Reviews of Surfers

Great Sichuan cuisine served in a wonderful environment by an attentive and polite wait staff. The restaurant operates in a small-plate method, where you pick a few dishes that look interesting and they portion it out based on the number of people in your company. Sadly this leads to pricing not really being readily available, and the staff did not inform or confirm the price for what we were ordering. Slight warning for eaters on a budget.

The food was a nice break from the standard and quite uninteresting westernized Chinese food common in Sweden. Our evening began with the waitress explaining the idea and brief history of the restaurant, which was a nice touch. From the seven dishes we ordered, three were memorable and delicious while the rest were passable, but not exceptional:

The wonton soup, served as the appetizer for the meal, was the best, offering an harmonic combination of flavors and spices. The duck breast in broth and the fried tofu in ginger were both excellent as well (the latter with a supposedly ´secret recipe´, but the waitress did not hesitate to spill the details about it when asked).
The other dishes we had were the pork ribs, shrimp and chicken balls as well as the twice fried pork, which were all good but not memorable. Our final choice was the mapo dofu, which was a disappointment.

The locale itself was fantastic, managing to balance modern decorating details with classic 19th century furnishing, all with a distinctly Asian feel. Especially nice was the umbrella'd ceiling, which I suspect is the subject of many instagram backdrops. Despite being a busy sunday evening, the atmosphere was calm and dinner conversation could be had without shouting at your table partners.

We did not try any desserts, but we did peruse the cocktail menu which was all the more interesting, offering a fun selection of custom Asian-inspired fusion drinks. The ginger and mango gin cocktail I sampled proved an ample replacement for dessert, and given the chance I would not hesitate to try more of the menu.

In summary, Surfers offers great Chinese cooking, luckily not very reminiscent of the Chinese food us Swedes are used to. The concept with sharing small dishes provides a social and fun eating experience, but the restaurant could do a better job of being up front with the pricing. The atmosphere and cocktail list were wonderful, and Surfers makes an excellent place for a few drinks or a full dinner.

Great Sichuan cuisine served in a wonderful environment by an attentive and polite wait staff. The restaurant operates in a small-plate method, where you pick a few dishes that look interesting and they portion it out based on the number of people in your company. Sadly this leads to pricing not rea... Show full »

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Good food, drinks that fit well to the strong food and pig nice restaurant.

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Personal som tar engagemang till en ny nivå (och projektleder er måltid för optimal smakupplevelse), bra drinkar och relativt prisvärt. Vi plockade in 3-4 rätter per person och blev rejält mätta (efterrätt överflödigt). En av de bättre asiatiska restaurangerna jag besökt i den här prisklassen i Sverige. Rätten "Kyckling i röd olja" är en must have om du gillar stark mat.

+ Många glutenfria och vegetariska alternativ.

Personal som tar engagemang till en ny nivå (och projektleder er måltid för optimal smakupplevelse), bra drinkar och relativt prisvärt. Vi plockade in 3-4 rätter per person och blev rejält mätta (efterrätt överflödigt). En av de bättre asiatis... Show full »

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I have previously visited Surfers in Visby, and have since loved their food. They have really made me love Chinese and Sichuan. Now It was a visit to Stockholm, where they camped in the Bumblebee during the summer (not on the Government Street) but with all the same concept.

Here you can just drop in, but while waiting for a table you can take one of their delicious drinks in the bar.

Three dishes per person are recommended, i.e. six dishes of two people. A Little depending on how hungry you are, and what you order but five can suffice, six slim though almost down.

Their Ingefärsdoftande Tofu is a must, even räkbollarna are delicious as you get along with a dressing and salad leaves for eating like tacos. Also Tried a new dish, crispy fish-also a hit! Most of It is good, and the combination of all The small dishes is both fresh but satiating.

The Environment is charming and relaxing, completely in my taste-the service is the only way I have to point out. It is not first-class, they do not make a direct mistake but I would have liked a nicer, warmer tone. I do not get the welcoming and homely feeling, do not know if I had bad luck with service both times, but it gives them a four instead of fiver.

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I have previously visited Surfers in Visby, and have since loved their food. They have really made me love Chinese and Sichuan. Now It was a visit to Stockholm, where they camped in the Bumblebee during the summer (not on the Government Street) but with all the same concept.

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Special drinks with many new flavors and combinations. The food was tasty and great option for both vegetarians and vegans! Great atmosphere and feeling. Well worth a visit!

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Incredibly Tasty and tasty. Umamibomber! We took in a bunch of dishes that became a good combination between strong, sweet and sour. Friendly staff. A plus because we could get Quorn instead of chicken in one of the rights.

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I tested their pop-up in the Bumblebee last summer, which made me start daydreaming about their Auspicious räkbollar! To relieve abstinence, a table was booked at the Surfers.

The Decor is kitschy and cheerful and the atmosphere is just lovely. A mix of couples, friends, afterworkare, all age groups.

There Is an upper floor for drop-in and bars. Bookable tables are downstairs.

The Breakfast was excellent. Informative, friendly and looked to then ochdå. Because I know that Räkbollarna (believe me, you get to be-Sat) served 3 St and we were two in the party and I did not want to mess about the third ball or risk that I would get the less bit if we shared so (.-O) I jokingly asked the waitress and she could smuggl A in a fourth ball.
Understand The luck when she really smuggled into a 4e ball. Wonderfully cute man.

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In any case. All dishes are Tapasstorlek and 98 SEK each.

Certainly 100% short is Räkbollarna (no S # it Sherlock) and Barbaric radish.
Everything else is a bit of a matter of taste but tastes good. I am in any case satisfied. All food is also given a bowl of rice.

Beer, wine and cocktails.

Although It was najs on the downstairs it felt a bit isolated and stiff, plus uncomfortable high noise level. Seems to me that the upstairs were more fun and more vivid.

I tested their pop-up in the Bumblebee last summer, which made me start daydreaming about their Auspicious räkbollar! To relieve abstinence, a table was booked at the Surfers.

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Trevlig inredning, trevlig bar, god o varierande meny. Bäst att sitta i främre rummet eller paraply rummet. Superba drinkar!

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Fun place, special and pleasant atmosphere. Food-wise, it was both highs and lows, but in summary it can be said that it is of course well-prepared food and that some dishes are hits but that have still a little difficulty with the Chinese flavors. The Wonton dumplings were really good, and the shrimp balls were 10 out of 10. The strong chicken was also good, but halfway through the dish I couldn't eat any more - lucky you took it last. Otherwise, there were two dishes that were decent and two that were nothing special. 7 dishes were enough and was left over for me and my company.

The big shot of the evening was the world-class service, better than that. She had recommended us a dish, which we took even though we didn't think we'd like it, and when she made sure we hadn't even eaten half, she noted that we didn't like it anyway, and we partially agreed. When the bill came, she had deducted it, which surprised us as we had chosen to order it anyway (it was absolutely not the case that she pushed). Incidentally, the dishes cost 88 SEK/pc and our entire bill went for 640 SEK (excl. tip and we did not drink any alcohol), which I think is extremely affordable. They could easily have increased prices by 25 % and continued to be under high pressure.

Edit 2021: Have now also tested Surfers at the new address on Norrlandsgatan and the feeling is probably about the same. Good food, but nothing spectacular. Not very pricy for address, ambition and target group. The new room may not be quite clean, do not think they got the atmosphere right.

Fun place, special and pleasant atmosphere. Food-wise, it was both highs and lows, but in summary it can be said that it is of course well-prepared food and that some dishes are hits but that have still a little difficulty with the Chinese flavors. The Wonton dumplings were really good, and the shri... Show full »

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If you like authentic Chinese food, Surfers are worth a visit! Mainly recommend the shrimp balls. Something to keep in mind, however, is that the majority of the dishes are strong, unfortunately I think the strong takes over the dining experience if you do not bring in at least a more neutral dish. If you love strong food, however, this will be a new favorite place, if not ask the staff once extra what they would recommend!

If you like authentic Chinese food, Surfers are worth a visit! Mainly recommend the shrimp balls. Something to keep in mind, however, is that the majority of the dishes are strong, unfortunately I think the strong takes over the dining experience if you do not bring in at least a more neutral dish. Show full »

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Starts with the best, clearly the service. Sick nice waiter in a good way. The food was also good but no jaw-dropping unfortunately. Baozi good but a little tasteless. Stir-fried green neutral and very generous, more flavor than expected. Dandan noodles good balance and sichuan sneaks on with its numb effect! Lucky shrimp balls were disappointing, tasteless and boring. On the other hand, ginger-scented tofu was really damn good. Almost too cute but think in combo with everything else it was fantastic!

Starts with the best, clearly the service. Sick nice waiter in a good way. The food was also good but no jaw-dropping unfortunately. Baozi good but a little tasteless. Stir-fried green neutral and very generous, more flavor than expected. Dandan noodles good balance and sichuan sneaks on with its nu... Show full »

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Had a great night with a group of 7 friends. The table was the perfect size, so you could talk to everyone together without shouting!

The staff nice, the food good, nice venue and location. Will definitely be back!

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Surfers är alltid en bra idé. Perfekt för en drink, snacks samt middag. Maten är jätte god och personalen är trevlig! Miljön är mörk men fin inredning.