The Lodge is definitely unique. Set on a 3,000 acre working farm with sheep, deer and ostriches, the lodge consists of a main lodge buildings and six suites in separate buildings scattered about the property. The outside of the lodge isn't really to my taste, salmon pink plaster walls in a modern but not high design style. However, the grounds are expansive and immaculate, huge rolling fields, ponds etc with modern artworks scattered everywhere. Inside the main lodge, the rooms are gorgeous. Everything is perfectly integrated, with a great contemporary art collection, Asian antiques and unique furniture scattered throughout the library, dining room and reception. The enormous open kitchen is a work of art. The staff consists of Debbie, the manager, her husband Will who is a top notch chef, his assistant Suzie and a couple of cleaning people and handymen. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, are transplanted Americans who opened the hotel last year and live in the main lodge. There was also another couple as guests, Brooklynites who were having the time of their lives. The people are more important here than elsewhere, because you pretty much have to have all your meals and drinks with the owners, staff and other guests at one big table. It feels fairly formal, with each course brought out with a flourish and a loving description of the dish and the accompanying wine, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. I could also see how it would be deadly with a different mix of people.