Editorial standards

How We Choose Restaurants

Restaurant Stockholm’s guides help people make better decisions about where to eat in Stockholm. Selection combines editorial research, current restaurant information and several quality and relevance signals. This page explains the standards behind our guides.

How restaurants are selected

The subject of a guide shapes the selection. Depending on its purpose, we may consider:

  • Relevance: how well the restaurant answers the guide’s topic or the reader’s search intent.
  • Cuisine and concept: the food, format and current menu or offering.
  • Reputation and consistency: credible indications of quality over time, including longevity, while allowing room for new restaurants.
  • Location, price and value: practical details that help readers compare suitable options.
  • Atmosphere and occasion: whether the setting fits the meal or occasion, where reliable information supports that judgement.
  • Distinctions and coverage: relevant recognised awards and credible editorial reporting.
  • Customer feedback: recurring review patterns as one signal among several, with attention to context and recency.
  • Usefulness: whether the restaurant adds a meaningful, relevant choice to the guide.

No single score, award, review platform or popularity measure automatically determines inclusion. A guide is an editorial selection, not a complete directory.

Research and verification

Factual details should preferably be checked against first-party sources: official restaurant websites, current menus, official booking information and official social channels where appropriate.

Additional reputable sources may provide context. When information conflicts or cannot be confirmed, we should qualify the detail or leave it out rather than present an unsupported claim as fact.

We don’t pretend to have eaten everywhere

Restaurant Stockholm does not claim that every featured restaurant has been personally visited. A researched editorial recommendation is different from a firsthand account.

We must not say or imply that a dish was tasted, a meal tested or a restaurant personally visited unless that actually happened. Any firsthand experience included should be clearly distinguished from information drawn from research. We do not invent meals, anonymous visits, reviewers or personal impressions.

Prices, menus and opening hours change

Restaurants frequently change menus, prices, opening hours, booking policies, locations and concepts. Dates and price examples describe the information available for that version of a guide; they are not a permanent guarantee.

Before visiting or booking, check the restaurant’s official website for current details. Confirm dietary requirements and other time-sensitive arrangements directly with the restaurant.

Rankings and labels

Labels such as “Best for date night”, “Best traditional” and “Best value” are editorial aids intended to help readers choose. They describe a useful fit for a particular purpose, not a universal or objective verdict.

Unless a guide explicitly explains a numerical ranking, list order does not mean restaurant #1 is objectively better than restaurant #2. Numbering may simply make the guide easier to navigate.

Michelin and other distinctions

Michelin stars, Bib Gourmand distinctions and similar awards belong to the awarding organisation. References should identify the distinction accurately, attribute it to that organisation and be checked against current official information.

Restaurant Stockholm does not award Michelin status. A mention or listing should never be presented as a distinction it does not carry. Readers can consult the official Michelin Guide for its explanation of its distinctions.

Commercial relationships and editorial independence

Restaurant Stockholm may carry advertising, partnerships or sponsored placements. Any commercial relationship should be clearly identified where readers encounter the relevant content.

Payment or a partnership should not automatically determine inclusion in independent editorial guides. Sponsored material must be distinguishable from independent selection. This disclosure standard does not imply that the site currently has advertisers or commercial partners.

Corrections

Readers and restaurants are welcome to report closures, changed addresses, incorrect menus or prices, ownership or concept changes, and other factual errors. Please include the guide’s link, the detail to correct and a reliable source or current information where possible.

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