OMAKA Opens a New Beer Bar in Stockholm

OMAKA, the craft brewery and restaurant concept founded in 2020 is opening its first outpost on the south side of the city. OMAKA Ölbar opens on 27 March inside Restaurang Ponti on the island of Södermalm, a collaboration with restaurant duo Oskar Larsson and Eloi Berthelin, the team behind Schmaltz, Galinas pizza, and Tengu. It marks the brewery’s first move beyond Östermalm and a new context in which fresh craft beer takes centre stage.

OMAKA was founded by brewmaster Hedda Spendrup with a stated ambition to shift how beer is understood as a flavour experience, experimenting with taste rather than playing it safe. The new bar is something Spendrup has had in mind for a while.

“OMAKA Ölbar will be a place entirely on beer’s own terms, without rules for how it should be. Come in for a quick beer after work, or stay and taste your way through the evening,” says Spendrup.

The bar serves OMAKA’s fresh craft beers alongside a simple menu of pizza and selected snacks. The format is deliberately accessible, equally suited to a quick stop or a longer evening spent working through the range.

For Oskar Larsson, the draw was straightforward – “We have created a bar where you can drink fresh, quality beer without it getting too nerdy.”

The interior was designed by Jeanette Didon, known for her work across restaurants, bars, and clubs in New York and Paris. Raw materials, concrete and steel, are offset by wood, textiles and art for a relaxed, living-room atmosphere.