The WORST episodes of The Restaurant

Every episode of The Restaurant ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Restaurant!

Big changes come to a family restaurant in Stockholm after World War II as traditions fade, class divides simmer and a new generation rises up.

Last Updated: 11/7/2024Network: SVTStatus: Ended
Midsummer
star
4.67
3 votes

#1 - Midsummer

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/26/2020

Peter and the other staff prepare the midsummer celebration at the restaurant. Chef Backe has high hopes for the evening. Nina and Calle are colleagues, but beneath the surface deeper feelings burn.

Directors: Måns Herngren
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star
6.43
7 votes

#2 - The Night Club

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2019

Stockholm, May 1968. Nina and her daughter Christina prepares the opening of the night club and discotheque Nina's. Peter and Ester who drives the night club "Royal" feels threatened. Christina also tries to invite Calle, who hasn't been in contact with Nina for many years. At the student union Christina meets Uno, Maggans' son, and they start to associate. In the group is also the charismatic and left-justified student John Hansen. Maggan runs into a person from the past.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
Writer: Ulf Kvensler
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Late Summer
star
6.50
4 votes

#3 - Late Summer

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/2021

Calles and Sonja’s marriage is cracking at the seams. In Skåne, Nina sinks deeper into depression. Helga and Backe try to save her. At the restaurant, the closing for the season is approaching.

Directors: Måns Herngren
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Early Summer
star
6.50
4 votes

#4 - Early Summer

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/2020

The Löwander family is preparing to open a restaurant on Gällnö in the Stockholm archipelago. Here Nina meets Calle again, for the first time since she tried to take her life.

Directors: Måns Herngren
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Creme de la creme
star
6.67
6 votes

#5 - Creme de la creme

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2019

Calle tries to develop the menu at Nina's together with Carmen. Ester and Mirko make another attempt to stop Nina's nightclub and disco. John and the left gang find an illegal way to fund their business, but Christina finds out and gets very upset.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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The Jubilee
star
6.71
17 votes

#6 - The Jubilee

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2017

Gustaf and Helga arranges a 50 year anniversary at Djurgårdskällaren to speed up the business. But Nina has another solution. She defies her brother and starts jazz evenings in the banquet hall. Peter confronts Gustaf about the restaurants catastrophic economi. Nina and Calle are dating in secret. Nina gets pissed when Calle gets in a fight with one of her friends.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
Writer: Ulf Kvensler
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VIP
star
6.71
7 votes

#7 - VIP

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2019

Nina accuses Peter of being involved in the attack on Nina's. Nina's chef has resigned, and Gustaf and Bellan try to persuade Nina to ask Calle if he wants to take over. Uno and Christina accompany John home at an after-party. Lilly attracts Maggan to a black gay club, which has major consequences.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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The Funeral
star
6.71
7 votes

#8 - The Funeral

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2018

Peter and Ester have destroyed Helga's last will, that would have placed Nina in charge of DK. However, Nina doesn't give up that easy. Nina and Calle reconsiles, but Calle's conscience rankles: should he tell her about his cheating with Sonja? The police suspects Angelo for the murder of Ragnarsson. Stickan wants to cook the dinner for Helga's funeral, but either Calle or Ethel thinks that he can manage it. Britt has both good and bad news for Maggan. Gustaf sweats - will he testify for the assembly about his addiction and homosexuality?

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
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Departure
star
6.75
8 votes

#9 - Departure

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2019

Peter has realized the truth about the attacks and confronts Ester and Mirko. Money is stolen from Nina's daycare, which leads to conflict between Nina and Christina. Maggan is facing a decision that will affect her entire future career and privacy.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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Surprise de Nina
star
6.88
8 votes

#10 - Surprise de Nina

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2018

After the catastrophe with Oscarshof, Gustaf is disappeared without a trace. Has he killed himself? Henriette Winter has decided to sell her part in DK, and a battle between Peter and Nina breaks out, as regards to who of the two that will buy it. Helga is forced to choose side in the conflict between Stickan and Calle. Grudgingly, Bellan gives Angelo the opportunity to work in the dining room instead of in the washing up - will he manage to show Bellan that he can make it?

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
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Rock'n'roll
star
6.89
9 votes

#11 - Rock'n'roll

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2018

Helga, Peter and Nina tries to convince Gustaf to not sell his part of DK to Henriette Winter. Gustaf reflects of investing all of his assets on Oscarshof - but can he trust his partner? Nina has had several of miscarriages and both she and Calle worries for it to happen again. Chef Backe tries a hearing aid, but is it enough to get back the hold of the kitchen staff? The Italian youth Angelo starts in the washing up and gets to work hard.

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
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High Summer
star
7.00
4 votes

#12 - High Summer

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2021

Nina moves down near Erik and Christina in Skåne, but it’s not the harmonious reunion she hoped for. Helga suspects that something happened between Nina and Calle on Midsummer’s Eve.

Directors: Måns Herngren
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Countdown
star
7.00
7 votes

#13 - Countdown

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2019

Christina is a prisoner on the left but tries to find an opportunity to escape. The police with Uno at the head are preparing a strike against the farm. Nina's is nearing bankruptcy and Nina is considering the bid from Mirko. Or can she leave the past behind and take Peter's help?

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The Elms
star
7.00
8 votes

#14 - The Elms

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2019

That night the elms are to be felled in the Kungsträdgården bursts of roar, and Uno and Maggan end up in the middle of the battle but on different sides. John and the left gang are planning an attack in central Stockholm.

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The Crayfish Party
star
7.00
13 votes

#15 - The Crayfish Party

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2017

Stockholm 1946. Nina and Erik are celebrating their engagement with a crayfish party in the archipelago. Calle becomes involuntary responsible for the food. Gustaf reveals Suzanne's secret to Peter. Gustaf fires Maggan because of her involvement in the labour union and Helga gets on a collision course with Nina's future mother-in-law.

Directors: Molly Hartleb
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The Restaurant Keeper
star
7.06
18 votes

#16 - The Restaurant Keeper

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2017

Peter is taking over as restaurant keeper when Gustaf is arrested. Ragnarsson is blackmailing Peter by threatening Suzanne. The restaurants future are being put at play. Calle makes a bad decision regarding Nina. Chef Backe shows unknown sides. Maggan's and Lilly's relationship are getting more intimated, but threatens.

Directors: Molly Hartleb
Writer: Ulf Kvensler
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The Agreement
star
7.08
13 votes

#17 - The Agreement

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2017

Suzanne's debacle leads to a lot of consequences, both to Peter and the restaurant. The conflict between Gustaf and Maggan puts at edge when the help comes from an unexpected direction. Calle is forced to make a decision: to follow his heart or to take responsibility. Helga is pushing Nina to do what the convention requires and Gustaf plays his cards when Peter is weak and vulnerable.

Directors: Molly Hartleb
Writer: Ulf Kvensler
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The Christmas Gift
star
7.10
10 votes

#18 - The Christmas Gift

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2018

Stockholm, december 1955. Restaurant DK goes amazing and everything should be alright, but the Löwander family is divided. After a traumatical occurrance the matriarch Helga makes a new attempt to unite the family. Will Gustaf take the extended hand? Peter's wife Ester tries to increase dissatisfaction between the siblings Peter and Nina. Nina gives Calle an anticipated christmas gift, and Maggan gets an unwelcomed visit from the past...

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
Writer: Ulf Kvensler
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The Return Home
star
7.14
7 votes

#19 - The Return Home

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2019

Stockholm, May 1971. Three years have passed since Christina left Nina and the nightclub behind her. She secretly lives with John and the rest of the gang in a farmhouse. Uno, who is now a police officer, gets up the track after them

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Old and New Families
star
7.14
7 votes

#20 - Old and New Families

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2018

1956. Henriette Winter is the new copartner of DK. Peter and Ester are working on solutions to get rid of her. Gustaf takes up the fight against DK with his new restaurant Oscarshof. Nina and Calle are searching for the right moment to tell Helga she is going to be a grandmother. Chef Backe are getting more and more paranoid, which affects Calle. Angelo is in the claws of Ragnarsson, but gets help from Maggan.

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
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The Return Home
star
7.25
16 votes

#21 - The Return Home

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2017

Peter Löwander comes home from the preparedness and has a jewish refugee with him, Suzanne Goldstein. Helga, the head of the family, dissaproves but remains silent. Nina's and Calle's roads are crossed once again. Gustaf covers up the restaurants catastrophal economi and shallow dealings, but the brother, Peter, starts to understand that something is wrong.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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The Housewife
star
7.27
15 votes

#22 - The Housewife

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2017

Stockholm 1950. The recent years has implied dramatical changes for the Löwander family. Nina and Erik have got a little daughter and Nina lives a quiet life as housewife. But everything is not as perfect as it seems. Peter has married Ester, got children and works as a lawyer. A love in he past shows up. Gustaf works alone as restaurant keeper, but Peter and Helga opposes against his plans. The conflict between the brothers comes to life, stronger than ever. Chef Backe has an accident and Calle takes the chance as reserv. Maggan revolts against the geezers in the labour union.

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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Own Majority
star
7.29
7 votes

#23 - Own Majority

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2018

Helga has suffered from a stroke and her children fears the worst. Peter and Ester starts to plan how the future for the restaurant will be if Helga passes away, but unforseen events puts their plan at an end. The Social Democrats awaits the election results at DK while Nina's daughter Christina is visiting. Nina is stressed and takes it out on Calle, who seeks comfort from an unexpected direction. Ragnarsson threatens Angelo's family and Angelo is taking drastic measures.

Directors: Anna Zackrisson
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The 10,000 crowns question
star
7.29
7 votes

#24 - The 10,000 crowns question

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2018

Peter stands in front of a decisive choice: will he leave his family and the restaurant to live together with the love of his life Suzanne? Angelo resigns from the restaurant, but doesn't want to tell why. Gustaf is seeking treatment for his sexual impulsions. Calle gets an opportunity to make a TV program about food, and Nina encourages him to accept. Calle himself is sceptical. Maggan quits to become Mayor secretary for Britt Gahn.

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Secrets
star
7.29
14 votes

#25 - Secrets

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2017

Peter and Suzanne are telling news that shakes the family. Peters conflict with the gangster Ragnarsson culminates, with big consequences. Gustaf risks more than prison. Nina's and Calle's secret relationship puts at edge. Helga asks Peter of a huge favor and Maggan brings home her son Uno from fostercare. But is it the right decision?

Directors: Harald Hamrell
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