We arrived at the restaurant at 20.28 for a booking at 2030 and the door was locked. A girl came to the door and we told her we had a booking and she just disappeared and locked the door again! Not a good start. We...had been recommended this restaurant by a head waiter of a 2 star Michelin restaurant in London, so we’re really excited to be here. The waiters were really good and were very involved with making the experience fun. We chose the 10 course tasting with wine pairings. The sommelier was very knowledgeable and helpful and the pairings suited the food for the most part. The music that was being played in the background was really good . The decor is stylish and comfortable.
The food, however was a bit hit and miss. We are massive foodies used to eating in Michelin starred restaurants where all the courses have a wow factor. We noticed that some of the courses and presentation were copies or similar of other Michelin star chefs which was very disappointing when they are being recognised for innovative cooking .
The pre amuse was a blue tea that we had to put a white grain in and wait one minute before drinking . I even videoed it as I was expecting bells and whistles, but nothing happened. Very confused by this
There were some amazing creations like the fermented tuna and all the amuse bouche items, of which there were 6. The melon in olive oil was not nice, and the endive course was very bitter though the sauce that was served with it was lovely. At one point we actually thought that we were being served the vegetarian menu as everything was vegetable base. Pasta course was very glutinous and tasteless, and did not look appetising. It seemed ages before there was a fish course, and the main course was pigeon which was well cooked, but very small. Bread is really good, but the carrot flavoured butter was weird. The soufflé was lovely, in fact perfect, but the ice cream was not subtle enough. By the time we came to the petit fours we had a new waiter, who seemed quite disinterested in serving us, which was not the case for the rest of the evening. It is very hard to understand how the restaurant will keep its star as it’s definitely not the standard I would expect food wise as it has confused flavours and execution. Very disappointed as we were really expecting something stunning.More