Year Award in the Falstaff Nordic Restaurant Guide Sweden. The guide covers Sweden's 110 best restaurants, with three of Grand Hôtel's restaurants, Seafood Gastro, Matbaren and Grand Soleil, receiving high scores.
Apple orchards in Österlen, the Northern Lights, fishing huts on the West Coast, and the Swedish mountains. Grand Hôtel Stockholm's new cocktail menu, signed by the Cadier Bar, is inspired by everything around us, from our nature to our traditions. This year's cocktail menu - A Tribute to Swedish Nature - pays homage to our Swedish heritage and takes guests on a journey that w
Cocktail menu – A tribute to Swedish Nature
The world's best hotels, cruises, countries, cities, resorts, trains, airlines, airports, spas, islands, luggage and tour operators. Today, Condé Nast Traveler announces the results of its annual Readers' Choice Awards, with Grand Hôtel Stockholm being voted the best hotel in Northern Europe.
Mathias Dahlgren, the star chef behind acclaimed restaurants such as Matbaren and Rutabaga, is opening the doors on August 11 to a new dining concept – Seafood Gastro – at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. Offering a tasting menu that celebrates aquatic delicacies from within, around, and atop the water, the restaurant is a journey of gastronomic discovery for guests as well as Mathias and his team.
Fresh seafood dishes and delicious salads are the focus when Grand Hôtel Stockholm opens a new restaurant. Now Grand Soleil opens its doors and invites guests to Stockholm's most sunny destination, where the warmth and atmosphere of the French and Italian Riviera permeates every moment.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm has recruited Jessica Karlsson as the new hotel manager. Jessica has a long experience in leading roles in hotels and comes most recently from NOFO Hotel & Wine Bar where she worked as hotel director.
Stockholm's restaurant scene is getting a new addition. Rutabaga, which has been creating world-class vegetarian dishes since 2017, will continue to grow in new forms outside the Grand Hôtel Stockholm. A new restaurant by Mathias Dahlgren will take over Rutabaga's former premises after the summer.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm is launching a new cocktail concept where France meets Sweden in a new and well-composed cocktail menu - "States of the Art". From October 5, the new cocktail menu will be served in the Cadier Bar, which is based on the era when the Grand Hôtel opened its doors. The new menu offers 19 tasty cocktails, some of which are non-alcoholic and a few classics remain.
Grand Hôtel presents two newly renovated floors. This spring, floors five and six will open in all their colourful splendour. The two floors, which have their own style and architecture, have been renovated with carefully selected colours and materials that highlight the full potential of the rooms
The Grand Hôtel in Stockholm is establishing a permanent hybrid event studio in the hotel’s Stockholm conference and event auditorium, featuring world-class, state-of-the-art technology. Done in collaboration with the company Informationsteknik, the initiative is particularly timely given that the demand and requirements for virtual meetings and hybrid event solutions are ever-increasing. The stud
This summer the Grand Hôtel will be offering a completely new experience on the football scene in Stockholm. The Veranda restaurant is opening a major pop-up restaurant in the Winter Garden, showing UEFA Euro football matches in June and July. A unique restaurant experience with 360° projection technology will put guests right in the middle of all the action.