Lidingo for first-time visitors

Best restaurants

Lidingö is a quiet island suburb across the bridge from Stockholm, and its restaurants read that way: neighbourhood rooms that feed the same regulars week after week, not destination kitchens chasing a Söder crowd. The map here tilts heavily Italian and heavily pizza, which tells you what Lidingö families have voted for with their Friday nights over the past decade. Around Baggeby, Larsberg and the Centrum stretch of Södra Kungsvägen you get the workhorse pizzerias; along Stockholmsvägen up toward the older Torsvik end you get the sit-down trattorias and a small cluster of sushi and Thai counters. The far east of the island, out toward Elfvik and the archipelago edge, is where the island stops being suburban at all and the dining goes seasonal. This is a list for visitors who are already staying on Lidingö, cycling the Elfvik loop, or coming out for a Millesgården afternoon and wondering where to eat afterwards. Skip the reflex trip back into the city; the twelve rooms below are what the island eats.