Each year, hundreds of Swedish restaurants and cafés are tested and evaluated by the White Guide’s food and experience experts. Not all establishments earn a spot in the renown guide but some cafés in and around Åre have. Check out the list below to find out which cafés have been listed in the White Guide.

Bergstugan Fröå Gruva

Apart from serving the crispiest Swedish waffles with home made cloudberry jam, Bergstugan offers a great lunch buffet containing local ingredients, home made ”stut”, an assortment of sustainable wine, locally brewed beer and carefully selected coffee bread.

Åre Bageri

This is a KRAV-certified* bakery that offer sour dough bread, buns and pastry as well as a big breakfast buffet and an à-La-Carte menu with Mediterranean food made of local ingredients.

Lounge

Lounge is a café and restaurant located in the Station House. They offer lunch and dinner as well as sallads and ”fika”. Most of the ingredients come from the food store located on the bottom floor of the building. Lounge also offer an assortment of smoothies, freshly pressed juices and raw food.

Grädda

This is a bakery and café with great personality. Their home made sour dough bread, cakes and pastry are real treats. Grädda is nationally renown for its home made ice cream: Understandably so, as it has the taste of pure love. 

Åre Kafferosteri

This is an award winning coffee roastery located in the heart of town. It was chosen as the Coffee Bar of the Year 2019/2020 by White Guide and according to the guide it offers a ”perfect cappuccino”. The food options are made on site and made with ecological ingredients. Also, dogs are allowed inside!

There are also a number of restaurants in and around Åre that are listed in the White Guide. Check them out here >>

About the White Guide: White Guide tests are performed anonymously (testers use a fictitious name), and their experts pay its restaurant tabs, without exception. (…) In the restaurant scene, they primarily prize personality, renewal, sustainability and ambiance.

*The KRAV label stands for food produced without artificial chemical pesticides, good animal welfare, reduced climate impact, more biodiversity and better working conditions.