Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Gothenburg
Ten of the eleven restaurants on this list carry an exceptional wine program. Koka in Landala and 28+ in City Center are the Michelin-starred restaurants on the page, each with a Michelin star dated 2026. Koka pairs plant-led modern Swedish tasting menus with natural wine from small European producers. 28+ serves French-Scandinavian fine dining beside an extensive list among the country's finest wine cellars.
La Cucina Italiana, in central Gothenburg, holds this page's Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025, with 3,500 bottles spanning Italy, Burgundy, and California. Trattoria La Strega in Vasastaden runs a sommelier-led list with natural wine. Upper House runs an extensive, sommelier-led list in Svenska Mässan. Dorsia keeps an extensive list in city center. Wagners Bistro keeps an extensive old-world list in Kungsportshuset. Mestiza in Linné pours natural wine. Epoque in central Gothenburg pairs a charcoal grill with an extensive list.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
28+
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Few restaurants anywhere carry a Michelin star across more than three decades, and 28+ in Gothenburg is Sweden's record-holder. Anchored on Götabergsgatan since before most of the city's current fine-dining scene existed, it operates alongside its own wine bar, Vinbaren 28+, giving regulars a more casual entry point into the same kitchen's sensibility. The price tier sits at €€€, in line with Gothenburg's other starred contemporaries.
Bistro Odette
Deep wine list
A small French bistro in Gothenburg's Linné district, Bistro Odette brings the unhurried cadence of a Parisian neighbourhood restaurant to western Sweden. Front-of-house and kitchen work in close alignment to produce food rooted in French bistro tradition, served in a room decorated with French art and soundtracked accordingly. The format is intimate and the booking window reflects that.
Brasserie Draken
Deep wine list
Once a beloved Järntorget cinema, Brasserie Draken now operates as one of Gothenburg's most talked-about wine destinations, earning the Star Wine List #1 ranking in 2024. The preserved theatre architecture gives the space a character that few restaurant conversions achieve, placing it firmly within the Linné-Järntorget corridor where the city's most confident dining and drinking addresses have clustered.
Dorsia
Deep wine list
Dorsia occupies a specific position in Gothenburg's dining scene: a Belle Époque-styled hotel restaurant on Trädgårdsgatan that earned back-to-back Star Wine List recognition in 2020, ranking first and second in consecutive award cycles. The room commits fully to its theatrical register, gold, velvet, and a scale that suits both visiting guests and the city's own regulars seeking something deliberately removed from Nordic minimalism.
Epoque
Deep wine list
Epoque holds a White Star on Star Wine List, signalling a wine program that places it among Gothenburg's more serious dining addresses. Located on Södra Vägen in central Gothenburg, the restaurant sits within a city whose modern Nordic dining scene has earned consistent international attention. For visitors prioritising wine depth alongside the meal, Epoque warrants advance planning.
Koka
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Beneath a 19th-century glass ceiling on Viktoriagatan, Koka holds a Michelin star for tasting menus that place vegetables at the centre of the plate without apology. The kitchen's seasonal logic runs deep: spring and summer menus lean heavily plant-led, while autumn brings fallow deer and game supported by fruit-forward sauces..
La Cucina Italiana
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Among Gothenburg's Italian restaurants, La Cucina Italiana on Skånegatan stands apart through a wine program of genuine depth: 3,500 bottles spanning Italy, Burgundy, and California, recognised with a Star Wine List White Star. A Michelin Plate (2025) and a mid-range price point make it one of the more considered Italian addresses in a city otherwise dominated by New Nordic tasting menus.
Mestiza
Deep wine list
At Skanstorget 10, Mestiza operates at the intersection of international cuisines, with Mariuxi Ingber Robles building a menu of mid-sized sharing dishes that draw from multiple culinary traditions. Her partner Kiki Ingber runs a beverage program weighted toward natural wines and producers. The format suits Gothenburg's appetite for informal but considered dining, and the cross-cultural premise gives the kitchen more range than most addresses in the neighbourhood.
Trattoria La Strega
Deep wine list
Among Gothenburg's €€ dining options, Trattoria La Strega holds a specific position: a produce-driven Italian trattoria that has earned consecutive Michelin Plates (2024, 2025) and ranked first on Star Wine List twice.
Upper House
Deep wine list
Upper House occupies a distinct tier in Gothenburg's premium dining scene, positioned at the address Mässans gata 24 in the city's convention and exhibition quarter. Where much of the city's fine dining clusters around Haga or the central canal streets, this location signals a different kind of ambition, one oriented toward a guest who arrives with purpose rather than stumbling in from a neighbourhood stroll.
Wagners Bistro
Deep wine list
Wagners Bistro occupies a considered position in Gothenburg's fine dining circuit, where tablecloths and classical service have become a deliberate counter-statement to the city's New Nordic wave. Founded by Ulf Wagner, among the more recognised figures in the city's restaurant world, the bistro pairs serious wine credentials with a format built for occasions that require more than a tasting menu conveyor belt.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Gothenburg
- Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?
- La Cucina Italiana, in central Gothenburg, holds the only Wine Spectator award on this list: Best of Award of Excellence, dated 2025. The extensive list runs to 3,500 bottles spanning Italy, Burgundy, and California. Modern Italian fine dining is served as a tasting menu or à la carte.
- Which neighborhoods are the wine restaurants in?
- These restaurants are spread across Landala, City Center, Vasastaden, central Gothenburg, Linné, city center, Kungsportshuset, Järntorget and Svenska Mässan. Koka is in Landala and 28+ is in City Center. Trattoria La Strega is in Vasastaden. La Cucina Italiana and Epoque are in central Gothenburg. Bistro Odette and Mestiza are in Linné. Dorsia is in city center, Wagners Bistro in Kungsportshuset, Brasserie Draken in Järntorget and Upper House in Svenska Mässan.
- Which restaurants on this list hold Michelin stars?
- Koka in Landala and 28+ in City Center are the Michelin-starred restaurants on this list, each with a Michelin star dated 2026. Koka's list is extensive and sommelier-led, with natural wine from small European producers. 28+ keeps an extensive cellar among the country's finest.
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