John Jordan
Google
After having Marv & Ben our first night in Copenhagen, I had high hopes for Anton. My wife and I were celebrating our anniversary, and opted for the "Experience" tasting menu, but did not add on the wine pairing.
Some of the dishes were pretty good. The hamachi, for example, felt like eating a deconstructed KaniSu sushi roll (one of our favorites), so for that one it added a bit of familiar to the new. However, other dishes just missed the mark. The fried Cod was too salty for my wife to eat. In their defense they did try to make it right, but also they saw the uneaten dish sitting there for almost 15 minutes before they actually asked if it was okay (and seemed shocked to hear it wasn't). The rhubarb and cardamom ice cream dessert was, sadly, a swing and a miss. I had high hopes based on the description, but the flavors and textures just didn't gel. The people at the next table made similar comments.
This brings me to the service, which unlike what we experienced at their sister restaurant, can only be described as... inattentive. They weren't rude or anything, but they just made us feel like we were an uninvited guest who arrived for dinner without warning by the way we were continuously ignored. Additionally, they repeatedly tried to upsell add-ons we were not interested in (and frankly, black truffles on lamb or caviar on hamachi just isn't something I want to pay extra for). This just added to the negative of the experience with multiple attempts to upcharge and upsell.
Add to this a credit card surcharge and a charge for bringing us tap water to drink, (we did each order a glass of wine) and it was just an overall underwhelming experience. Could it be because our reservation was on a Tuesday? Maybe it was just an off night? At any rate, for us it just wasn't great.