Adam L.
Yelp
Nosh & Chow wowed me. At first. Here's the thing: the first hour was "GET THE F%€# OUT!" Good. But somewhere after the appetizers, it fell apart. Which was a terrible shame, because up to that point, it was my new favourite place in Stockholm.
Sweetie & arrived a little before our reservation time, and were quickly made comfortable at the bar. Belvedere Martini, three olives. All good. As soon as the drink was gone, we were taken to our table. The restaurant is really very beautiful, with a creative warm flair that invites both a lively time, but makes you feel that its warm & cosy at the same time. The menu is VERY creative: interesting plates, exciting ingredients, a good spread of things. I ordered the Ox Cheek Buns & Entrecote, & Sweetie had the Flank Steak menu, with charcuterie board, Korean BBQ flank steak, and creme brulee (highly recommend this!). We ordered the Scaia from the very decent wine list.
My Ox Cheek Buns were divine! And this was the inflection point: we were so wowed, that we could barely contain ourselves for what would come next. And it came....over an hour later. At that point, we were starving, slightly drunk, and irritated. Irritated, because the place wasn't full. In fact, by then - 10:00pm - it was barely half full. And we noticed that the only people serving were our waitress, and...the host? The bar had three bartenders. Sure, the steaks were heavenly (especially the flank!). Sure, the creme brulee was great (this arrived shortly before 11:00pm). But the time lag in serving was just....execrable. To add insult to injury, the bill was brought and it was SEK1,100 too high. To his credit, the host noticed it right away, but it still took almost 15mins to sort that out.
I'm giving Nosh & Chow 4 stars, because its a great p,ace with great food. When they get another server to help, & sort out kitchen snafus, it will be 5 stars. Go, but bring a book to read. Just in case.