At Brutalisten, our food is based on the Brutalist Kitchen Manifesto.
The main rule is the following: ingredients are used alone for a certain dish, only water and salt may be added.
First explored through pop-up dinners in Los Angeles and Stockholm, now permanently installed in Stockholm
THE BRUTALIST KITCHEN MANIFESTO
- Brutalist Kitchen is a dogma kitchen where certain rules apply.
- Brutalist Kitchen is titled in reference to Brutalist Architecture, renowned for its linear and blockish appearance.
- The main rule is the following: products are used alone for a certain dish; only water and salt may be added.
- In Orthodox Brutalist Cuisine, neither water nor salt is added.
- We are born as Brutalist eaters, as mother’s milk is essentially Brutalist.
- One product is often divided and cooked in different ways and then added again on the same plate.
- The use of overlooked, hard-to-get or rare products, or products that are generally discarded, is characteristic of Brutalist Kitchen.
- Brutalist Cuisine is not about lack of sophistication, but lack of combination of different ingredients and a commitment to purity.
- Elaborate cooking techniques are allowed, as is raw or quickly heated food.
- Decoration on the plate is avoided.
- Different ingredients are not permitted on the same plate, they have to be presented as different units. The different dishes may be served at the same time.
- The eater may combine the tastes of different products from different dishes while eating. Instead of a chef imposing what should go together and which amount for a given serving, the eater takes these decisions.
- Portions tend to be of substantial size.
We offer a meticulously selected range of beverages, by the glass or by the bottle, to elevate every moment at Brutalisten.
To enhance your dining experience, we also provide carefully curated beverage pairings, with or without alcohol, to accompany our menus.
Our wine collection features small-scale yet renowned sustainable producers, predominantly from Europe.
Our own non-alcoholic juices, Brutalist Beverages, crafted from Swedish fruits and berries, are available by the glass or as part of our non-alcoholic pairings.
Recently, we introduced our Brutalist Cocktails, crafted exclusively from Swedish spirits.
Explore our collection on Star Wine ListAt Brutalisten, we offer two tasting menus: Brutal and Total Brutal.
An à la carte selection is also available at the Kitchen Tables and on the Terrace.
Walk-in guests are welcome, depending on availability.
In the Chambre Séparée, our private dining room on the mezzanine accommodating four to six guests, we serve exclusively our Total Brutal menu. This intimate setting is ideal for exclusive dinners and private celebrations.
In the event of a cancellation less than 48 hours before arrival or a no show at the restaurant, we reserve the right to fully charge you a fee of 750 SEK per guest.
For private event requests or reservation inquiries for parties of more than six guests, please contact us at bookings@brutalisten.com.
A Brutal Christmas
2025.11.25 – 2025.12.20
Our Brutal Christmas will return for 2025, drawing inspiration from Swedish culinary icon Tore Wretman’s “Julbordets Sju Turer” (The Seven Trips of the Christmas Table) and featuring Brutalist interpretations of classic Swedish Christmas dishes.
Archive
2025.08.17 – 2025.09.02
Summer Holidays
Brutalisten will be closed for Summer Holidays from 17 August until 02 September.
2025.05.27 – 2025.05.29
Elena Reygadas x Brutalisten
For three nights, Elena Reygadas – the world’s best female chef in 2023 – from Restaurante Rosetta in Mexico City is joining us to interpret the Brutalist Kitchen Manifesto.
2025.04.20
Easter at Brutalisten
Anyone in Stockholm over Easter can celebrate it brutalist style. We will be serving two Easter-themed menus with eggs, herring, wild-caught salmon and lamb.
2025.04.08
Winemaker Dinner with Weingut Heinrich
On 8 April, Gernot from Weingut Heinrich, one of Austria’s most renowned wine producers, will be present to pair their exceptional wines with a brutalist tasting menu.
2024.12.31
New Year’s Eve Brutal Extravaganza
To ring in the New Year and celebrate the end of 2024, we have specially assembled a New Year’s Eve Brutal Extravaganza menu to be served exclusively on December 31st.
2024.11.26 – 2024.12.21
A Brutal Christmas
Back by popular demand, guests can look forward to a reappraisal of last year’s Brutal Christmas menu. The offering features a brutal distillation of the classic Swedish “Julbord”.
2024.10.15 – 2024.10.20
October in Paris
Alongside creative culinary studio We Are Ona, a Brutalisten set menu will feature in a radically transformed event space in Paris for several days. The experience is available as lunch or dinner to a limited number of public guests for booking.
2024.09.04 – 2024.09.08
Brutal Takeover of Seoul
2023.11.28 – 2023.12.22
A Brutal Christmas
For 2023’s Christmas season Brutalisten creates a special menu based on Swedish culinary icon Tore Wretman’s “Julbordets Sju Turer” (Eng: The Seven Trips of the Christmas Table). The menu features Brutalist interpretations of classic Swedish Christmas dishes.
2023.10.24
Fusion.008.Karl-Johan release with Norrbottens Destilleri
Artisan distillery Norrbottens Destilleri release their porcini-based vodka at the restaurant. Alongside it the team created a special dinner menu focusing on mushrooms and flavours of the Northern Swedish forest.
2023.10.03
Brachyura with Fredrik Johnsson
The team at Brutalisten and celebrated chef Fredrik Johnsson co-create a dinner menu with multiple servings of different types of crab. Johnsson is most know for running Michelin-starred cult restaurant Volt in Stockholm before it shut down in December 2019.
2023.06.10
Natural wine with Suc Suc
Barcelona-based natural wine duo Suc Suc travel to Stockholm to host an exclusive wine-tasting event at the restaurant focusing solely on natural wines.
2023.06.07
Nonna Brutale with Oskar Montano
Oskar Montano—famous as one of Sweden’s most prominent pizza chefs—joins the team at the restaurant to create a Brutalist take on traditional Italian cuisine.
2023.04.18
Northern Kaiseki with Sushi Sho
Together with Carl Ishizaki—founder and head chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Sushi Sho—the team at Brutalisten prepares an exclusive menu combining the Brutalist Kitchen with the Japanese tradition of Kaiseki.
2023.03.29
Charkbibeln release with Jon Randow
Alongside the release event of Jon Randow’s book Charkbibeln the restaurant prepares a special menu focusing on cured meats.
2022.12.09
Brutally Hultén with Claes Britton and guest speakers
To celebrate the release of Claes Britton’s book Pontus Hultén: den moderna konstens anförare the restaurant pre-pares an exclusive dinner event coinciding with a panel discussion on the past, present and future of art. The panel consists of curator Daniel Birnbaum, author Claes Britton, artist Carsten Höller, curator Kasper König and artist Sophie Tottie.
2022.11.26
Bird lunch
The final installment of 2022’s October lunch series. Considering Carsten Höller’s deep interest for birds of all kinds, it is a must. All dishes are centered around different cooked birds, both common and rare.
2022.11.19
Fish lunch
The penultimate lunch of the October series. Only fish is prepared for the entirety of the menu.
2022.11.12
Vegetable lunch
The second of October’s themed lunch series. The final harvests of the season are prepared for an extravagant lunch menu consisting solely of local vegetables.
2022.11.05
Seafood lunch
The first of an October-series of themed lunches. The entire set menu is centered around the season’s best Nordic seafood.
2022.10.28
Club 111x with Eytys
Brutalisten and fashion brand Eytys join forces to throw an exclusive party for Stockholm’s fashion, music and film elite.
2022.10.21 – 2022.10.22
Brutalisten pop-up at Silencio in Paris
The team at Brutalisten travel to the City of Love to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of David Lynch’s legendary club and restaurant Silencio. For two nights the people of Paris are able to experience the elegance of Brutalist cuisine.
2022.10.08 – 2022.10.15
Game lunch
The first of many experimental menu concepts within the confines of The Brutalist Kitchen Mainfesto. In several servings guests explore the depths of seasonal game meats.
2022.09.10
Mushroom festival
The restaurant invites Sweden’s mushroom experts to showcase rare mushrooms alongside a market for exotic and wild mushrooms. For the event special mushroom dishes are conceived.
2022.04.30
Opening
After lauded Brutalist Kitchen pop-up dinners in both Stockholm and Los Angeles the restaurant Brutalisten opens its doors. The opening is celebrated over three consecutive nights bringing together old and new friends from both local and global scenes within the arts, business, culture and cuisine.
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We are always looking for passionate, talented individuals to join our team.
We’d love to hear from you – please send your CV to careers@brutalisten.com.
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