Ranked #1 of 16 · 10.0/10 · Stockholm, Sweden

Glashuset

On the menu as “Råbiff”

10.0/10

New-school råbiff

A parmesan blizzard over sweet beet and sharp dijonnaise, served in a listed glass box on the water. The benchmark.

The review

The room alone stacks the deck: a 1955 glass petrol station on the Strandvägen quay, heritage-listed, glowing over the boats of Nybroviken. The råbiff arrives under a frankly irresponsible snowfall of parmesan — not classic, and not sorry about it. Beneath: cool, clean beef bound in sharp dijonnaise, sweet cubes of yellow beet, capers on acid duty, roasted onion for crunch. Take the Classics version and a stack of golden pommes frites turns up to do the shovelling. Every element earns its seat — sweet, salt, acid, fat, crunch, in ratio. I have eaten this dish in three countries; this is the plate I measure the others against. If Glashuset really does shrink into a cocktail lounge one day, someone should heritage-list the tartare too.

Judged on five criteria

  • 01The Cut
  • 02The Seasoning
  • 03The Yolk
  • 04The Sides
  • 05The Room

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