PM & Friends Hotel
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PM & Friends Hotel · Växjö, Sweden
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Key Highlights
- ✓Guests consistently highlight several outstanding features:
- ✓Exceptional Dining: The hotel's culinary offerings, especially the breakfast and the Michelin-starred restaurant, are frequently cited as world-class.
Expert Review: PM & Friends Hotel
PM & Friends Hotel in Växjö, Sweden, stands out as a Michelin Key Selected property, renowned for its gastronomic excellence, stylish design, and exceptional service. Guests consistently praise it as a top-tier destination in Småland, offering a holistic luxury experience centered around its "forest, lake, and meadow" philosophy.
Overall Rating & Sentiment
The overall sentiment for PM & Friends Hotel is overwhelmingly positive, with guests frequently describing it as a "superb," "amazing," and "fantastic" hotel. Review platforms indicate high ratings for cleanliness, comfort, staff performance, and location, each scoring around 9.4 out of 10. While value for money, at 8.3, is slightly lower, guests generally feel the experience justifies the cost.
Key Highlights
Guests consistently highlight several outstanding features:
- Exceptional Dining: The hotel's culinary offerings, especially the breakfast and the Michelin-starred restaurant, are frequently cited as world-class.
- Rooftop Pool & Sauna: The outdoor rooftop swimming pool with a bar, sun terrace, and sauna is a major draw, providing a relaxing and enjoyable amenity.
- Modern Design & Ambiance: The hotel boasts a stylish and clean modern design throughout, with careful attention to detail.
- Service Excellence: The staff's professionalism, responsiveness, and willingness to go "the extra mile" receive consistent commendation.
- Comfortable Accommodations: Guests frequently mention the comfortable beds and well-appointed rooms.
- Unique Offerings: The hotel's philosophy of "forest, lake, and meadow" is reflected in its locally sourced cuisine and an on-site bakery ("Bröd & Sovel") and florist, adding to its unique charm. Free bicycle rentals are also available.
Room Quality
The rooms at PM & Friends Hotel are described as stylish and well-designed, featuring wooden floors, flat-screen TVs, and comfortable seating areas. Each room is equipped with modern amenities such as a minibar, coffee/tea making facilities, a safe, and ironing facilities, along with air conditioning. Guests often laud the comfort of the beds. Room categories vary, with Classic rooms starting at 25 sqm and Junior Suites offering more space at around 40 sqm, often including luxurious details like bathrooms clad with Öland limestone and sometimes a bathtub. While views can sometimes overlook an inner courtyard or parking, the abundant natural light is appreciated.
Dining Experience
Dining at PM & Friends Hotel is a highlight and a core part of its identity. The hotel is home to the acclaimed PM & Vänner Restaurant, which holds one Michelin star and a Green Star for sustainability, and is noted for its creative fine dining that celebrates local Småland ingredients based on the "forest, lake, and meadow" concept. The restaurant also boasts one of Sweden's most extensive wine cellars, holding a Grand Award by Wine Spectator for its collection of over 6,300 wines.
For a more casual experience, the PM & Vänner Bistro offers classic gastronomy with a Småland touch, serving both lunch and dinner. The PM Bar provides a sophisticated setting for lighter fare, aperitifs, and digestifs, often accompanied by art, design, and music.
Breakfast is consistently singled out as "fantastic," "delicious," and even "the best in Sweden," featuring a wide variety of offerings including freshly baked bread and local delicacies from the hotel's own bakery, "Bröd & Sovel".
Service & Staff
The hotel's staff receives high praise for their hospitality, professionalism, and attentiveness. Guests frequently commend them for being "service-minded" and for going "that little extra" to enhance their stay. The staff's rating on Booking.com is 9.4, reflecting consistently positive interactions.
Location & Accessibility
PM & Friends Hotel is centrally located in Växjö, making it convenient for exploring the city. It is within walking distance of attractions such as Växjö Art Gallery, Växjö Library, and Växjö Konserthus. The hotel is also adjacent to a golf course and near the railway station. For those looking to enjoy the outdoors, the surrounding area offers ample biking and hiking paths, and the hotel provides complimentary bicycles for guests. Växjö Småland Airport is approximately 9 km away, with transfer services available for a fee.
Value & Pricing
While the PM & Friends Hotel is a luxury property, many guests find the experience to be well worth the cost. Room rates can start from approximately SEK 1,071. Various packages are offered, such as a Classic room with a three-course dinner in the bistro starting from 1795 SEK per person per night, or an Executive room from 1945 SEK per person per night. Double rooms on Kayak have shown prices ranging from $178 to $269. The Booking.com value for money rating of 8.3 suggests that while not the cheapest option, the quality of amenities, dining, and service justifies the pricing for most guests.
Common Complaints
Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback, a few minor issues have been noted by guests:
- Room View: Some rooms, particularly those overlooking an inner courtyard or parking area, were considered to have less appealing views.
- Bed Linen & Bathroom Amenities: One guest found the bed linen to be somewhat hard and noted the absence of floor heating in the bathroom, along with a perceived substitution in lotion products.
- Outdoor Pool Temperature & Crowding: A guest mentioned the outdoor pool being a bit cold and experienced a less pleasant interaction with a staff member when inquiring about it. Another also noted the dining areas could feel a bit crowded.
- Extra Beds: One guest found an extra bed in a family suite uncomfortable for an adult.
- Room Location: A specific complaint mentioned a long walk to a particular room.
Overall, these complaints appear to be isolated incidents or minor inconveniences rather than recurring systemic issues, not detracting significantly from the hotel's generally stellar reputation.
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Points to Consider
- •Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback, a few minor issues have been noted by guests:
- •Room Location: A specific complaint mentioned a long walk to a particular room.
- •Overall, these complaints appear to be isolated incidents or minor inconveniences rather than recurring systemic issues, not detracting significantly from the hotel's generally stellar reputation.
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Recent Guest Reviews
Lubos Vacha
Mixed experience. Dinner for 7 people on Christmas Day. Food, very good, 5/5 The rooster breast was excellent, so was the sauce 👍 Sommelier unengaged, never asking if we need something else, no personal engagement. Took my unfinished drink away without asking... Looked like he didn't want be there. 🤦
L
We stayed for a night. The rooms were well kept and tidy with a nice modern feel. The roof top pool was pretty good with a nice view. We ate at the bar upstairs for dinner, the food was very good indeed, we felt the food had very good value. We enjoyed the breakfast allot, it was a classic Swedish hotel breakfast you would expect, but everything was taken up a level with great locally produced it...
Claude Teisen-Simony
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME It was totally unforeseen, that I would get my second best gourmet experience ever in the remote provincial town of Växjö in Sweden. I was in Växjö to visit family, and realised the funky fact that Växjö embrace the Michelin star restaurant PM & vänner. It is only Geranium (Michelin 3 star) in Copenhagen, that was a better experience out of quite a number of visits to Michelin r...
Henk Heres
Review: Mixed Experience at PM & Vänner in Växjö (Sweden) We visited the one-Michelin-star restaurant PM & Vänner in Växjö with high expectations. The kitchen was excellent: the dishes were refined, and a mistake in one of the courses was resolved in a very professional and smooth way. The rest of the staff was friendly and created a pleasant atmosphere. However, the sommelier was a disappointme...
Johannes
A beautiful room with modern design with plenty of both natural- and artificial light at a first glance. There were however some impractical and annoying design choices especially in the bathroom. PM & Vänner does however make up for it with pleasant service and decent shared facilities like pool, sauna and a really tiny gym (if the gym isn’t enough they collaborate with a local gym). The staff is...
Julle Leopold
Having lunch here several times we have never been disappointed. Classy, tasty and good service! Can also recommend when need to go for business lunch when in Växjö.
