Peppar

Torsgatan 34
113 62 Stockholm
Sweden
+46 (0) 834 20 52
Monday-Sunday 17:00-01:00
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L: I went to Peppar for the second time last night.  It’s an interesting place.  Even on a Tuesday night it was full of young, hip Swedes.  The atmosphere is warm and welcoming.  It feels a little rock-n-roll, almost more bar than restaurant.

I was feeling a bit cheap, so I went for the least expensive main course, the New Orleans Hotdog (99 kr).  It’s a spicy sausage served in a baguette with sides of onion, whole grain mustard, and some thick brown cajun spicy stuff.  The hotdog was nice, not really spicy at all, but that’s Sweden for you.  Unfortunately the cajun stuff wasn’t spicy either.  In fact it was so mild I could eat it straight.  Not good.  From an American perspective though, the real problem was the cole slaw.  No sweet and sour flavor at all.  It seemed to be coated in plain mayonnaise.  Inedible.

Overall, not too bad, but next time I’m going to go there to drink, not eat.

We went together the first time some months ago.  All either of us can recall from that visit was that the food was a bit expensive for what it was, disappointingly mild, and that the service was horrible.

We went because we’d been told that the burger was the best in town.  L had it, and at 180 kr, it was nothing special.  S can’t remember what he had.

What we both remember was that we were very hungry and the waitress refused to notice our frantic waiving.  There was even talk of trying to detain her physically when she passed so she couldn’t ignore us.  Hey, don’t judge, we just wanted to order.

Summary: Nice atmosphere, okay food.  Would be a nice place to have a few beers with a friend.

Rating: *