Cissi & Clara

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A farm, a duo, and a very personal table

Turn off the main road outside Norrtälje, then turn again, and again, until fields, paddocks and red timber buildings surround you. That is where Cissi & Clara has spent six years earning its place among Sweden's most quietly remarkable restaurants — recognised by the White Guide at a very fine level for its honest, deeply personal approach to Swedish cuisine.

The story begins on Clara's family farm in Torvalla by, where she first ran a private supper club on her own. At the end of 2019 Cissi joined, and the restaurant shifted into a higher gear without losing any of its intimacy. What sets the place apart is the completeness of the duo's commitment: the two of them handle every single moment of the evening — prep, welcome, service, and drink pairings — from first amuse-bouche to final pour.

The room and the food

Guests climb an old-fashioned blue staircase to a dining room that is airy and rustically beautiful: mismatched chairs around four long tables on bare plank floors, three romantic chandeliers dressed with dried botanicals and folded paper flowers. A word of advice from the house — bring indoor shoes, or borrow the slippers provided.

The five-course menu is built from ingredients the duo has foraged, grown, or sourced from neighbouring farms. The White Guide's reviewers singled out a vivid nettle soup crowned with lumpfish roe for its "popping salinity with every spoonful," and a lamb course from Järinge Gård — both perfectly seared fillet and yielding braised breast — alongside charred cauliflower, wild garlic mayo and semi-dried sour cherries delivering deep, interlocking flavours. Drink pairings lean into the same local logic: a house-made kombucha of beetroot and blueberry sits alongside curated natural wines, and the full non-alcoholic package is considered enough to stand on its own — a genuine relief given that a car is the only realistic way to arrive.

A chapter closes, another opens

After six years, Cissi & Clara in Torvalla is taking its final bow in early 2025. Clara is carrying the spirit of this Swedish cuisine forward into a new restaurant, Viola, on Posthusgatan in central Norrtälje. The warmth, the seasonality, and the hands-on philosophy that made the farm table so special are moving with her.