Mancini

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A Roman Name, a Stockholm Address, and Italian Cooking Done Right

On Tunnelgatan in central Stockholm, Mancini has built a reputation that reaches well beyond Sweden. The restaurant earned 3 Forks from Gambero Rosso in 2025 — the Italian food bible's highest mark for Italian dining abroad — a distinction that places it among the most credible Italian tables in Scandinavia.

The Kitchen and the People Behind It

The restaurant is led by Claudio Mancini and Domenico Lobina, whose names appear on invitations and menus alike, signalling a house with clear ownership and personal investment. The cooking draws from the full length of the Italian peninsula: menus are structured around Nord Italia, Centro Italia, and Sud Italia e Isole, treating Italy's regional diversity as a genuine framework rather than a decorative gesture.

What Ends Up on the Plate

The depth of the kitchen's Italian cooking shows most clearly in its special events. A recent winemakers' dinner built around the Tuscan coast of Bolgheri offered dishes like pici al ragù di cinghiale — the hand-rolled thick pasta of Maremma with wild boar — alongside merluzzo alla Livornese, a cod fillet lifted with capers, taggiasche olives, anchovies and fresh tomato in the old style of the Tuscan littoral. A carpaccio of red Mediterranean prawns came dressed with Sicilian extra-virgin oil, orange and lemon; a rosemary-scented saddle of rabbit was wrapped in Lardo di Colonnata and served on a Cannellini bean cream. These are not approximations of Italian food — they are specific, regional, and carefully sourced.

Wine as a Parallel Conversation

Mancini takes its wine list seriously enough to host dedicated winemakers' dinners, most recently in collaboration with Tenuta Guado al Tasso — one of Bolgheri's benchmark estates, owned by the Marchesi Antinori family — and importer Ward Wines. Vintages at the table ranged from 2025 back to 2000, treated as part of the meal rather than an afterthought.

Lunch, Dinner, and the Room in Between

The restaurant serves lunch Monday through Friday and dinner Monday through Saturday, with table service throughout. Private parties and events are accommodated alongside the regular à la carte offer, making Mancini a practical choice for both a weekday lunch and a longer, more considered evening of Italian cooking in Stockholm.