- 🕑 Today working hours: 15:00-00:30
- Price Range: €€ Moderately expensive
- 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly
- ✅ Outdoor seating
- ❌ Takeaway
- ✅ Dine-in
At this snug 16-seat basement bar, passionate owners handcraft cocktails showcasing fine spirits, housemade infusions, fresh juices and global influences. The concise menu spotlights their greatest hits alongside ever-evolving seasonal selections and reinvented classics served with engaging backstories. Beyond liquid bounty, Gemma channels effortless Scandi style - blond wood, greenery and candles cultivate a living room lounge feel.
While small, the warm hospitality ensures comfort whether bellied up to the bar watching mixology magic unfold or tucked into a velvety banquette. With its delicate alchemy, charming hospitality and envelope-pushing elixirs, Gemma promises a supremely memorable night out among Stockholm's storied cocktail history.
What Makes Gemma So Special
- Boundary-pushing drinks utilizing thoughtful, unusual components 🍸
- Fiercely seasonal menu changing every 6-8 weeks 🗓️
- Owners/bartenders count hospitality equal to quality cocktails 🤝
- Tiny 16-seat space ensures intimacy over pretension ❤️
- Globally acclaimed among the world's finest cocktail bars 🥇
Creative Cocktails & Perfect Pairings
While cocktails claim focus, small pairings enhance the experience:
- Classics like Negronis and whisky sours given crafty updates
- House originals featuring herbs, spices and Swedish flavors
- Ever-changing list with whimsical names and brilliant flavors
- Small tapas like grilled cheese, charcuterie and oysters
Effortlessly Hip Yet Homey Vibes
A purple neon sign beside a heavy wood and glass door clues you've arrived somewhere special in Stockholm's Old Town. Inside, soft lounge music and animated chatter fill the compact space where locals chat up strangers at the brass-trimmed bar. Servers in neat attire whiskNegroni variations artfully garnished with orange fans and fresh herbs to delighted patrons who snack on plump Castelvetrano olives between sips. New arrivals sink into button-tufted banquettes with relief at a rare reservation scored at this globally acclaimed but eternally cozy cocktail sanctuary.
Why Gemma Stands Out
With outstanding cocktail bars scattered all over Stockholm, what prompts savvy drinkers to seek out this hidden basement gem?
Cocktail wizardry: Unique elixirs combining fine spirits with intriguing flavors
Ever-evolving menu: Fresh inspirations every 6-8 weeks
Low-key excellence: Substance triumphs pretense in skills and hospitality
Hard to score seats: Tiny room number limits crowds to keep things intimate
World renown: Globetrotting drink fans prioritize Gemma when in Stockholm
For exquisitely crafted and conceived cocktails in an eternally charming hideaway, A bar called Gemma remains forever a notch above the rest for adventurous imbibers.
Place Features
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Pet features:
- ✓ Dogs allowed
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Atmosphere:
- ✓ Casual
- ✓ Cosy
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Facilities:
- ✓ Has gender-neutral toilets
- ✓ Has Wi-Fi
- ✓ Has toilets
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Accepted Payment Methods:
- ✓ Accepts debit cards
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Highlights:
- ✓ Has live performances
- ✓ Great cocktails
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What offers?:
- ✓ Serves spirits
- ✓ Serves wine
- ✓ Serves beer
- ✓ Serves alcohol
- ✓ Food
- ✓ Food at bar
- ✓ Cocktails
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Dining Options:
- ✓ Has seating
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Plan a visit!:
- ✓ Accepts reservations
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Service we offer:
- ✓ Serves dine-in
- ✓ Has outdoor seating
- ˟ No delivery
- ˟ No takeaway
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The Crowd:
- ✓ Transgender safe space
- ✓ LGBTQ+ welcoming
- ✓ Good for groups
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Accessibility features:
- ✓ No wheelchair-accessible toilet
- ✓ No wheelchair-accessible seating
- ✓ No wheelchair-accessible entrance
FAQs About A bar called Gemma
Can I make a reservation?
Just 30% of seats may be reserved online in advance to allow for walk-ins too.
Do you serve food beyond bar snacks?
We don't serve full meals, but provide small snacks purposefully made to complement cocktails.
What is your pricing like?
Our impeccably crafted cocktails range from 150-185 SEK depending on ingredients. Well worth it!
How do I get updates on seasonal drink menus?
Check our website and social media pages for new cocktail lists every 6-8 weeks.
Can I enjoy cocktails on an outdoor terrace?
When weather allows, we set up patio seating outdoors for overflow crowds to enjoy drinks al fresco!
Is this Cocktail bar open now?
No, it is closed since Friday, 00:30. This Cocktail bar will re-open at Friday 15:00. Check opening hours
⏰ Opening Hours
The days and hours that A bar called Gemma is open:
| Day | Working Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday May 13 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Tuesday May 14 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Wednesday May 15 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Thursday May 16 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Friday May 17 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Saturday May 18 | 15:00-00:30 |
| Sunday May 19 | Closed |
🚩A bar called Gemma Contact
✉ Address: Grev Turegatan 30, 114 38 Stockholm, Sweden 📍 map
✆ Phone: (679) 353-8337
🌍 Web Site: abarcalledgemma.se
Reserve a Table: abarcalledgemma.se
📍 Location
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