Nazar
Google
For a restaurant that is "fine dining" experience - this was one of the worst experiences in my life... 30 minutes in and I wanted to leave..
Seating
- Sitting on the bar stools for 3 hours was not comfortable
- I made the mistake of reserving blindly on so many recommendations, and we had a decent group of people but one woman kept staring at my mouth sometimes when I was biting food and it really made me uncomfortable and maybe it's part of the experience to share the food with strangers, but I don't understand the "fine dining" label with this
- There were 2 seats extra that were free and we were bunched up together instead of having those seats as space between us. 10 people must be very tight and crowded
- The space you sit is very small overall and also didn't feel "fine dining"
Appetizers
- The server offered appetizer at start with drinks to which I said I don't want any and we will just have wine later. He still poured champagne for us (which of course was extra price in the end)
- The second appetizer with asparagus was just.. steamed asparagus.. the sauce tasted like nothing.. it was super bland as if someone just steamed a vegetable and brought it to you
- The first dish was probably my favorite from the 8 dishes and had a really interesting texture and overall composition and sauce
- The rest 7 dished were just awful. It tasted very basic. I only been 2 times in my life in fine dining, and it was a very pleasant experience with taste just rolling through your mouth with different tastes. A bit sour, a but sweet... then a hint on spices in the end, a hint of something else.. you take a bite and you're trying to figure out what is it you're tasting. Sometimes you taste a cabbage and it has a very unexpected taste and it really tickles your taste buds and makes you wonder how they prepare it. Here this was absolutely not the case. It was a straight forward tartar sauce and some deer meet for example. There was no pleasant mix of taste and something that makes you wonder how it all rolls around
- Most of the dishes had A LOT of vinegar and mustard. It was just so overpowering and weird.. it felt like a joke we were not in with my mom..
- In other fine dining experiences they would tell a nice story how the dish came to be and why. Here it was dry description about ingredients
Wine pairing
- Was absolutely terrible. A couple of times the server mentioned about choosing the wine specifically not to overpower the dish and be a light compliment to the dish. I think like 4 times out if 8 it was just completely sweeping the taste out of my mouth with wine and I didn't taste like a great pairing overall, just random
- The only truly part that was really tasty were the last 2 deserts! They really had this interesting look and it tasted not how it looked, and had a variety of taste that rolled through your mouth and those alone truly felt like a wonderful experience and dish and made me and mom equally happy and it was truly tasty so that was my favorite part of the evening with first meal being second favorite
Service
- The server also was a bit odd. It feels like a small kitchen that is ran by 3-4 guys, 2 of which were bringing dishes together with the server that was talking about the dish
- The server asked not to keep items on the table due to limited space, and later wouldn't take away wine glasses, even tho I told him beforehand I won't finish and to take it away after 2 glasses stacking. I had 5 glasses stacked extra in the end
- 10% tip fee was included even tho I didn't find anywhere on the site about it
- In the end they asked visitors about what they liked and didn't but skipped us, maybe because they saw I was upset or just skipped. Felt weird we were brushed off anyway for "10% service fee"
It feels like a popular place because it's popular. The seating was unpleasant. Food dull. Wine meh. Service subpar. Yet it's labeled "fine dining" and they include fee automatically.. I don't get it
And in another review here I saw they also angrily reply to comments too.. that's fine dining high service!?