After my last visit I left with an underwhelming feeling. Neither the food or the service that time…read morewas up to par with the price. This night we were here with my sister-in-law celebrating her belated 40th birthday and I was truly hoping for a night of redemption on their part, even though we presented a bit of a challenge with an 8-top table. They started out strong, taking drink orders and delivering them in a rapid pace. I had a sloe gin mojito (Haymans sloe gin, lime, mint, sugar, soda) that was well executed though slightly too easy/safe on the mint. The waiter then took our food order but didn't write it down and for some obscure reason didn't ask what we wanted to drink. I found it strange although since he collected our menus but left the wine- and drink-list we all assumed he'd return shortly asking about drinks/wine. This was however the moment when I got that gut-feeling of "this isn't going to end well". And I hate it when I'm right, at least on occasions such as these. The waiter did return quite swiftly after taking our order, but only to quickly ask what one of us had ordered for starter as he didn't remember it. Before I had a chance to say we still hadn't ordered our drinks for our food he was gone, and I tried getting his attention over the next ten minutes without any success (major flashback to the last time I was here). And true enough, the starters came for everyone and I immediately said "We didn't even get to order our drinks/wine for the food!". The waitress holding three plates almost panicked, stopped in mid-step and didn't know what to do or where to turn. Our waiter noticed something was immediately wrong and we pointed out the blatant error. He tried to redeem it as fast as possible, and arranged for drinks for everyone. To me he suggested a pinot noir (Le Village Savigny-les-Beaune 2012, actually only on the bottle but he arranged for a glass) that was well and truly delicious to my starter of thick flank ox tartar, soured cream, tarragon purée, horseradish, and pickled red onion. While my starter was excellent, several other gave mixed reviews. Plate of charcuteries was bland, the smoked Baltic herring tasted nothing of smoke along with the grilled potato-bread underneath was burnt (and we're talking truly black burnt!). Going to the main courses this time around the waiter arranged for the drinks/wine before the dishes were presented. I was hoping on sampling a wine from Patagonia but it was unfortunately sold out. Instead he arranged for a glass of 2011 Médoc (Chãteau Patache d'Aux) that was a delicate experience to my main of reindeer filet, roasted garlic puree, ox-tail jus, smoked marrow, and fall vegetables. Truly spectacular dish! But yet again, a few in our company gave mixed reviews. A beef tenderloin that came with a stringy sinew(!), and my wife's rib-eye had both sinews, tangy fat on the outskirts as well as the temperature way off. Ordered medium, came more towards medium well borderlining on well done at places. Also, they came in with fries despite no one had ordered them, and they brought in too little of the potato gratin in relation to the people that had ordered it. For my dessert I had pickled lingonberry with yoghurt, roasted flaxseed, caramel curd and ice-cream. In the glass a small amount of 23 YO Ron Zacapa rum. All in all tasty, but the dessert was perhaps a bit one-dimensional and too sour without anything sweet enough to counter the tartness. All in all, two dinners in, I'm left with a bit of a conundrum. My ratings always reflect how well the particular establishment fulfill my expectations. I have higher standards for a place like this than the burger joint on the corner, while both of them still have the same chance of recieving a high grade if they exceed my expectations or literary blow my mind. The problem with Tages is that they don't measure up to what is expected of them. They lack finesse and detail in service, not attentive to what the customer wants and needs, but first and foremost they make too many mistakes with their food! Maybe it's a problem of too many tables and too many dishes on the menu? I don't know, but I'm unable to overlook the many cracks in the stylish facade. They didn't bring their A-game, and I'm truly doubting I will return as a customer as I've previously had much better food/experience/service for the same price tag. In my view, the price isn't worth the experience, and that's not a recipe for a restaurant's longevity.

From the owner: Restaurang Tage i Piteå är resultatet av lång erfarenhet, massor av kunskap och en stark tro på…read moreriktigt god service. Vi serverar klassiska rätter kombinerat med nya spännande gastronomiska kreationer, allt ackompanjerat med noga utvalda drycker.

The food was great, very firendly staff who knows what theyre talking about and a spectacular…read morevenue. The prices is very reasonable! Overall a great experience

Situated in an 1890's villa previously used as the Doctor's Residence (hence the name…read more"Doktorsvillan") for the old mental hospital next door (today a hotel and business park), that closed down several decades ago. This old and famous house has since then been refurbished into a cozy, familiar and pleasing restaurant environment that tends not only to the sense of smell and taste, but to the very core of a relaxing and rejuvenating experience. I've eaten here on a couple of occasions, and always left both satisfied and smiling. Most recently, it was their now locally famous Christmas spread before the holidays and it just never dissapoints. Immediately walking in the history and relaxing atmosphere just gets to you, from old woodwork to paintings to the decor. Whatever stress you had walking in is immediately washed away by locally produced appetizers on a table in the foyer next to a sparkling wood-burning fire. The whole place brings a feeling of a time long since passed when people weren't rushing through their days and lives, but actually stopped and lived in the present. The dining area is nowhere near what is considered normal for a modern restaurant. Instead, there are tables of various sizes (and can be accomodated/changed to fit pretty much any need) in different rooms such as the doctor's personal study, the dining room, the wine cellar, the outdoor garden gazebo and so on. On the table the porcelain, silverware and glasses are all according to the time period of the previous turn of the century, hinting at the classical ingredients, dishes, and wines to come. The Christmas spread served in a larger room only lit by burning candles is an extravaganza in food where one may enjoy a lot of interesting dishes such as smoked reindeer heart with lingonberry chutney, truffel pate, cold smoked salmon with herb sauce, a wide variety of pickled herring, different sausages and salamis, leg of mutton and so much more that is borderlines on sensory overload. An entire table is dedicated to desserts where the most amazing thing is that they are very small (almost tiny), which allows one to taste many of them and thus outsourcing your personal favorites to go back to for on another round. Going away from the Christmas spread (for me, a holiday isn't complete without a visit here every December), I've had a la carte dishes here such as lingonberry soup with vanilla parfait, coffee with home made almond/cardamom sweets, seared trout with bucktorn hollandaise and roe, and grilled reindeer from Jokkmokk with cranberry sauce, shii-take mushrooms, lingonberries with punch, stewed palt (googe it, local dish for Piteå) and smoked pork. Every dish has been nothing short of amazing. This place is more than a meal, it's an experience for all your senses and an evening away from everyday and everything ordinary and well deserved of a visit. To me, Doktorsvillan may well have all the ingredients for a star in guide Michelin.

The hotel is located at the center of town in the shopping area. It is what I would consider a…read moreboutique hotel. Relatively modern and with a contemporary, yet trendy interior design. The hotel had all the amenities we needed, it also has a small (yet sufficient) spa and gym on the bottom floor. Our room was well lit, and roomy. At first look the beds seem a bit hard, but they were surprisingly comfortable. I was more than satisfied with the breakfast spread. They also have live jazz and dancing on weekends. However what made my stay so exceptional, was the always smiling staff. We were always made to feel very welcome. They went way above and beyond my expectations, making sure our stay at the hotel was as comfortable and pleasant as possible. While being professional, they made me feel like I was staying at a friends home. All the staff were lovely, the front desk/ cafeteria staff Moa, Lisalotte, and the always energetic David were always there catering to our needs, Linn took care of us at the restaurant/bar, but special thanks goes to Frida, who personally handled all our logistics, room arrangements, and promptly provided solutions to any issues. Overall, I was really happy with my experience staying at this hotel and I am definitely looking forward to my next stay here.

I was invited to the restaurant of the Savoy Hotel as part of a yearly gala involving the Swedish…read moremedical union (yes, I'm a doctor). The invitation was +1 so of course I brought my wife along so we could have a nice evening out both with colleagues and friends, but foremost with each other and no kids tugging in our pants or yelling in our ears. Of course, Serving for over a hundred people at the same time must be taken into consideration when rating, but overall it didn't really fascinate me that much. The place itself is nice with a fairly modern approach to style and furnishing. Especially the bar section is quite cool with an oval shape with the bar being able to serve all 360 degrees. Clever and cool. Also an open kitchen is pleasant if done properly, showing the finishing touches without showing all the sweat and hard work in the back. And this is where this particular house of card starts to falter. The kitchen is too open, shows too much, leaving nothing for the imagination or expectation. Furthermore, the bartenders seemed less confident about making drinks and/or cocktails than your average 5 year-old going bananas in a kitchen. I asked for a simple Gin Fizz and they had never even heard of it. Come on, it's a classic cocktail every bartender should now! Every bartender may not make a really excellent Gin Fizz (almost no one does), but they should at least have an idea. For my wife I ordered a special drink I usually make at home, but even though I explained the recipe it was an utter disaster. Shaking with ice doesn''t mean pouring the spirits over ice, pouring that mix into the shaker and then pouring it back into the glass. I was flabbergasted on how bad it was. Not to forget that my Gin Fizz was like dishwater against my palate. The dinner itself was, well, under par for the most part. And yes, I have taken into consideration the amount of people being served at the same time. The starter was a seafood ceviche, meaning a raw seafood salad that is served with a decent amount of spices, salt, pepper, chili and citrus such as lemon. It lacked everything. Seasoning, chili, sour, herbs. Bland is the nicest word I can conjure up. The main was a small up-swing with fillet of beef nicely cooked, however under-seasoned both on salt and pepper. It was supposed to have whole roasted baby potatoes, but they were more boiled with absolutely no char on them whatsoever. Some small pieces of roasted paprikas and a red wine sauce that was too sweet (red wine sauce with sugar is an absolute NO) to an almost sickling degree. The dessert was some sort of vanilla pannacotta with sour strawberry gel, berries, crumble and strawberry sorbet. Definitely best of the night paired with coffee and a good 12 YO whiskey. Also, on the positive side, they did have decent wine-selections to the food although they could have picked a bit of a sharper wine for the ceviche starter. One thing that also kept disturbing me the entire evening was the in-your-face, obtrusive, and declamatory attitude of the serving staff. Their attitude really annoyed me. In all honesty, some of them were undoubtedly not qualified for the job. However, boiled down to the essentials, this place is worth neither the time nor the money. Luckily for me someone else payed the bill, otherwise I would have left feeling both unsatisfied and robbed. No I only left feeling unsatisfied. Two weak knives out of five.

We waited a little late to get our Friday night dinner booking, so we ended up at Bar CG instead of…read morea fancier sit-down spot. We got a table for 2 in the corner of the backroom, just off the wine cooler. On Friday nights, they serve a buffet (250SEK) on the edge of the open kitchen. With little plates and multiple trips, we tasted the following: white fish stew pork belly goulash pulled reindeer chili with black beans gnocchi with mushrooms and greens beet salad smoked salmon pan-sauteed duck margherita pizza mushroom soup green salad cheese carrot cake Our server explained the buffet when we arrived, and as long as one of the other groups wasn't all up there together, it was easy enough to get through the line. A chef was working the area, keeping it restocked and the food warm. Everything was tasty, especially the mushroom soup and the gnocchi. The reindeer chili wasn't spicy hot, but did have plenty of spice. The gnocchi was quite popular with the locals. We appeared to be the only Americans in the place, but the waitstaff all had excellent English and were patient with us.

After being on call for 24 hours at the emergency room followed by a couple of hours sleep and a…read moreworkout at the gym, I more than qualified as being both a bit worn out and in need of good food in a relaxing environment. Normally I'd go home, but I was invited to a friends party in the evening and had about an hour and a half to kill, and the obvious choice was food. Having previously been to Restaurant CG, and being quite impressed with their food and the whole dining experience in general, their recently opened, and practically next door to their restaurant is the new and smaller, Bar CG. This place focuses on cocktails as well as smaller dishes and even though you can book a table, they always have about 20 seats that are on a drop-in basis only. Walking in, leaving the howling snowstorm behind me, the place feels immediately welcoming. Dark interior design but still contemporary modern with small finishes of the 1950's like the leather chairs brings it all nicely together. It feels more of an upscale modern pub than an actual restaurant. I had a seat at the bar and one of the waitresses greeted me welcome and tended to me immediately. As I was driving this evening any form of alcohol was off-limits, so I had the cocktail Just Another Virgin that consisted of Jus de Apricot, cinnamon, orange, lemon, sugar and non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Truthfully? I've tasted my share of non-alcoholic cocktails that have tasted so bad that I could barely swallow a mouthful. But this? Oh man, this was so good that it made my toes curl! For food I ordered a two-course meal with the first dish being filet of lamb served with creamy polenta, tomato chips, tomato con fit and tomato jus. It was delish. The fatty side on the lamb nicely rendered and crispy, meat moist and pearly pink. Polenta have the potential of being a swing and a miss, but they nailed it. Continuing my non-alcoholic extravaganza I asked for a suggestion for a suitable drink to the lamb. They recommended a lingonberry juice since there were a lot of tomatoes in the dish to complement the acidity. Said and done, I had that, and it was an absolute perfect pairing! For dessert I went for somewhat of a classic, a tarte tatin. Creamy apple, flaky puff pastry and rich vanilla ice-cream was an excellent finish together with a creamy cup of cappuccino. For once it was nice just sitting down at a bar by myself, eating a smaller meal and enjoying some drinks and the occasional chat with the staff. Bar CG may be a smaller sibling to its big brother restaurant, but it does an excellent job providing good food with great flavors and excellent drink to round out the company. Next time I'm coming here I'm checking out that drink-list in more detail cause it looks really impressive. I wouldn't mind spending an entire evening here again with friends, cocktails and also some food. Great place worthy of a visit (or two)!

Situated at the top of the Clarion Sense hotel in Lulea, the Sky Bar is a lovely spot to catch a…read morewell crafted cocktail or local beer, and take in the views of the bay. Definitely a place to check out during the summertime when the light is out until late.

This is my favorite pub to go to. Very good food and great drinks. I wish they would be more…read moremindful I their menu since sweet potato fries are popular yet they seem to not have any more. Other than that amazing service and great atmosphere.

After a fairly standard day at work on an ordinary Monday I met up with my wife downtown for a bite…read moreto eat as we had an entirely different appointment later on that evening, but going to that hungry was entirely out of the question. Living in the small-town that we do, the dining scene is in most regards not what would qualify as "substantial" but instead more along the lines of "adequate on occasion". The franchise and gastro-pub Bishops Arms opened here fairly recent, so we decided to slip in for a bite to eat and get a feel for the place. I've eaten at Bishops Arms in other cities before, and while they haven't wowed me with their food on previous occasions, their assortment of whiskey have always been substantial and well above par. Interestingly enough, they had just switched the menu this very day so everything was brand new. It had some quite interesting dishes like starters such as seared scallops with cauliflower purée, side of pork, and burnt butter. Or why not brisket with mushroom stew, and mustard crème on toast. Being a bit pressed for time we opted for only a main course and I had duck breast with fried potato chips, gooseberry chutney, and cauliflower purée. My wife had their chuck-roll burger with dressing, onion marmalade, coleslaw, and French fries. My duck was nicely cooked, pink in the middle with the fatty side nicely scored and rendered down. However, it wasn't an entire duck breast on the plate but two larger pieces of one breast - a cheap and bad move. The cauliflower purée had nice flavor as well as texture. Gooseberry chutney was a nice and flavorsome combination both for the duck as well as the potato chips. The chips however were seriously over-seasoned with salt and cold as ice. That dish would have been so much better with hot potato chips straight from the fryer. I also seriously lacked some sort of vegetables on the plate that goes well with a bit of duck. My wife's burger was also nicely cooked, a bit pink in the middle and juicy. Buns lightly charred/toasted and still warm, and in particular the onion marmalade was a perfect compliment. Fries nicely done (and hot) and not dripping with oil, but the amount of dressing was a bit off-putting the way it had been spread out over the plate. One thing that also was a bit off-putting not related to the food was the fact that the staff working there was standing behind the bar, giggling over their smart-phones, as well as the chefs that came out of the kitchen standing their in the bar too, instead of tending to customers and being professional about the people coming in there to spend their money. It is a quite unprofessional way to act in a restaurant. In all it's a gastro-pub part of a franchise, and the food is acceptable. But is it worth it? No, particularly for the reasons/problems mentioned above. Had I gotten a whole breast, warm potato chips and vegetables on my dish I'd have definitely been more inclined towards coming back and try another dish. As of now, I'd rather give it a pass and go somewhere else.

Time for an update..! But, to put it mildly, it's not going to be in their favor…read more So the kids chose where they wanted to go for dinner after an entire day at the harbor festival in Luleå. Mine and Erika's fear was of course met; O'Learys. I'm so terribly fed up with it, but the things us parents do for our kids, right? I don't mind giving a place a second (or third) chance, but this was by far the worst time ever. I ordered Joe Thornton's Striploin Steak that comes with garlic fried mushrooms, cajun butter, vegetables (carrots and haricos verts) and a choice of potatoes. Chose potato gratin and asked for my meat to be cooked rare. The moment my plate was served I only had to look at it to see it wasn't cooked properly, it looked more towards medium well. To make the initial matter worse is that the waiter said: - Striploin, well done - Ehrm, no, I ordered mine rare... - Oh sorry, I meant rare... - Well, wait just a second... And I took the steak knife, cut into the meat and said: - Look, this is almost well-done. I want a new one - Of course, we'll fix it So he wandered off with my plate while my daughter fortunately enjoyed her bbq-glazed spare ribs, our youngest son his portion of fries, and my wife her rib-eye (that she ordered medium but came more closely towards medium rare). I then got my new striploin and once again it seemed a bit off, but now against the other end of the spectrum. Bleak in color, almost no crispy char and the side cap of fat wasn't crispy or rendered down. When I cut into it it was more towards bleu instead of rare. Didn't finish the whole steak, barely even half of it. The vegetables tasted of nothing, almost cold (I suspect they didn't change them in between my pieces of meat (something you simply just do, end of discussion). The only positive note was the potato gratin, it was well-seasoned and creamy, but no potato in the world can salvage an otherwise catastrophic plate where the steak is supposed to be the hero. The only thing I'm left with is a queasy stomach and I may well be on the way towards food-poisoning, at least that's what it feels like. Undoubtedly the worst restaurant dinner experience in a long time.

I have no reason but to give them 5 stars. Food is good, and they have some vegan options also…read more Replace itself is huge. With many many TVs and few pool tables in the back. Our servers for a nice both times we were here and they spoke English they have a good selection of beer and good selection of beer on tap. They also have hard liquor which I didn't try, since I don't like hard liquor. Bathrooms downstairs which is interesting. I definitely recommend this place if you are in Lulea Sweden.

The drinks are quite tasty here but then again most bars in Luleå are. The chicken wings on the…read moreother hand were the worst wings I ever had in my life. They were cold, lacked that fried texture, and were flavorless despite being drenched in BBQ sauce. idk why they placed salad and potatoes chip in the tray. I won't be ordering food here.

This is a typical Sports Bar. They have a nice selection of different beers. There are different…read moreseating areas. We sat in the front not far from a large window which was nice because we could also see what's happening outside. The place itself is comfortable and relaxing. The furniture is made from Darkwood, so it has a warm feeling. The most important thing is that they had a vegan options.

Had the short ribs that was super tender and perfectly cooked. The grits were also damn tasty. The…read moreportions will fill your belly up leaving your tummy satisfied. Would return to this tasty place I had my review at 5 stars but when I had the pork belly I dropped the stars. That pork belly was salty as heck. Never gonna order that pig again. Salty and burnt.