Oaxen Slip

Ahhhhh Oaxen Slip — sooooooo good. The food, the vibe, the everything. I’m surprised I haven’t reviewed it already — this place is amazing. I make sure to come here every time I’m in Stockholm. In case you don’t make a reservation in time, have no fear — the cute communal table usually is free and if you show up they usually have a few tables available.
The menu is seasonal and changes from time to time, but everything is local and so very fresh. It can be a bit pricey, but nothing out of the ordinary from Swedish prices. Make sure you leave room for dessert as well — dessert here is really a treat.
I don’t drink alcohol, but they have a nice selection of house-​made lemonades for (pitiful) people like me.

For a weekend trip to Stockholm, we selected to eat our small number of meals at restaurants that highlighted modern Swedish cuisine, and Oaxen Slip’s bistro-​style Swedish fare definitely didn’t disappoint. As we walked in for our reservation, the hostess asked whether we would prefer to sit inside or outside. Based on how gorgeous of a day it was, coupled with the dining area’s view of the water, the easy choice was outside. However, the indoor area was open and modern, with high ceilings and floor-​to-​ceiling windows that gave it a light and airy feel.
The outdoor dining area had a bistro feel to it, which we both loved. There was a separate area around the corner that had an even better view of the water (and a bit more privacy), but when we asked about it, we were informed that it was reserved for the restaurant Krog. Oaxen is actually two separate restaurants under one roof: Krog and Slip. Open for both lunch and dinner, Slip is the more casual bistro-​type establishment, where the menu is comprised of a la carte offerings. Krog only opens for dinner and offers tasting menus. Shortly after settling in, we were presented with the menu, which changes based on what is in season.
The menu had variety without being overwhelming. Adam started with a Swedish beer, the Stenstrand Sommar ale 35cl (85 SEK = $ 12.50). I decided to start with a housemade ginger lemonade and gin (125 SEK = $ 18.25). The cocktail was incredibly refreshing on this warm day, with a bite of spiciness from the ginger to give it a twist.
We were presented with a basket of warm bread and butter; the bread was soft with a crisp exterior and went well with the butter. Soon, the Oaxen dried pork neck (45 SEK = $ 6.50), presented as lightly folded sheets atop a small wooden block, was presented. The Nordic take at Oaxen was quite similar to the popular Swiss version of dried beef, Bündnerfleisch, and we all-​too-​quickly enjoyed every piece. Oaxen Slip had both a smoked and pickled version of herring on their menu; Adam opted for the pickled one, which came accompanied by onion and mustard, boiled new potatoes, Västerbotten cheese & Dahlberg’s crisp bread (115 SEK = $ 17). The herring was the perfect balance of sweet and sour and those strong flavors were mellowed out by the potatoes and salty cheese. Building a bit of all of the ingredients on a piece of the crisp bread was perfect. We both just wished the portion was a bit bigger! For my main, I decided to order the grilled char from Piteå (170 SEK = $ 25). I’m so glad I did! While the presentation might look simple or boring, the flavor was anything but. This was one of the best pieces of grilled fish I had ever eaten. The char had a slight smokiness and was grilled just to the point of being cooked, leaving the fish on the rarer side. The skin was perfectly crisp, with a light sprinkling of salt, which was a great counterpoint to the delicate, sweet fish. A squirt of lemon added an overall brightness to the fish and really brought out the essence of the char. Sometimes the simplest dishes impress me the most and this was definitely one of those times. Adam and I quickly devoured this dish. Adam decided to order the beer and vinegar boiled cheek of veal with almond potato purée, pickled cucumber and tarragon (185 SEK = $ 27). The veal was incredibly tender and went well with the creamy and smooth potato purée, though we didn’t taste a ton of almond. The grilled onions and pickled cucumber lent an element of sweetness to the dish. I found the pickled cucumbers too sweet, while Adam found that it was a nice addition to the dish. We also selected two side dishes: the potato salad and broccoli. The potato salad with spinach, grilled zucchini and capers (45 SEK = $ 6.50) is not what Americans would think of when they picture potato salad. While it didn’t look like what Adam and I had envisioned, it did taste quite good overall! However, it was a bit too oily at times, as many of the items were sitting in a pool of oil. The zucchini and potatoes were able to stand up to the oil but the spinach wilted quite quickly. I had read good things about the grilled broccoli with onion vinaigrette & roasted, grated Dura cheese (50 SEK = $ 7.25) and it did not disappoint. A large head of broccoli, grilled and then covered in a vinaigrette and cheese. It was nice and refreshing and something that I would have welcomed a second order of. Overall, we really enjoyed our meal at Oaxen Slip. Looking at the prices, it seems exorbitant ($ 12.50 for a beer?!?) for what we had, but it really is all relative, as Sweden is incredibly expensive. Some of the dishes were definitely quite memorable (grilled char, broccoli) while also giving us a great introduction to modern Nordic food. Plus, if it’s a nice day, the outdoor seating is in a beautiful setting. If you’re in Stockholm you should definitely make a trip out to Oaxen Slip!

It’s always a great idea to go to Oaxen Slip after a lovely stroll on Djurgården. The nautical interior in this airy restaurant is very inspiring, and the view over Saltsjön just outside the windows is simply wonderful and very relaxing.
The modern Nordic cuisine that is being served by the knowledgeable and attentive staff is very ambitious and delicious. The menu is varied and it is advisable to order dishes for sharing. This is something that appeals to me since I like to share the food and discuss what’s on the table :)
I would advise booking a table here a few days before you plan to go. Besides, try one of their homemade lemonades — they are incredible.

Best brunch in Stockholm?
Sit inside in the end or out on the deck and order a set of small plates– we loved a steak tartar, egg and anchovy, roast beef and a salmon-​washed down with a few local drafts– try a session beer if you don’t want too much alcohol. Perfect for a lazy Sunday!

An absolute must when in Stockholm. The interior of the restaurants is absolutely gorgeous. There are also outdoor tables right on the water. And the food is sublime. They have their own smoker outside on the patio where they slow roast the pork which is then served fried. It’s unbelievably delicious. Other standouts included a steak sandwich, smoked salmon with cream, celeriac with mushrooms, French fries served with a side of smoked mayonnaise. It’s all served family style at the table. The wait staff was attentive. Go!!!

Safe to say one of the best meals you’ll have in Stockholm. This is the lower-​priced sister to Oaxen Krog, but it’s certainly not inexpensive. Even so, the friendly staff serves a sophisticated take on traditional Swedish cuisine. Recommendations: herring three ways, arctic char, and sausage. The fries aren’t bad either! All of this in a gorgeous setting.

My first foray into modern scandinavian food! We managed to make it in here while it was down pouring, and the ambiance with the rain pitter pattering on the roof while sitting below those old wooden boats in Djurgarden was incredible.
We shared a bunch of plates as followed:
–Snacks & Starters–
First off, I knew it was going to be good, when the bread was warm, soft, and oh so deliciously carby.
Dried Pork Neck: Smokey, earthy, better than bacon (Blasphemy! But true.)
Eggs and Herring & Smoked Shrimps were good, too.
Then…Ox sausage and Cod. SO FREAKING GOOD. The cod was super moist and just stabbing it with my fork made it flake beautifully. The Ox sausage was interesting and delicious, unlike anything I’ve tasted before. We also had green cabbage and french fries with smoked mayo for side dishes. It felt like I was eating the best food cooked in the wild outdoors. This place was a treat. So glad we came here!

Beautiful setting at Djurgarden. My first true Nordic culinary experience. Missed the set lunch which was understandably sold out at 2pm. Had a starter, main, side and a glass of wine which is rather much (~500 SEK). The fried pork is a bit dry to my liking but the cabbage salad is beautiful. Lunch wine is on special (95 SEK) but I was charged double — possibly due to lost in translation. Wonderful service. Rather pricy even to Sydney (Australia) standard. A one-​time experience.

The Slip menu includes a special lunch under the moniker «veckans värsting» for the relatively modest (given the circumstances) price of 145 SEK. When we visited, this implied pike quenelles (gäddqueneller), which I believe I have never had before. They were remarkably elastic, like some kind of rubber eggs or perhaps halloumi. They were also tasty. The quenelles were served with potato and broccoli.
I hope that I will have a similarly novel, tasty and affordable experience the next time I visit Slip.

If i could marry this place, i would in a heartbeat.
I’ve been to a number of michelin star studded restaurants but i’d say this restaurant is up there along with them or at least in my list.
The ambiance, service, most importantly the FOOD stellar stellar stellar.

De retour de vacances, je tiens à rédiger absolument un avis sur ce restaurant situé sur l’île de Djürgarden, à Stockholm.
C’est bien simple: j’ai rarement, voire jamais, aussi bien mangé de ma vie (ou du moins c’est l’impression que ce restaurant m’a donné).
Le cadre est superbe, la salle semble être un ancien hangar réaménagé avec beaucoup de goût, on est assis à des tablées de 8 ou sur des tables de 2.
Par chance, le jour où nous y sommes allés avec mon ami, il y avait encore quelques tables disponibles, mais mieux vaut réserver (comme dans la plupart des restaurants suédois, particulièrement en soirée !).
Une fois installés, la serveuse vient nous expliquer le menu: le concept est de prendre un plat de viande ou de poisson et 1 à 2 accompagnements et de partager.
Autant dire que tout sur le menu à l’air appétissant.
Rentrons dans le lard du sujet: les plats !
J’ai opté pour du porc frit, avec une sauce chili, un peu de tahiné et une petite salade de pois et de haricots en tout genre. J’en salivais d’avance.
Les plats arrivent et là c’est la claque: ça croustille, ça fond dans la bouche, c’est délicatement épicé, une pointe de sucré, bref le délire est total. Même de pain est sublime, MÊME LA CORIANDRE EST SUBLIME (non bon j’exagère peut-​être un chouilla).
Et comme je n’allais pas s’arrêter en si bon chemin, j’ai bien entendu pris un dessert. J’avoue, j’avais un peu peur que la magie du plat n’opère pas sur les desserts, mais franchement ça valait tout autant le détour.
Je me suis donc retrouvée devant un petit bol (une bolinette) avec un brownie coupé en petits dés, de la sauce épaisse au fond et une glacé au «sea-​buckthorn» (l’argousier né m’est pas tout de suite venue à l’esprit et je me suis même demandée si je n’allais me retrouver avec de la glacé à l’espadon — fin de la minute c*n).
Et là, idem, explosion de saveurs, la glacé à l’argousier à un goût d’orange plus prononcé et plus subtil, le brownie est dense et peu gras et la sauce chocolat caramel est à pleurer.
Bref, Oaxen est un petit bijou à tester absolument lors d’un séjour à Stockholm.
Du côté des prix, comme le reste de la vie là bas, l’addition n’est pas légère. Pour un plat /​dessert /​boisson, nous avons pu nous en sortir pour environ 450 SEK par personne, ce qui reste relativement dans la moyenne des prix pratiqués.

Excellent Julbord. It’s all about quality rather than quantity. I love this place! Also, nice views.

A remarkably cool restaurant with good, innovative and affordable food. The pulled pork brioche was the best dish I had all year. And good service too!
Generally need to reserve, but you may be lucky if you’re early for lunch or dinner. Give it a try and take home some of their spicy barbecue sauce, too

I loved Oaxen Slip. The food, service, location, ambience, décor — it was all great, including the views. This bistro in a former boathouse has been open less than three months. Its sister restaurant Krog, with a gourmet menu and at this point, same kitchen but different crew, was closed on the two nights I had free. Slip was fabulous, making me wonder how long I’ll wait before finding my way back to Sweden for another meal at Slip and an evening at Krog! Maria kindly seated me at the bar which was warm and inviting. Sean was an experienced bar man, no doubt, and he recommended the perfect food choices and wine to go with. Each dish I had was beautifully presented using fresh and simple local ingredients. More important the flavors were perfectly tuned, whether the garlic and bread crumbs on the squid starter or the caper vinaigrette sauce on the flank steak. The fries were outstanding. Hot, well salted, crispy, not greasy. And they stayed hot in their bowl throughout the meal. I can’t forget the baked tomato side dish, which could have been a little meal in itself. Baked fresh local tomatoes with (I think grape seed oil) and roasted almonds. Yum! I couldn’t eat dessert, but the selection was broad, ranging from light to really rich. Enjoy Oaxen!

I was rather excited when walking to Oaxen’s ‘simple’ restaurant ‘Slip’ as the food here should be top notch. The location is fairly far from the center (at Djurgården, close to Skansen and Gröna Lund) but still compared to where Oaxen used to be very central location. It is nicely located by the water and the premises are very light (big windows and high ceiling) but still the view is not the greatest as the small island of Beckholmen is blocking a lot. Still a very nice location and the outdoor seating area is very nice.
We were a bit early so had to wait a few minutes for our table to be ready but that was perfectly fine. When we were seated we fairly quickly were asked if we wanted something to drink and drinks were then served promptly. That was also the last good service we were to receive that evening (coming back to that later).
Drinks-​wise the selection of beer and wines is excellent. There are numerous small breweries represented on the beer list and the wine list was also extensive. There was also a respectable selection of wines by the glass. The prices are a bit high but still not at all outrageous.
There was a lot on the menu that just sounded great and we were really glad we were a group of people so that we could order several dishes (many are good to share) and have taste. Before ordering the food we did however also get some lovely bread and very tasty butter. After that followed a selection of starters. We tried the grilled cuttle fish with purée of garlic, cress salad & grilled lemon. It was perfectly prepared and was a mix of very nice fresh flavors. The fried paté with cheese & blackened leeks with pickled cucumber was also a really great dish. The ragu of tripe, beans, new potato, tomato & smoked sausage of wild boar was simply huge, big enough to be a main dish. Unfortunately it was not great as the beans took over to much of the flavor (and I am not really a huge fan of beans). The last starter was grilled heart of veal with beets, anchovy and goat’s milk cheese. Decent starter, as heart was tasty but a bit to chewy and too many flavors mixed.
Around half-​way into the starters several of us had finished our drinks and were sitting with empty glasses. We did try to get the attention of the staff but no real success and even when they were clearing away the plates they did not ask if we wanted something more to drink. We had specifically ask twice for it and then they finally came and took orders (at this point we also asked for more water — that showed up when we had dessert).
For mains we were struggling to decide as there were numerous to choose between that all sounded excellent. We went for a very meat inspired approach (much to my liking). The aged Skare sirloin steak with herb butter & jus was cooked perfectly, medium rare and full of flavor. The glazed brisket was also great, extremely tender with full flavor. The favorite was however the steamed bun with pulled pork, shredded greens & BBQ sauce, a bit unclear how it fits into the menu and concept but I am willing to forgive that as it was divine. Worth noting though is that it is difficult to share (which was mentioned) and it is very small for a main (smaller that the ragu of tripe we had as a starter). We also had the veal casserole with vegetables, cream cheese & cream which I was expecting to be my favorite but it was a bit dull, not very flavorful and it felt plain boring.
There was an array of exciting sides and we shared four of those (grilled zucchini (good), grilled green beans (awesome), pickled vegetables (good) and a crudite salad (good)) — mix up with orders so we got zucchini instead of tomatoes but none of us had the energy to try to get the every absent waiting staff to the table so we eat the zucchini instead.
At this point we were stuffed but we still managed to eat some lovely sorbet and meringue and cream dessert. The coffee is from Johan & Nyström (as well as the tea). The coffee was fine but would have been better if they had made it fresh, now it had a slight bitterness to it which should not be there. Finished dinner with trying to get the attention of the staff to pay — very difficult and long wait while staff wandered around without paying any attention to the guests. The service was in general disinterested and they just seemed like they did not really care. It was not even a busy night so do not really understand why it was so poor. Still giving it a 3 star rating due to the food being very good, prices are fairly reasonable but to be honest it was probably closer to 2,5. May still visit again to see if the food is as good and the service has improved.

Wow, the new star on stockholms restaurant scene! Had pork cheeks and mackerel, both dishes where superb! Perfectly cooked, immaculatly seasoned, well balanced flavors and textures. Highly recommended.