Restaurant Håndværkeren in Roskilde rents out four rooms for meetings, courses, lectures, receptions, company parties and weddings. The largest room, Salen, holds 40 to 150 people, and the restaurant states that its meeting facilities suit groups of up to 150 participants. The house stands at Hersegade 9 in the center of Roskilde, a few minutes from Roskilde station.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant offers four meeting rooms in the middle of town. Snedkerstuen takes 2 to 15 people, Pejsestuen 10 to 25, the Restaurant room 20 to 40 and Salen 40 to 150. Every room has a projector and a screen. A flip chart, speakers and a microphone can be borrowed.
Before a meeting or course, the team holds a planning meeting with the organiser to agree every detail of the day, so the program runs as planned. The kitchen prepares the meals with local and imported ingredients. It can adapt menus for guests who do not eat meat or fish and for guests with allergies.
The same rooms are used for lectures, receptions, summer parties, Christmas lunches and other company parties. The restaurant also sells meeting packages and takes bookings for travel groups.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings have been held here for more than 25 years. The restaurant offers wedding packages that run for eight or nine hours, with a welcome drink, a set menu of four or five courses, a drinks package, coffee, a late-night snack and table setting with white tablecloths and candles. The start time is agreed with the couple. A wedding cake can be added to the packages.
Receptions are sold as three-hour arrangements with snacks, canapés and drinks. The restaurant also caters for receptions held elsewhere, for example in a private garden or on a beach.
Rooms and capacities
Four rooms cover very different group sizes. Snedkerstuen suits a working group of up to 15. Pejsestuen, named after its fireplace, takes 10 to 25. The Restaurant room works for 20 to 40 people. Salen is the room for conferences, lectures, parties and weddings with 40 to 150 guests. The restaurant has also published table layouts on its website for family parties.
Catering
Food is prepared in house by the restaurant's own chefs, in what the restaurant calls an honest kitchen. Menus include three-course dinners, buffets, tapas, grill menus, brunch and late-night food. A take-away service, called mad ud af huset, delivers meals to events elsewhere, with a minimum of 15 people on the set menus.
History and setting
The building at Hersegade 9 was built by Anders Borch and finished in 1861. It was meant as a retirement home for himself. The restaurant has hosted private and company events since 2000 and is run by Hannibal Thamsen.
Getting there
The restaurant is in the center of Roskilde, a few minutes from the pedestrian street, Roskilde station and Roskilde Cathedral. A group can arrive by train and walk to the venue. The site does not state any accommodation, so organisers planning a residential seminar should arrange bedrooms separately.
To plan an event, send an inquiry through the loggiata.com request form, with the date, the number of guests and the type of event. The restaurant then proposes rooms and menus that fit the group.
