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“Welcome back, best restaurant in Bucharest”
Review of the ARTIST - CLOSED

the ARTIST
Price range: S$26 - S$60
Cuisines: Contemporary
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Dining options: Breakfast, After-hours, Reservations
Neighbourhood: Sala Floreasca
Description: Since 2012, Modern Innovation and Quality is what defines the restaurant concept, selecting the best ingredients with a strong focus on Romanian seasonal products and from around the world, using the seasons to change the sophisticated palate of flavors
Reviewed 22 July 2017 via mobile

After long time being closed, we found the Artist in the new location on Calea Victoriei. They are (re)open since some month but was not easy to get a table, tried twice and was busy for the same day.
(Almost) everything was perfect, the service, advice and especially food was remarcable for all 4 of us.
Don't want to advice for a certaign dish as we tried many and all was good or better, in look and taste.
The surprize was price, we expected to be higher for the quality, but was really fair.
Don't get me wrong, a two course dinner, with wine and non-alcoholic drinks for drivers + some sweets was ~100 EUR for four, so in the high range in Bucharest but comparing with other places we felt a very good price/quality.
As "nobody is perfect", wine was not raising to the restaurant standard.
First we received wine by the glass which was just ... bad.
When we returned it, were recommended Liliac, a good wine but not fully fit with food.
As final advice, parking in impossible near restaurant. Come by taxi or, if really want to drive then park your car in Piata Victoriei (5-7 Min walk) or try one of the small streets on the right side of boulevard before restaurant.
You will like the Artist and we will return !
Thank you for such a nice place in Bucharest.

Date of visit: June 2017
1  Thank MihaiP942
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Reviewed 22 July 2017 via mobile

The cook is brilliant and the food is amazing: delicious (and expensive) dishes are served in an extravagant show by very friendly staff (who do seem just a bit stiff in their exceedingly stately manner).

The surface of this place screams grandeur and exclusivity in your face, but if you dig deeper into the details, you will notice the IKEA glasses with plastic "Made in China" battery-powered candles, cheap hotel lobby sugar packs served with your (otherwise wonderful) espresso, and cheap chemicals (with strong, unpleasant artificial fragrances) used to wipe the tables.

This mirrors and concentrates the stark contrasts of the world waiting right outside in Bucharest.

Date of visit: July 2017
Thank Dekaine
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Mihaela O, Owner at the ARTIST, responded to this reviewResponded 29 July 2017

Dear TripAdvisor Reviewer,
We thank you for taking the time to write about your experience in our restaurant. Responding to this review is an opportunity for us to explain something that is conditioned by Romanian Law not by our own desire to use candles with batteries. As you seem to be living in Romania, you might already know that using real candles with flames on dining tables in restaurants for ambient purposes was banned by authorities for over two years now. As for the solution we use for cleaning the tables, it is not a cheap product, it is a HACCP approved cleaning&disinfectant product that we use to ensure we keep tables surfaces clean and disinfected, this product is for professional use and environmental friendly. We will do our best to search for one with less smell to avoid unpleasant situation of your kind. Regarding the sugar packs, I must mention that the sugar is provided by the same company that provides the espresso you enjoyed so much and has to be individual packed to avoid cross contamination, another HACCP guideline that a restaurant should follow. The sweetener we provide is a natural sweetener made exclusively from Stevie Leaves.We thank you for your appreciation and we take this opportunity to reassure you that the value of the dishes are not reflected by the products we use for cleaning or the candles, it reflects the quality of products we use to create those dishes and the service to deliver it.

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Reviewed 21 July 2017 via mobile

Nice experience with molecular dishes. Whatever main course you choose, I recommend the spoon aperitives and / or deserts, as the experience of tasting a sip of all available dishes is very nice. Quite expensive, but the overall experience was great: nice atmosphere, interesting food taste, very good service.

Date of visit: July 2017
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Reviewed 20 July 2017 via mobile

You will surely have the most intense culinary experience. The service is great and the Chef comes to your table in person to serve the desert. Amazing food and good selection of wines.

Date of visit: July 2017
Thank ioanaa341
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Reviewed 20 July 2017

we had an amazing experience. EVERY THING was very very good. The food, the plates, the wine, the service and the prices.
the food is of very high quality, served is interesting and surprising ways. Even the tea's were special ans surprising. A three hour experience of tastes smells and looks.

Date of visit: July 2017
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1  Thank LiatL_12
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