A 25-minute ferry ride from central Stockholm, Fjaederholmarnas Krog occupies the closest island in the archipelago, on the eastern peak of Fjaederholmarna. The journey is part of the experience - arriving by water to dine on an island gives the meal a sense of occasion that few city restaurants can match, and the setting among the archipelago's granite and pine is genuinely beautiful. The restaurant offers several dining spaces: a veranda that comes into its own during the long Swedish summer, a loft with a more intimate feel, and a traditionally decorated main dining room. The kitchen is strongest with fish and seafood, as the location would suggest. Steamed halibut in butter sauce with trout roe and roasted salmon with sweet peppers, artichokes, and walnuts demonstrate a willingness to treat familiar ingredients with imagination rather than convention. Meat dishes include Swedish meatballs with cream sauce and lingonberries - as traditional as it gets. Starters show equal care: spinach salad with fried oysters and shallot vinaigrette, and a dark chocolate dessert with brittle and buckthorn sorbet that provides a suitably indulgent finish. A well-chosen wine list supports the menu, and the overall standard of cooking reflects the sharp technical skills of a kitchen that takes its island setting as both inspiration and responsibility. Fjaederholmarnas Krog is worth the ferry ride for the food alone; the archipelago scenery is the bonus.

Type: Restaurant

Address: Stora Fjaderholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

Telephone: 46 8 718 33 55

Website: http://www.fjaderholmarnaskrog.se

Open Days: Monday to Sunday