Visited here with friends and booked the Chefs Table experience. The Head Chef was present for the entire 11 course meal (around 3 hours) and did not utter a single word to us to say hello, introduce himself, his team or the food. Very surprised...by this and the lack of introduction. It came across as unprofessional. Instead, he stood and ticked off the table cover meal tickets the entire time, did not do any cooking. A couple of the Chefs did present some dishes to us but it would have made the experience better starting with the Head Chef. The food overall was disappointing - lack of flavour, not filling enough and using the word 'scaps' was not appreciated for such an expensive meal. Also too much use of foam. There were 2/3 courses we did enjoy although our friend had to completely reject a couple of courses. As a seafood based restaurant we were very surprised that no oyster was part of the menu considering we saw lots of plates of oysters going out all night. Champagne was lovely and the service by the waiting team was very good. However, when we wanted our bill we had to wait 45 minutes and my friend had to actually ask one of the Chefs to get someone to assist us. The menu was not presented at the start of the evening which is unusual and so we were given a signed copy of it at the end with the Head Chef's signature. Unfortunately we left feeling disappointed, that we spent a fortune, did not hear from the Head Chef and left feeling hungry. So we ended up going to Mcdonalds, not something we've ever done before and not something any of us imagined we would do or wanted to do after an 11-course tasting menu, spending over 500euros. The menu didn't flow, lacked innovation and the food was not filling enough. Head Chef definitely needs to be involved more when guests are spending so much money and it is expected. My friends and I have been fortunate to have eaten at quite a few tastings over the years but this one was not for us. Very sad to write this review but I have to be honest.More
1. Barents
"Excellent food, service and interior ."
