't Lansink (Hotel - Restaurant)

Amazing hidden gem of a boutique hotel in Hengelo. Lovely staff and great wine list.

The atmosphere is pleasant and the service very professional. One plate follows another, and the presentation is carefully chiselled to delight your eyes. Their contents are perfectly balanced to enchant your palate and explore unfamiliar territory. Great art. Well done!

It’s a lovely boutique hotel in a little town of Hengelo. We stopped there for one night to have dinner at the hotel's Michelin star restaurant. The square it is in is very charming, very Dutch and great for a stroll. The room we had was very nice. It had a coffee maker, a kettle, a hairdryer, a fairly large TV with a good selection of channels. The only thing that was missing on this hot day was air-conditioning; therefore the fan was on all through the night. The staff was very polite and not surprisingly spoke good English. The 5 course tasting menu with wine we had was a unique experience but didn’t come cheap. All the waiters were very knowledgeable, quick, helpful and spoke good English. As for the food and wine – it well exceeded our expectations and the night was truly unforgettable. You can hardly believe how many flavors there can be contained in the little portions served. Pity though, the elegant menu was only in Dutch. We also had breakfast in the morning, which was also very nice except for scrambled eggs, which was nothing to write home about. All in all-we had a very pleasurable, if not inexpensive stay. ||

Restaurant ‘t Lansink, Hengelo » My visit: Jan 2025 » Previous visit: April 2024 » Total score: 4.8/5 – very good » Comment: I thought the food was very good overall. I particularly liked the outstanding starter with crab, the equally outstanding first intermediate course with gurnard and the excellent dessert with tangerine. As for the wines (which were outstandingly presented), I would rate them as outstanding overall. Here I would like to highlight two outstanding wines - a Vinho Verde made of Alvarinho and a Lower Austria auslese made of Gelber Traminer. I also found two wines to be excellent - a white Cairanne Cuvée (Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne) and a Salento made of Susumaniello. In my opinion, the restaurant offered outstanding value for money in terms of the food and wines. The gourmet restaurant easily met my very high expectations. When I am in the region again, I will definitely book a table at 't Lansink again. 1|120|67 ====== My ratings for this gourmet restaurant in detail: ●● Service – 4.8/5 – very good: ● Hospitality, friendliness, obligingness, etc.: 4.8/5 ● Atmosphere, temper, facilitation, etc.: 4.8/5 ●● Food – 4.8/5 – very good: ● Flavors (range, depth, composition, harmony/balance, etc.): 4.8/5 ● Level (thoroughness, craftsmanship, originality, exclusivity, variety of impressions, consistency/diversity, etc.): 4.8/5 ● Choices: 4.9/5 ●● Beverages, mainly the wines – 4.9/5 – outstanding: ● Taste (depth/range, length, complexity, balance, accessibility, elegance, intensity/subtlety, etc.): 4.9/5 ● Level (variety/novelty of impressions, consistency/diversity, exclusivity, etc.): 4.9/5 ● Did the beverages (mainly the wines) match the dishes?: 4.8/5 ● Choices: 4.7/5 ●● Presentation of the food – 4.6/5 – still very good: ● Textures and (differences in) temperatures: 4.9/5 ● Colors and decorations: 3.9/5 ● Timing and sequencing as well as sizes of portions: 5.0/5 ● Special effects (positionings, DIY-effects, sculptural or thematic elements, surprises, color and motion effects, fake effects, olfactory effects, fog or smoke effects, etc.): 3.9/5 ● Procedures at and around the table (attunements and explanations, elements added/changed, service and staffing intensity, involvement of kitchen team, orchestrated dish presentations, preparations and dishes (partially) built up at the table, etc.): 4.8/5 ●● Presentation of beverages, mainly the wines – 4.9/5 – outstanding: ● Procedures at and around the table (explanations and attunements, etc.): 4.9/5 ● Quantities poured as well as timing in relation to the dishes: 5.0/5 ●● Premises and location – 4.5/5 – good to very good: ● Accessibility, surroundings and - as applicable - the view: 4.2/5 ● How did I like the room or - as applicable - outdoor area’s style, decor and atmosphere?: 4.8/5 ● Well-being (space, privacy, temperature, ventilation/odors, lighting, soundscape, sanitary facilities, etc.): 4.6/5 ●● Price – 4.7/5 – very good: ● Price-performance ratio for food: 4.9/5 ● Price-performance ratio for wines and other beverages: 4.9/5 ● Price transparency and correspondence of the expected to the actual price (simple, complete and unambiguous price information on the restaurant's website and in the menu, etc.): 4.0/5

A nice ambiance created by the hotel itself but more importantly by the people who work there. ||Hands on customer service with a smile and a warmth you don’t get often||I plan on visiting again, but with my wife and take in the beauty surrounding the area.

Lovely boutique hotel located in the former ‘Stork Guest house building’. Hotel rooms are large, cosy, romantic and conformable. But the hotel is all about its delicious and rightfully so Michelin-star rated restaurant. ||Visit restaurant ‘t Lansink, let chef Lars van Galen and his team spoil you well. Enjoy the lovely courses, drink and love their tasteful pairing wines…and enjoy a romantic night and one of their conformable rooms afterwards

Had the 8-course dinner with wine pairing at a chefs table. All pairings were spot on and colorfully explained and detailed by the sommelier. The dishes were beautiful, delicious and flawless. Intended to make more pictures, but i was too busy enjoying the evening. Big compliments to the chef and the team! Michelin star well deserved. Thanks for the great experience!

A beautiful, boutique hotel in a quiet residential area only a short walk from the town centre. The hotel has an interesting history as a former school, and on street parking isn’t a problem as it’s a quiet area. ||We were welcomed at the front desk with friendly efficiency, and shown to our large, comfortable room overlooking the recently updated garden. All the staff were professional and helpful, answering an issue with access to the hotel WiFi in our room very swiftly. Although this problem wasn’t resolved during our stay, we were able access WiFi in the rest of the hotel easily. ||Hegelo town centre has plenty of shops and restaurants to suit all tastes, and we ate al fresco at The Blue Angel, which we can highly recommend. All the restaurants in the area were bustling with activity with groups of locals and tourists cycling past every few minutes which kept us entertained with some good people watching, which seems to be the local pastime in that part of town. ||Breakfast was buffet style with continental or cooked items on offer and plenty to suit all tastes. I chose scrambled eggs with bacon and mushrooms, toast and jam with watermelon and a coffee; all freshly prepared and delicious. ||Would happily return to this hotel especially at the price we paid through Trip Adviser. Our only negative was lack of WiFi in our room, otherwise I would have given our stay 5 stars.