Domačija Kabaj Morel

Spent a night here in August 2025. The tasting menu was our favorite meal of the trip (including Michelin star restaurants). We also did the wine pairing. We enjoyed the wines so much that we had to go buy a suitcase to bring bottles back to the US! Service was fantastic, everyone was so kind. Pricing was very fair. The breakfast was a pleasant surprise, much better than the standard hotel breakfast. I can't think of anything negative to say about this place, it was a true highlight of our 10 day trip around the country!

We stayed at the hotel for one night and took the opportunity to try the multi-course tasting menu for dinner. What promised to be a unique gastronomic experience turned out to be a long, drawn-out meal, full of pretension but lacking attention to detail—especially considering the final price (€185 for two people, one of whom didn’t drink wine). The restaurant seems to have high ambitions, but small details reveal a worrying lack of professionalism: 1. The tables had no tablecloths—just a frayed placemat. 2. The appetizer was a fried item that clearly hadn’t been freshly made: not at all crispy. 3. The main course, a piece of meat, was served on a vegetable ratatouille with too much red pepper, which completely overpowered the flavor of the meat. 4. The colorful gnocchi with ragù looked nice but were bland and lacked flavor. 5. The dessert, which was supposed to be the highlight of the meal, was a colorful mousse—tasteless and not sweet at all. Visually striking, but with no flavor or enjoyment. The most disappointing aspect was the service: very slow, with long waits between courses. The entire dinner took almost three hours, despite the small portion sizes and the fact that there were only 10 diners in the restaurant. To make matters worse, no one ever came to ask how the meal was going or whether we were enjoying it. The staff seemed more focused on boasting about the ingredients they were using and offering glasses of wine (which were charged separately) than on actually ensuring a good dining experience

Delightful orange wines by attentive staff. Rooms are compact but comfortable.

We spent the night here, very friendly staff , good wine and good breakfast.

We visited on a Tuesday and were the first to be seated at 7pm when it opened. Atmosphere was welcoming, informative staff with beautiful surroundings. The menu is a tasting menu style but you can also just choose the dishes you wanted. Portions are quite small so you really do need all of them… the food is well presented and food generally tasted good, some dishes lacked inspiration for the price you are paying. The main issue was the time, we were there for 4 and a half hours!! The restaurant was only half full, we were waiting for what felt like hours between dishes (I do think we were almost waiting for an hour for our main which was a very simple cut of beef with ratatouille). I got the impression they were trying to serve everyone the same dishes at the same time despite people arriving much later than us! By 11pm we were quite exhausted... when another couple left they turned around to us and expressed how ridiculously long the whole experience was. If this restaurant wants to be an upmarket, tasting restaurant, they need to make the quality of their dishes consistent and either serve different dishes at different times or set a time for dinner to start!

This is our favourite winery to ever visit. The wine-maker is French and he trained in the republic of Georgia, so he uses a lot of traditional methods, including longer maceration times for white wines and aging in amphora and barrels. Truly unique “natural” wines. His wife, Katja, is from Slovenia. She organises the dinners and room stays. So you feel like family when you dine and/or spend the night. The 5-course meal is really more like 7 courses with the snack, palette cleanser (which uses their pet nat), and pre-dessert. The food is elegant and innovative, and often using local ingredients. This meal would cost twice as much In Ljubljana. But here, you feel like a dinner guest in their house. Plus, you can of course do wine pairings. Rooms are comfy and some have a balcony overlooking the vineyards. We visit Kabaj every time we go to Slovenia. You should too.

This place has a soul. Amazing, cozy athmospere, beautiful wines, delicious food, great craftmentship and ultimate level of hospitality. Abolutely worth to stay, a truly authentic place in the "slovenian tuscany", Brda region. If you into culinary the dinner is recommended with wine pairing!

A little paradise…the house and rooms are traditional style,clean and comfy! Food is like homemade and delicious! Katja,the owner was so friendly and welcoming that I couldn’t recommend this place anymore! We felt like home,like family…and wines are just spectacular! Highly recommend to visit them,and if you are lucky, to stay with them!