Krispy Yucas
95Traditional crispy cassava root with creamy sauce. Vegetarian option available.
Bienvenidos
CHECA — Contemporary Peruvian Restaurant in Södermalm, Stockholm
CHECA is a contemporary Peruvian restaurant and pisco bar by chef Valentin Checa on Åsögatan 176 in Södermalm, Stockholm. We serve ceviche, tiraditos, lomo saltado, grilled octopus, pisco sours and seasonal Peruvian dishes made by hand, in a warm and colorful dining room.
Contemporary Peruvian Restaurant
CHECA offers genuine Peruvian flavors, elevated with technique, ingredients and presentation, in our warm and colorful Södermalm Restaurant and Pisco bar.
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From Lima to Söder
A piece of Peru,
on Åsögatan.
Founded by Lima-born chef Valentin Checa, Checa was born from a simple longing — the food he grew up with in Peru, cooked honestly for the city he now calls home. Stockholm winters are long; our kitchen answers with citrus, chili and the ocean.
Tucked into a quiet corner of Södermalm, the room is small on purpose. A hand-painted mural, checkerboard floors, soft pendant light, a bar that pours an opening pisco sour the moment you sit down.
Ceviche cured to order. Leche de tigre pressed the same afternoon. Anticuchos over coal. Everything from scratch, in small batches, by a small team. Bienvenidos a casa.
In Valentin's words
The story about Checa.
A short film about who we are, where the food comes from, and why we still cook every plate by hand on Söder.
"In my kitchen, simplicity and complexity meet."
The Menu
Small plates, big flavors, made by hand.
Our menu is designed to offer a complete Peruvian experience, a journey through different flavors, textures and moments.
Begin with a bite, continue with a fresh starter, and move into warm dishes. Along the way, pisco cocktails, Peruvian spirits and carefully selected wines bring the food and drink experience together.
This is how we believe Peruvian food is best enjoyed: with variety, curiosity, conversation and a table full of life.
Pisco Sour
The opening drink
Causita
Mandel potato · octopus · crab
Ceviche Mixto
Haddock · Seafood · Leche de Tigre
Peruvian Lomo
Oxfile · garlic rice
Oysters Peruvian Style (2pc)
95In its own sauce & Tigers Milk: one infused with flavours of yellow chilli and the other with rocoto
Mini Scallops Ceviche
145Fresh baby scallops, mango leche de tigre, trout roe.
Parmesan Scallops (3pc)
130Buttery, oven-baked scallops with Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, topped with pickled radish.
Causita
145Fresh-pressed mandel potato topped with octopus in a black olive sauce and Norwegian crab meat. Vegetarian option available.
Navajitas a la Plancha (3pc)
125Knivmusslor on the plancha, soaked in a warm yellow leche de tigre sauce.
Limited supplyAnticuchitos de Corazón (2pc)
145Tender ox heart on the grill, the Peruvian way — huacatay sauce.
Peruvian Spring Rolls (3pc)
130Crispy rolls filled with flavorful oxfilet.
Any allergies? Please tell us. Last food order Tue–Thu 20:30, Fri–Sat 21:15.
The Salon
A journey through Peruvian flavours.
Our menu is designed to be experienced as a journey rather than around one single dish.
Start with a Pisco Sour and a few bites for the table. Continue with a fresh ceviche or tiradito, perhaps with a glass of white wine, before moving into one of our warm dishes and a red.
Different flavours, textures and moments — this is how we believe Peruvian food is best enjoyed.
Come hungry, take your time and explore.
The Bar
A little Peru, whenever you feel like it.
More spontaneous, more casual.
Drop in for a Pisco Sour and a ceviche. Share some canchita and a few snacks. Have a glass of wine, something small before going somewhere else, or satisfy a sudden Peruvian craving.
No need for the full dinner experience — stay for one drink and a bite, or let the evening continue.
Walk-ins are always welcome, and tables at the bar can also be booked.
Groups & Chambre Séparée
Bring the whole table.
CHECA is made for sharing. Smaller groups can gather around our long community table in the main dining room, while larger groups can sit together in our newly renovated chambre séparée — with flexible low tables for groups of 11 to 20 guests. Larger parties can be arranged on request.
- ●Community Table — up to 10 guests
- ●Chambre Séparée — 11 to 20 guests. Larger parties on request
Events at CHECA
Food, drinks and people around the table.
From pisco tastings and wine nights to cultural dinners, collaborations and special Peruvian evenings, CHECA hosts events that bring food, drinks, music and people together around the table.
New events coming soon.
Gallery
Plates, the mural, the room.
Press & Features
Where we've been featured.
A hidden gem in Stockholm's restaurant scene — a cozy corner of Söder where guests slip in and keep coming back with friends.
Svenska DagbladetPrint feature
In Peru, ceviche is a social activity — Valentin Checa invites Sweden to taste the country he comes from.
ICA BufféMagazine profile
A stroll from Gamla Stan leads to eclectic Södermalm — for vintage shopping, hole-in-the-wall joints and quirky nightlife.
Condé Nast TravellerTravel feature · May/June 2025
Documentary · Movistar Peru
Conquistadores
Checa was selected as one of eight Peruvian chefs around the world featured in the documentary series, celebrating the people carrying Peruvian flavors abroad.
CHECA Journal
Stories from the kitchen.
Stories from our kitchen, bar and community — Peruvian food culture, pisco, wine, behind the scenes, restaurant news and the ideas that inspire CHECA.
FeaturedStory6 min readThe Meaning Behind Our Mural
Color, geography, ancestry and the journey of Peru: the story behind the pastel mural that welcomes every guest at CHECA in Stockholm.
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Milestone3 min readFour Years at Åsögatan
CHECA reflects on four years at Åsögatan 176 and on evolving into a warm, colorful and elevated Peruvian food and drink experience in Stockholm.
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News4 min readCalifornia Wines by the Glass at CHECA this June
This June, CHECA joins the California Wines By The Glass campaign with a special selection of California Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon by the glass, plus California bottles paired with Peruvian dishes in Södermalm, Stockholm.
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Recipe7 min readPapa Rellena: Peru’s Stuffed Potato, and the Recipe
A short story about papa rellena, the beloved stuffed potato of Peru: crispy outside, creamy inside, filled with meat, onions, chillies, black olive, raisins and egg, followed by our recipe.
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Visit
Find us on Söder.
A Peruvian restaurant in the heart of Södermalm, two minutes from Nytorget. Walk in for a ceviche & pisco at the bar or book a table in the Salon for the full dining experience.
Åsögatan 176, 116 32 Stockholm
Open in Google Maps →- Sun – Mon
- Closed
- Tue – Thu
- 17:00 – 22:00last reservation / food order : 20:30
- Fri – Sat
- 17:00 – 23:00last reservation / food order : 21:15
Group menus & weekend group bookings
- First seating
- 17:00 – 19:30
- Second seating
- 19:45 until closing