Chef's Lake Retreat, Steam+IR saunas, 6BR/5BA, 12+ - Minneapolis

Luxury Lake Retreat with Steam & Infrared Saunas • Sleeps 12+, 300 yards from Bde Maka Ska with a Chef Host!

6BR | 5BA | 11 Beds | Walk to Lake I Private Chef Services

Your host is a chef. That is the part most guests do not expect, and it is usually the part they remember. He cooks Indian fusion, Silk Road and Ayurvedic food, and you can arrange a private dinner, a group breakfast, or a meal built around your budget and how you eat, directly with him. Some guests never take it up. Others say it was the best evening of the trip.

Two saunas come with the house, and they're worth understanding separately.

The steam sauna is on the second level, connected to the primary suite with radiant heated floors. Four people fit comfortably. It's a classic experience — heat, full humidity, the kind of session that loosens everything up after a day outdoors. The infrared sauna is on the third level, private and quieter. Full-spectrum with red light therapy. Low to high temperature, deeper effect — better for sleep, recovery, and winding down slowly. Most groups end up using both for different reasons.

The main level has its own jetted air bath tub, right next to the ground-floor bedroom — fully accessible without stairs, ideal for anyone who prefers to stay on one level.

Lake Bde Maka Ska is 300 yards from the front door. That's a four-minute walk to one of the best urban lakes in the country — swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, and miles of trails in every direction. The neighbourhood around it is Uptown at its quietest: good restaurants, cafés, and wine bars all within easy reach on foot.

The house itself spreads across four levels. Six bedrooms, five bathrooms, eleven beds and a sofa bed — it sleeps twelve without anyone feeling crowded. The layout earns that: a main living floor, a lower lounge, a dedicated suite floor, and a self-contained studio at the top. Families tend to use the levels to give kids and adults their own space. Friend groups tend to drift between them.

Also in the house: a nine foot handcrafted shuffleboard on the main level, foosball downstairs, a spin bike, smart TVs on every floor, fast wifi throughout. The backyard has a pergola, shaded and calm, right for coffee in the morning or a drink in the evening. Golf at Theodore Wirth and Hiawatha is a short drive.

On request: private chef dining, yoga, massage and wellness sessions, guided brewery bike tours to Northeast Minneapolis, and salsa classes for groups or couples. All of it optional. The house works well without any of it.

Two off-street parking spaces. Keyless entry. Central air and radiant heat throughout.

THE LAYOUT

Main level
Chef's kitchen · dining nook seats 6–7 · living area with 9-ft handcrafted shuffleboard
Jetted tub · bedroom + full bath with no-stair access

Lower level
Family lounge · large TV · foosball · kitchenette with coffee and tea station
Bedroom + full bath · washer and dryer

Second level
King primary suite + ensuite spa bath · steam sauna seats 4 · rain shower · heated floors
Queen bedroom · kids' room with twin and bunk beds · second full bath

Third level
Studio suite · queen bed + sofa bed · TV lounge
Full bath with infrared sauna and red light therapy

SLEEPING
6 bedrooms · 11 beds + sofa bed · sleeps 12+
5 bathrooms · steam sauna · full-spectrum infrared sauna · jetted tub · heated floors

ON REQUEST
Private chef dining · yoga · massage · wellness sessions · guided bike tours · dance classesRegistration details
STR-406546