Båsenberga Hotell & Konferens

Båsenberga is a conference hotel. Nevertheless, for a traveler without any conferences in sight, it's just fine for a small retreat. Located out in the fields by a small lake, the many buildings aren't fancy in any way. It's no castle. It's not even a mansion when you judge by the exterior. Nothing pompous. Rural. Calm. It is well maintained and once your'e inside you find a consistent coolish northern style with a typical white to gray scaled decor. It's simple, yet elegant. Nice, bright lounge with large windows and quality furnishing aside the entrance and reception. Family driven there's a limited number of staff at the weekends. But everything works fine with a tangible care for the guests. A personal, yet professional approach. Half a stair up there's a parlor with a billiard and seating area. Further in a small bar and adjacent dining room. Same style here as in the rest of the interior design: "scandinavian". The bar serves a selection of beverages. Only remark here is there is room for improvement of the bartender's skills - good if you know how to mix a cocktail that you have on the menu... We had a quite large room with pitched roof and a canapé couch. Excellent double bed - very, very comfortable. All amenities including water bottle, some nuts and coffee maker/kettle. No mini bar though. But that's good - much nicer to have a drink in the bar downstairs. And more environmental friendly. Bathrobes are at hand - maybe most useful if you plan to visit the relax/spa (a walk across the yard), which we did not do on this occasion. To be noted: no AC (but a fan) in the room. One can probably expect rather high temperatures up there under the roof in the summertime... Breakfast is served in the restaurant. Although sufficient enough, it has a relatively small number of choices. Fine for us, but don't expect an overwhelming selection. There are however newly scrambled (and cooked) eggs, bacon and a few charcuteries etc at hand and you can also make your own waffles on a waffle iron. Now for what makes this place stand out: The restaurant! Clear and obvious skill in the kitchen. Only a few dishes on the menu. Always a good sign of a conscious chef who knows how to handle quality before quantity. Many modern chefs always base their dishes on vegetables and add meat or fish as a "secondary" ingredient. Likewise with the Båsenberga chef. The menu built up around a base ingredient. On the plate appears the base ingredient in a lovely variety of cooking/preparation, building a fine, balanced, palette of flavours. Two starters: "Parsnip" and "Root beets" turned out to be delicious renderings of a variety of these ingredients. The protein accompanying the parsnips was air-dried ham and the root beets were presented with small pieces of black pudding (!) with truffles. Refined. Two mains: "Carrot" and "Celeriac". Carrots in various forms served with locally hunted venison and the celeriac appeared together with fresh pike-perch from the

We will return! It is fantastic Place. So beatiful and skillfulled maintained and designed for an absolut relaxing stay. The rooms and the beds are beyond comfortable.We enjoyed every miniute the tree days we were their guests. The breakfast is a wonder of freshness and delights. We had our Swedish family for dinner - the tasting Menu. Everyone were floored by the service and the food and the paired Wine.The suroundings are so inviting for long walks and swims in the the lake infront of you. We are not golfers but the guests around us were and they looked like they enjoyed the course. If you are a golfer I would check this place out and put it on you bucket list.