A very disappointed experience, that made me doubt about the credibility of the comments I read here before booking.
We love the kind of restaurants that have degustation menus, to have a different gastronomic experience, and it was what we were expecting from our dinner...in Aperitif, therefore I booked a table to take my boyfriend for a “good gastronomic experience” for his birthday, but it was very far from that, why?
- When I made the booking, I chose the Prestige Menu, when we arrived there, in the prestige menu there were more plates that if you wanted them you had to pay extra. If a dish is not included in this menu, it should be in a la carte menu. We felt tricked here.
- The lack of taste and quality distinction for me was the worst, there is not a single dish that we said wow! Everything taste boring, we were expecting more creativity and taste. Except for the Wagyu that the quality was exceptional.
- The portions are ridiculously small, and of course I was not waiting for big portions, as this is the interesting part of a gastronomic menu; that you experience different dishes and flavors, but believe me, they were tiny and the lack of taste is what makes it even smaller. After leaving the restaurant I had to look for something to eat, but all restaurants were closed, so I went to bed hangry, which is the worst feeling a restaurant can leave on a client.
- They asked all the time if you want more bread, we had the feeling, they want to fill you up with bread.
- At the end you get around 8 sweets, which makes it feel like you are in a kind of bakery, or that you got the rest from a buffet, as especially the last chocolates (around 7) you get all them together and on a plate, they even put some to take away, it was just too much. It would be better less and more quality, and more salty dishes instead of sooo many sweets, even we love sweets, we went there to have dinner, not to make as sick with sweets, as they did. Today my boyfriend is sick, because as we were still hangry we ate more sweets than usual.
- The staff is very professional, but the service was no in the level of a restaurant that supposedly won the awards for “the best restaurant “ in Indonesia. Our food starting coming without being asked before what we wanted to drink. The cocktails arrived with the 3rd dish… we were offered bread after the second dish, and normally it should be the first thing that comes.
- We paid 5.000.000 rupiahs (300 EUR) for the same or less money we have had amazing culinary experiences in Geneva, Barcelona, Madrid, Singapore, Ibiza, Paris… in restaurants like Fonda España (from Berasategi), Estimar (from Rafa Zafra), Bullí (from Ferra Adria), Estragon, Heart Ibiza…
In their favor I would like to say that the place is very nice and it makes you feel like you will have a good gastronomic experience and the staff is professional and kind, they light up a candle for my boyfriend with a small dessert, it was very nice. Here I’m just judging the food, quality, quantity and price.
Until now we have been eating incredibly well in Bali, in beautiful places, incredible food, extraordinary service and great quality, it’s a perfect place for 2 foodies like us, therefore I think, with all great restaurants here, there is a lot to improve in this restaurant. I definitely don’t recommend it if you want to have a good culinary experience, if you just care about how the place looks then it’s ok. We left with a big disappointment and felt tricked.More
