Restaurants in Växjö: 11 places on Sandgärdsgatan, around Storgatan and towards lake Växjösjön
On this page restaurants in Växjö are listed by location: on Sandgärdsgatan and Kungsgatan, in the blocks to the west around Storgatan, and south of the railway towards the lake. You can see which ones serve lunch, which are evening places with a bar or a stage, and where it is open on Sundays: the address is in each card, and the map below shows the distances.
Sandgärdsgatan and Kungsgatan: lunch, dinner and live music
West of Sandgärdsgatan: Västergatan, Storgatan and Bäckgatan
South of the railway: towards lake Växjösjön
Restaurants in Växjö on the map
The map has one point for each restaurant on this page and no others. A tap on the point opens the card with the address and description.
Find the right group
The page is meant for those who want a weekday lunch in the centre, for those planning an evening with dinner and music, and for those who want to eat with a view of the lake.
| If you need | What to look at | Which group fits | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunch on a weekday | Lunch hours on the restaurant website | Sandgärdsgatan and Kungsgatan, or South of the railway | Which days lunch is served: two of the kitchens open for lunch only from Tuesday |
| Dinner with music afterwards | A stage, concerts or a bar on the website | Sandgärdsgatan and Kungsgatan | The programme of the evening and the age limit: the nightclub is for those over 18 |
| Dinner on a Sunday | The Sunday hours | South of the railway, or West of Sandgärdsgatan | The closing time: on Sundays the kitchens close earlier than on other evenings |
| A table in a particular dining room | The name of the dining room in the booking | West of Sandgärdsgatan | That the booking is for the right part of the house: dining room, bistro and bar are booked separately |
| A view of the lake | The address Vattentorget in the card | South of the railway | How to book: the restaurant by the lake takes bookings by phone |
Three areas: the restaurant street, the blocks to the west and the lake side
- Sandgärdsgatan: three of the restaurants lie within ten house numbers, from number 10 to 19.
- To the west: Västergatan, Storgatan and Bäckgatan, at most 200 metres from Sandgärdsgatan.
- The lake side: Vattentorget is just over 400 metres from Sandgärdsgatan, on the other side of the railway.
The centre is small enough to walk through in a few minutes. Between Sandgärdsgatan and Västergatan it is about 200 metres, and from Sandgärdsgatan down to Vattentorget by lake Växjösjön just over 400 metres as the crow flies, measured on the map points of the cards. The railway lies in between: the restaurants in the third group all have addresses south of the tracks.
Sandgärdsgatan is the street to start on for those who have not decided. Two of the restaurants there are neighbours, at numbers 10 and 12, and a third has its address at numbers 17 to 19. On Kungsgatan, just under 150 metres to the east, there is a Japanese place that moved there in May 2024.
To the west there are four kitchens on three streets: a hotel with several dining rooms and a restaurant with a bar on Västergatan, a grill restaurant on Storgatan and a pub with a kitchen on Bäckgatan. South of the railway the range is different: a restaurant with a view of the lake on Vattentorget, a lunch place on Södra Järnvägsgatan and a kitchen with bowls and salads on Kampastigen.
All the restaurants of the city, also those outside the centre, are in the category Restaurants in the directory. The Växjö page describes the city, and more food guides are in the section Restaurants and cafés.
The hours: weekday lunch, evening places and Sunday
- Lunch Monday to Friday: the Italian restaurant on Sandgärdsgatan and all three kitchens south of the railway.
- From Tuesday: the Japanese place on Kungsgatan serves lunch, and the restaurant with a concert stage opens at 11.30 am.
- Evening only: from 4 or 5 pm west of Sandgärdsgatan.
- Sunday: three kitchens give Sunday hours, two of them south of the railway.
Weekday lunch is unevenly spread over the week (the restaurants' websites, October 2026). The Italian restaurant on Sandgärdsgatan serves lunch from 11.30 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday and opens again at 5 pm. The Japanese place on Kungsgatan serves lunch from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm Tuesday to Friday and from noon to 3 pm on Saturdays, and the kitchen is closed between 3 and 4 pm. The restaurant with the concert stage opens at 11.30 am Tuesday to Saturday but only at 4 pm on Mondays.
South of the railway you can have lunch on every weekday. The restaurant on Vattentorget opens at 11.30 am Monday to Friday and has both lunch and à la carte, the lunch place on Södra Järnvägsgatan is open from 9 am to 4 pm with lunch in the middle of the day and closes over the weekend, and the kitchen on Kampastigen is open from 11 am to 7 pm.
West of Sandgärdsgatan it is the evening that counts. The pub on Bäckgatan opens at 5 pm on Mondays and at 4 pm Tuesday to Saturday, the grill restaurant on Storgatan at 5 pm Tuesday to Thursday and at 4 pm Friday to Sunday, and the restaurant with a bar at Västergatan 6 is open from 5 pm Wednesday to Saturday. The wine bistro on Sandgärdsgatan opens at 5 pm Tuesday to Thursday, at 4 pm on Fridays and at noon on Saturdays.
Sunday is the thinnest day: only the grill restaurant on Storgatan (4 to 10 pm), the restaurant by the lake (noon to 8 pm) and the kitchen on Kampastigen (11 am to 5 pm) give Sunday hours. On Mondays the grill restaurant and the wine bistro are closed. The hours in the directory cards may differ, so go by the restaurant's own website.
Format and booking: dining rooms, stages and the phone
- Several dining rooms at one address: at Västergatan 10 the dining room, the bistro and the bar are booked separately.
- Live music: Friday and Saturday from 9.30 pm to 1 am at the wine bistro, concerts by programme on the same street.
- A chain: the grill restaurant on Storgatan has sister restaurants in three other cities.
The largest address is the hotel at Västergatan 10, which has 74 rooms, its own bakery and three places to eat: a dining room, a bistro with an atrium and a bar that also serves brunch. The kitchen describes its style as modern Småland cooking, with forest, meadow and lake as the starting point. Each part has its own booking on the website, so look at which part you are booking.
On Sandgärdsgatan music is part of the evening. The wine bistro has a small stage where musicians play on Fridays and Saturdays from 9.30 pm to 1 am, and the restaurant at numbers 17 to 19 has concerts by programme and a nightclub with an age limit of 18 on Friday and Saturday, open until 3 am. The Italian neighbour has a wine bar of its own and takes cards only. The Japanese place on Kungsgatan is an izakaya, a Japanese pub where the small dishes are the main thing.
Tables are booked on the website at most of them: that is the case at the wine bistro, at the grill restaurant, at the pub on Bäckgatan, at Västergatan 6 and on Kungsgatan. The restaurant by the lake refers to the phone and has Greek-inspired food and grilled dishes.
The kitchen on Kampastigen has bowls, salads and sushi and delivers within the city for orders of at least 15 dishes. The lunch place on Södra Järnvägsgatan has outdoor seating when the weather allows. The grill restaurant on Storgatan cooks South American grill and barbecue.
Questions and answers
On Sandgärdsgatan, on Kungsgatan and south of the railway. The Italian restaurant on Sandgärdsgatan and the restaurant on Vattentorget serve lunch from 11.30 am Monday to Friday, and the Japanese place on Kungsgatan Tuesday to Friday (October 2026).
Three of the restaurants give Sunday hours: the grill restaurant on Storgatan from 4 pm, the restaurant by the lake from noon to 8 pm and the kitchen on Kampastigen from 11 am to 5 pm. The others are closed or give no Sunday hours.
On Sandgärdsgatan: the wine bistro has musicians on a small stage on Fridays and Saturdays from 9.30 pm to 1 am, and the restaurant at numbers 17 to 19 has concerts by programme.
Separately: the dining room, the bistro and the bar each have their own booking on the hotel website. Choose the part you want to eat in before you book.
The restaurant on Vattentorget, which itself describes its view over lake Växjösjön. It is open every day of the week and takes bookings by phone.
On Sandgärdsgatan the restaurant with the nightclub is open until 3 am on Friday and Saturday. The pub on Bäckgatan is open until midnight Tuesday to Thursday and until 1 am on Friday and Saturday.
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How this page is made
The restaurants on this page are chosen by the SverigesForetagsGuide editorial team. Payment affects neither the selection nor the order. The order within the groups is free and says nothing about quality.
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