Emma T.
Google
We came here with very high expectations due to the Michelin recommendation, we had a very lovely text prior to dining to confirm our table and they were super accommodating for us when we had to change days due to train issues into Bruges. Off to a good start…
The atmosphere was lovely, the space is nice, and the staff were friendly. We felt very excited by the sharing options and went for the 7 dish experience!
We had loved the wine and our first two dishes which were langoustine tartare and bresaola carpatchio, the tuna tataki was quite nice too.
After this, the experience seemed to take a turn for the worst. The dishes started to take a very long time to come out which was clearly due to understaffing, which wouldn’t have bothered me if the rest of the food was to the standard I was expecting.
The dim sum was so bland, undercooked and I have had better frozen ones from the Asian supermarket, the slaw on top was fine but very average. We hoped this was just one dud dish, but sadly this wasn’t the case. The rest of the dishes were also not up to par. The octopus was quite chewy (other than the tail which was good). The pulled pork croquettes brought it back a bit but by this point it was hard to enjoy the rest of my meal as we had to wait so long between each one and it was a gamble if it was going to be good or not… we finished with the Iberico ravoli, the pasta itself was well executed but the sauce and filling was once again average and frozen peas for presentation felt below the mark for the expectations of the experience.
With the high price tag you expect a certain level of quality and I just don’t think we had that today.
I do think this restaurant has promise and they must have got the Michelin guide recommendation for this working at some point… Maybe it was an off time for them? I think some time needs to be spent refining their concept and the dishes to bring them up to what is expected. It seems from other reviews I am not the only one who has experienced this recently so it shows that there’s some holes in their overall experience.