The guide to Gothenburg restaurants serving home cooking

You can enjoy traditional Swedish home cooking in the restaurant's three dining rooms all week long. They open at lunchtime, serving a regularly changing menu based on classic Swedish cuisine. The menu always includes a few regular lunch options, such as meatballs and raggmunk potato pancakes with bacon, along with daily lunch specials. In the evenings they serve Swedish tapas.

Rustic home-cooked food from both Sweden and Europe, at a price point to suit every budget, is the order of the day at Kalle Glader. Fill your tum with classics like meatballs with mashed potatoes, vegetarian potato dumplings, and Beef Rydberg, perhaps washed down with a German or Belgian beer. The atmosphere is charming and welcoming - a bit like a second living room.

If you want to experience a slice of Swedish culinary history and the echoes of the past, take a seat at a table at Kometen, which these days is run by Leif Mannerström and his pal Christer Johansson. They serve their own-pickled herring in their S.O.S herring, cheese and snaps platter, cabbage rolls and Wallenbergare veal patties, all accompanied by selected wines and tempting desserts. Don't miss their apple mazarin almond tart.

Old and new classics from all around the country are served at this restaurant, named piga (milkmaid) after the hardworking heroines of historical households. Dishes such as black pudding and hot dogs aren't often seen on restaurant menus these days, but they're taken to new heights here. Everything is made from scratch from local, seasonal ingredients.

Bommens, which is frequented by musicians and singers from the Gothenburg Opera, serves Swedish flavours influenced by international elements. On certain Thursday evenings the restaurant organises popular musical evenings where opera singers accompany dinner. The menu includes classic fish dishes such as seafood stew, along with dishes such as grilled flllet of moose.

Löfqvist å vi, in Arkaden shopping arcade, has created a harmonious oasis for anyone who needs to recharge their batteries after shopping. Classic Swedish home cooking with modern elements dominates the menu. At weekends they serve special weekend lunches, popular with hungry hedonists.

If you fancy a proper blowout, but prefer something other than basic pub food like burgers, pick one of the classic home cooking favourites on the menu at these popular beer halls. You're always guaranteed a hearty meal here and you can even afford to go out to eat regularly as main courses cost around 100 SEK each.

A visit to Lisebergs Wärdshus, before visiting the theatre, gets the evening off to an elegant start. The restaurant is housed in one of Liseberg's most popular and oldest buildings. Eat modern Swedish classics and enjoy the popular set theatre menus. The bar stocks a wide range of drinks, carefully selected to enhance the gastronomic experience.

If you want to explore Swedish culinary history, with an emphasis on West Coast flavours, a visit to celebrated Stefan Karlsson is an experience. Go for a set tasting menu or pick your own dishes off the à la carte. Nordic-influenced interiors, with muted colours and lighting, directs guests' attention to their food and company.

Södra Larm Bar & Bistro combines the best of French, international and Nordic cuisine. The result is a menu where bistro favourites such as steak tartare and chèvre chaud sit alongside Swedish classics such as meatballs and Beef Rudberg. At lunchtime they serve a three-course à la carte and weekly lunch specials with meat, fish and vegetarian options.

Hotel restaurant G Mat & Vin focuses on modern variants of both Swedish and European dishes, served in an elegant environment. Whether you come here for lunch or dinner, you'll always find a couple of classics on the menu, including veal meatballs served with cognac lingonberries, cream sauce, gherkins and mashed potatoes flavoured with gruyere and nutmeg. Well-loved Swedish homecooking classics in a slightly new format, in other words.

Eat lunch and dinner with Swedish and French flavours at Stures Brasseri opposite Scandinavium arena. They serve classic homecooking such as homemade meatballs with traditional accompaniments. They're also close to all the big event arenas if you're heading out after your meal. 

Fans of Swedish home cooking have been coming to Kungstorget, opposite the indoor food hall, for almost two decades. At lunch they serve Swedish favourites the way mama used to make them. Jazzy tones lend a laid-back atmosphere to the restaurant's light, airy presmises. They serve everything from great coffee to open sandwiches and selected Swedish farm cheeses. Bonus points for the heated year-round outdoor dining area.

Come in and feel at home - in England. The Golden Days boasts a wide selection of beer and whiskies, just as you'd expect from a proper pub. They also serve a menu packed with international dishes with British and Swedish influences.

It doesn't get much more authentic than this. This restaurant, formerly named Köttbullekällar'n, is something of an institution and serves what may well be the largest meatballs in the city. The decor is far from trendy, but it's the meatballs, lingonberries and buttery mash you come for here, not cutting-edge interiors. In addition to this legendary dish, they also serve around three other main courses.

You'll find Le Pub in a rustic 19th century building in the Linné neighbourhood, serving French bistro dishes in charming surroundings. Choose from classics such as escargots, moules frites and boeuf bourguignon. If you're more in the mood for Swedish cuisine then turn up at lunchtime, when they serve dishes such as meatballs and pork with onion sauce.

If you've ever found yourself in a sunny pub in Denmark enjoying a frothy beer and some smørrebrød open sandwiches, you'll recognise the feeling when you head inside Saluhallen food hall. At Oscar & den Lille they've embraced everyday Danish eating, serving a range of classic and creative toppings on fresh Danish rye bread.

Eastern European food culture pulls no punches and here, among artists, culture vultures and regulars, you can eat your fill of hearty Czech homecooking. Fried cheese with fried potatoes and tartare sauce is a favourite and if you want to kick off your meal with a typical starter, try gherkins dipped in honey-sweetened smetana.