The Old Brewer Hornstull is a British-style gastropub on Bysistorget in Hornstull, the western corner of Stockholm's Sodermalm island. Thatsup lists it as a Hornstull pub close to Vasterbron, open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. The pitch is ambitious pub cooking alongside craft beer, wine and a short cocktail list in a warm, informal room.
Published February 5, 2026 · By Marcus Webb
The room
The room is built to feel like a classic London pub, a wood-led space pitched for a long session over a quick stop. The Old Brewer's own description leans on warmth and a sense of home rather than design polish, with the bar at the centre. It reads as a neighbourhood gastropub rather than a destination taproom.
Hornstull, the surrounding area, sits at the western edge of Sodermalm and has grown into one of the island's busier nightlife corners, a run of bars and restaurants near the Vasterbron bridge. The Old Brewer holds a square-side spot among them. That setting gives it a steady local crowd rather than a tourist one.
What to order
The draw on the bar is the beer, with more than twelve types on tap, Guinness among them, plus craft beers on tap and by the bottle. The list pairs with a kitchen that runs British pub classics, from beef Wellington and fish and chips to bangers and mash and a Sunday roast. Wine and a few cocktails cover anyone off the beer.
The format is a proper meal with a pint rather than a beer-only counter, so the order usually pairs a tap pour with a plate from the kitchen. A daily lunch special keeps the midday trade moving. A pint of craft and a Sunday roast is the order that shows the gastropub at its best.
Who it is for
The Old Brewer Hornstull fits a beer drinker who wants food with the pour, a group after a relaxed pub night near Vasterbron, and anyone homesick for a London gastropub in Stockholm. Skip it for a hushed cocktail bar or a pure tasting taproom, since this is a full-service pub built for eating and drinking. It rewards a table that settles in for a meal and a few pints.
Best time to go
The kitchen runs lunch and dinner across the week, so a weekday lunch special is the calm way in before the evening trade. Weekend evenings are the busiest, when the Hornstull strip fills and the pub runs latest. The Sunday roast is the set-piece worth timing a visit around.
An early-evening pint catches the room before the after-work crowd arrives. Friday and Saturday are the loudest, when the square outside fills and the bar stays open late. For the full gastropub experience, a weekend Sunday roast is the booking to make.
The detail worth knowing
The British gastropub angle is the detail that sets it apart, since Stockholm has more cocktail bars and microbrew taprooms than full London-style pubs. The Old Brewer brings genuine pub cooking and a twelve-tap bar to Hornstull rather than a beer-only format, which is the gap it fills. Its own Hornstull site and Untappd entry confirm the tap depth.
The Old Brewer name runs more than one Stockholm address, but the Hornstull room is the one built around the gastropub format near Vasterbron. The pairing of ambitious food with a deep tap list is the identity. For a sit-down pub meal with craft beer on Sodermalm, it is an easy recommendation.
The bottom line
The Old Brewer Hornstull is a British gastropub on Sodermalm's western edge, a warm Hornstull room with more than twelve beers on tap and a kitchen of London pub classics. Come for a pint and a roast, settle in, and let the tap list lead. It is a full-service pub rather than a beer-only counter, and the food is half the reason to go.
Keep exploring with our best craft beer bars in Stockholm guide, the full Stockholm bar guide, and our edit of craft beer bars worldwide. Pair The Old Brewer Hornstull with Akkurat, Mikkeller, and Omnipollos Hatt.
