Olivia Avenyn

Olivia Avenyn is an Italian restaurant at Kungsportsavenyen 1 in Gothenburg's Lorensberg area, serving stone-oven pizzas, creamy pastas, antipasti like caprese and parma ham platters, plus meat and fish dishes all made from scratch with ingredients nodding to Napoli. It's the first Swedish spot in the Olivia chain, set in protected 19th-century premises with original murväggar, takvalv, and a labyrinth-like layout, including two winterträdgårdar on street level overlooking Avenyn's bustle. They offer gluten-free pizza, pasta, desserts, and even Italian GF beer, with staff trained to handle sensitivities like celiac. Open 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM Monday through Thursday, until midnight on Friday and Saturday, and noon to 10:30 PM Sundays; book ahead for winterträdgårdar seats since they fill up fast on weekends. The open kitchen lets you watch pizzabagare at the stone oven, and they mix classic cocktails plus house mocktails. Antipasto all’Italiana stands out as a shared tasting board with salami, parmigiano reggiano, marinated peppers, olives, pesto, and focaccia.