Gostišče Pod Kostanji

The ascent to Grad Tabor castle in Laško, founded in the thirteenth century and, after centuries of history and varied use, transformed today into a gastronomic restaurant of romantic fascination, is well worth making. In this suggestive setting, self-taught chef Marko Pavčnik expresses a cuisine that is personal and unmistakable, little influenced by passing trends, and capable of celebrating the territory with creativity and contemporary sensitivity. Great attention is paid to quality and sustainability: local ingredients, often sourced from an organic farm, foraging, and whole-animal cooker

The setting of this excellent “Gallery of Flavours” is particularly striking: a park at whose centre stands an eighteenth-century Baroque manor, once the castle of Novo Celje. Decidedly more contemporary are the welcoming fine dining room and, above all, the gastronomic proposal, which takes local ingredients as its starting point and works them with technique and creativity. The choice extends between a concise à la carte menu and a tasting menu of seven courses, reducible to five. Among the most interesting dishes, the polenta with beef, a reinterpretation of a Slovenian classic, and the cat