Royal Copenhagen

Bit bizarre to find a café outside a porcelain shop but why not when they do such amazing dishes, mostly open Danish sandwiches
So why not try a roast beef & remoulade plus bits sandwich… wow! Superb. Washed down with a little glass of rouge (one tasting better with food, but ok)
Couple of photos, sorry a bit dark & I hadn’t thought about a picture of the beef before munching away… remiss I know… but it was excellent, presentation too
Recommended; 3 * only because of limitations, not because of what we ate
(By the way, Mood is a new mall to me and very nice to wander around; it’s sort of 3 floors but that’s because it’s on a slope… RC is on the lowest level… more on Mood later)

Royal Copenhagen is a Café in the bottom floor of Mood Gallerian in connection with the Royal Copenhagen porcelain shop. The focus of the café is on Smörrebröd, a type of open-​faced Danish sandwich that is just topped with heaps of meat, fish or other ingredients; but they do good coffee as well and have an interesting wine-​list. The list is not very long, but they do seem to have a good taste when it comes to bubbly.
This specific time, we tried two of the champagnes: Château del’Auche Cuvee Selection NV and Colin Cuvée Alliance NV, both decently priced under 130 SEK (in Stockholm this is a bargain). They also have a wonderful cava on the list: Cava Xenius Brut NV from Penedes. If someone asks me where they should go for a glass of Cava in Stockholm, this is one of my top recommendations. The wine list rotates, so there is often something new to try.
There are also some wonderful dishes on the menu. I went for a Swedish meat pancake. What a wonderful concept I must say: A pancake topped with (a lot of) crispy bacon and some lingonberries on the side for freshness and acidity. The Danish sandwiches, Smörrebröd are also very good with different toppings: salmon, veal, and they have some other small snacks to fend away hunger. Value for money-​wise, it’s as they say in Swedish «lagom» (medium). I think 75 SEK for a glass of good cava and ~120 for a glass of champagne is definitely not a rip-​off. The porcelain however, phooh, its expensive. Pretty, but not sure it’s worth the money. As a present, maybe, it would be something I would consider for a person who appreciates more old style romantic décor.
The only thing that really bothers me about this place is the service. Its friendly and professional, but for some reason amazingly slow, each and every time. And it’s when you realize that you are late for your next appointment, and you just want to pay fast and go, that’s when they screw up your bill, twice. And this is irrespective of person, it just seems always to be like that, regardless who is working or how many customers there are. Table service is not so common in cafes around here, so perhaps that is it. Otherwise, Royal Copenhagen is a great place to stop by when you are shopping or just hanging around in the center.

This is not just a store selling the great Royal Copenhagen products but they do also have a café where they serve some very good ‘smörrebröd’ but also very good pancake and above all excellent coffee from Stockholm Roast (which by the way has new owners so quality has really improved).
They just opened so have not really gotten the coffee part of it up to full speed but they are planning to open a real brew bar where the coffee is brewed on order and they will then have a wider selection of single origin coffees as well. I am just super-​excited about the fact that there finally appears to happen something new in speciality coffee in Stockholm. I do hope it will be as good as it can be. The tea is by the way also very good.