Bram De Geyter
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Let me be clear: I recommend going to DSpeak.
Price/quality you get a memorable and affordable experience somewhere between traditional tapas and high-end fine dining, taking the best of both worlds. You get an a la carte menu, with each dish made to be shared, allowing you a lot of freedom to design your own tasting menu. The dishes are served sequentially like a tasting menu, with ample explanation by the well-informed staff. All dishes are visually extremely pleasing, high-end and fun, elevating it way above the standard tapa.
But, there’s still room for improvement, even within the boundaries of the concept.
Some dishes show traces of coming out of the test kitchen at DStage, interesting but not quite refined enough to take the main stage. The white chocolate ‘cheese’ dessert wows in presentation but falls short on the tongue: predominantly sweet with little depth.
The service lacks the same finish and attention to detail. Staff was friendly and well-informed, but chaotic, seeing three waiters in the first three dishes, all missing that we were not served drinks yet (except water). Strangely, we were pointed towards the wine menu, even though their cocktail bar concept DPickle Room is housed in the basement of the restaurant, and the cocktails we ultimately asked for were exquisite, a perfect companion for the frivolous dishes served up.
Dspeak no evil though, this restaurant has potential, and is worth your visit.