The guide to Stockholm's best chef's tables

With Stefan Taylor at the helm, the chefs at Essence serve an exclusive tasting menu at the large counter dining table, which also forms the heart of the entire business. The eight set dishes include both surprising elements that are regularly updated, and a couple of signature dishes that have been refined over several years. Guests are served directly by the chefs themselves, and have can watch the action in the open kitchen from their seats

At French Allegrine you and your party can book the chef's table right next to the open kitchen. A set, specially- composed menu is served to the whole table, inspired by owner Danyel Couet's French grandmother's family dinners in Paris.

This popular neighbourhood restaurant next to Tegnérlunden park has a distinctly Scandinavian menu and feel. If you want to go all-in, book one of the places next to the pass and watch the chefs at work. They serve an experimental six-course menu which varies from day to day.

The lifestyle hotel At Six on Brunkebergstorg has a chef's table in their Dining Room restaurant. The meal includes at least seven courses chosen by head chef Cor Van Der Plas. Food can be accompanied by wines that enhance the flavour experience.

Enjoy top-notch meat, beer and red wine sitting in the larder at restaurang AG. Their chef's table is cosy and intimate and diners get to soak up the atmosphere of the packed, buzzy restaurant - while at the same time enjoying being private and slightly separate.

Restaurang Skeppsbron 10 consists of three parts - the dining room, the bar and the chef's table. The latter gives diners a full view of chefs creating their twelve-course meal, where the watchwords are playful and innovative. Chefs aren't afraid to use exciting and unusual cooking techniques and seasonings, but the emphasis is on the very best ingredients in season. 

Alongside sister restaurant Tak you'll find Unn, a mini restaurant which presents an exclusive reinterpretation of Japanese teppanyaki using the finest nordic ingredients. With just eight seats, this is a great choice for a gastronomic chef's table experience.

A few evenings a year you can book an exclusive experience with head chef Daniel Engellau at Skepparholmen. 16 dinner guests get to take part in an incredible culinary experience in their chambre séparée. As well as enjoying the food you can pick up a cooking tip or two.

If you like surprises you should book a spot at the chefs' table at Nytorget 6. There's no menu, instead guests are served a steady stream of small and larger dishes by the chefs in front of them.

At Frantzén the kitchen and the chefs are surrounded by long, high tables where guests sit in rows to witness the magic being created. An out-of-this-world experience which all foodies should treat themselves to at least once in a lifetime, despite the excessive price of 3000 SEK per person (just for the food!).

Head to Cirkus' creative and playful bistro, whether you're going to a performance at the theatre before or not. They aim to serve up something a little special and unexpected here. The chef's table is an exclusive experience in which chefs serve the table personal and surprise guests with unexpected flavour combinations and unusual creations.

It's not easy bagging a table here, but seats at the bar are reserved for drop-in guests who sit here right next to the kitchen. Despite the hyped concept, the atmosphere is relaxed, with mismatched tables, industrial elements and hand-written menus.

A slightly more luxurious option for a large group planning a dinner is so-called private dining, when you get the whole room to yourselves. At K-märkt you don't just get a room - one of the rooms even has a chef's table. Let the chef take care of you with a chef's choice menu, which can be combined with pairing drinks and rounded off with the dessert served at the Nobel banquet from the year of your choice, created by K-märkt's own pastry chef, Daniel Roos.