Having experienced a great evening at this restaurant a few years ago, my partner was keen to come back to this place again. However, we were left bitterly disappointed on this occasion.
Though the waiter was not unpleasant, we didn't feel particularly welcome. Even when...we arrived, there was no one there to greet us when we entered and we stood waiting for a short while until the waiter appeared from an adjoining room. We were also quite surprised when the waiter came to take our order, and simply came to our table and said "What do you want?" in quite a transactional fashion. It's really not the service you expect at a fine dining restaurant.
Onto the food, we received a little mushroom cappuccino amuse bouche, which was pleasant. For the starter, I had the Eggs 63 and my partner had the Tuna Tartare. The Eggs 63 had a nice flavour but was nothing special, and was completely overpriced at 495czk. It's worth mentioning that it is advertised on the website at 395czk, and was also advertised on the specials board as 595czk, so the pricing is clearly all over the place.
For the main, we both had duck breast. We were asked how we wanted this cooked, and requested medium. As you can see from the picture, it arrived cooked rare. I queried this with the waiter, who told me the reason for this was that "this is how it's served in France for medium". Having lived in France, I assured him that this was not the case, and clearly, the meat was rare. He took the meat back to the kitchen and a few minutes later, the plates returned and it actually was quite tasty - though again completely overpriced at 695czk (I recently paid around the same price for a sublime magret de canard at one of the best restaurants in Bordeaux, for context). This item is also another which is listed at a different price on the website (595czk).
I think one of the main issues with the restaurant is a lack of communication. The waiter could quite simply have informed us that they cook their duck rather rare for medium when we ordered. In such a place, and especially given the restaurant was empty, I would probably have expected the chef to come out and justify how the meat was cooked after we had said we weren't happy, if they felt it was indeed medium (though it clearly wasn't).
For tourists, it's worth noting that the prices for the food here are expensive for Prague, and for that you would of course expect a fine dining experience with sublime food and fantastic service. This restaurant, unfortunately, falls short, and we have experienced better fine dining experiences here for around the same price and even cheaper too.
Also note, the bathroom hand tap is extremely hot and the temperature would not change.More
