Elisefarm

We were here for a conference with my company, and will be returning again next year. Overall I would say the experience is OK. I have been to ElsiefFarm prior to this, but only ate at the restaurants - this was the first overnight experience. Let's begin with the good: the lunch we were served on the first day was divine. Tender meat that fell apart and excellent taste combined with the potato mash and sweet onions. For dinner we were treated to delicious kalvkött with very tasty roasted vegetables. Dessert was cheesecake, and was also very good albeit a little small. Breakfast the next morning was decent, other reviewers have complained about the bread not being fresh, this was not the case this morning. An adequate selection, nice bacon. Scrambled eggs tasted watery and readymade though. Onto the rooms ... we were a large group so were split up into different parts of the hotel. In the main building, those staying there apparently had the best experience. There are two annexes, one named "Stallet" (the stall) and the other "Herrgården" (the manor house). I was in the stall, on the second floor. One needs to walk in the elements around puddles to get to the building. Once getting to the room, it looks at first glance to be very cozy. Full height ceiling (apparently the manor house has sloping ceilings). The first thing I was hit by was the warmth radiating off the stone floor in the entrance/bathroom - the floor heating must have been on absolute MAX, and I could find no way to adjust it. My other colleagues also said their floor heating was on full, and that the rooms were far too warm. The floor in the bathroom was almost too hot to stand on, I can only imagine the energy costs that ElsieFarm must have with this resistive heating.. There was a slight but distinctly noticeable sewerage smell from my bathroom which I didn't like. But the biggest complaint with the bathroom was the window that, for my room, was directly opposite the exterior stairs. The window has some plastic opaque film over it, but it does an almost laughable job of actually blocking the view in. Anyone can see you sitting on the toilet or in the shower. The Swedes are more relaxed about this, but I felt quite exposed in this bathroom. The shower leaked out the bottom over the floor .. The bed was comfortable, but I slept terribly due to the warmth in the room. Even cracking a window did not help. You hear every noise your neighbor in the adjacent room makes, and I'm sure those below hear the floors above. It is crazy to have to open a window in November, the property needs to consider installing thermostats for the floor heating. We tried the spa last night and found it to be OK. The internal spa had a very irregular bubble system that made you feel you were getting punched in the kidneys .. but totally intermittently. The outdoor pool was nice and warm, but the water felt a little slimy (and in the harsh light of day the next day it did actually look a bit green). T

Wo booked a room for 2 nights and asked for one where a dog is allowed. That seemed to be no problem. In fact wo got the ugliest room I ever had: it was super small, what is very inconvenient with a Bernese mountain dog. There was no closet in the room so had to live out of the suitcase. There was only one very small window to open a very small gap. We had 28 degree and no possibility to open the window! The dog was not allowed to stay in the restaurant, that was totally okay. So we asked to eat on the terrace. That only seemed to be okay. On the first evening we had a long discussion with the staff to get a table on the terrace , where not a single table was occupied so it should not be a problem. The weather was perfect but obviously it was inconvinient for the staff to serve the dinner outside. On the second evening we tried to make a reservation outside which was not possible. So it was difficult again to get a table. Elisefarm is such a nice place, but our stay which was the start in our one-week- holiday was not a good experience.