Dans le Noir ? London Restaurant Reviews Summary

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The ambiance struck the perfect balance between elegance and comfort."
• "It's an experience like no other, sure."
• "The whole experience was beyond excellence."
• "An absolute gem in London! The restaurant's ambiance is delightful, and the service is impeccable."
• "It truly is pitch black, you can’t see a thing, and we relied heavily on feeling & hearing to catch the food in our plate."
• "It's really interesting to realise how much you use your eyes for eating."
• "Such a unique experience! The food was delicious."

Cons:

• "The biggest thing tacking was the lack of soul."
• "The new location is really lacking in atmosphere and aesthetics."
• "The first thing that hits you as you enter is how cold and soulless the reception/waiting area was."
• "The restaurant itself was very loud with everyone talking in very loud voices ..felt like we were eating in a train station."
• "However, when you first get to the dark room, you are hit by this immense noise and chatter."
• "The only downside to this restaurant is that it's VERY LOUD."
• "However, the food was a major let down."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server, Ghol, was fantastic and very helpful to the experience."
• "Service and staff was amazing, polite and professional."
• "Our waiter Ghow was charming, helpful and made us feel well looked after the whole night."
• "Amazing service by staff, special thanks to Courtney (who served us) and Michael (our guide to the dark room)."
• "The staff were lovely, with extra points for Kolin for all he did to make people feel at ease."
• "Our waiter did a phenomenal job."
• "The excellent service given by our waiter Michael."

Cons:

• "The lady on the door was exceptional but the bar staff whilst waiting were appalling."
• "Service - The staff at the entrance and till seemed really disinterested and bored, but I'll still give service a 5/5 for how incredible, welcoming, warm, and personable our server was."
• "Very gross to not have accommodations for blind folk and our guide pets in a restaurant profiting off of blindness."
• "The service was prompt but our server (a female) wasn't over the top friendly just polite, which I didn't really like."
• "Service was mixed...our initial waitress was amazing but then she changed and the next one was average."
• "The food has gone drastically downhill, tasted like it had been pre bulk prepared and heated up."
• "Unfortunately I wouldn’t return which is a shame."

Food

Pros:

• "Food was actually far better than we expected. Really nice meal, served with nice wine."
• "The food was nice although I would say the portions were a bit on the large side."
• "The food was delicious (I had the vegan surprise which was really tasty."
• "Food was excellently cooked and was delicious."
• "The food was pretty good and two course for the 6 of us was quite filling."
• "The food was delicious and the portion sizes were fab as well."
• "The food was delicious and dining in absolute darkness was quite an experience!"

Cons:

• "Sadly a big disappointment, especially for the price point of £50 per head."
• "Expensive, food not so great, but experience unusual."
• "The vegan options were all artificial meat, that apart from the thick and overpowering sauces on them, were so bland!"
• "What we were served was below average food."
• "The wine is terrible. They served us vegan cheese which was horrendous."
• "The food was rather boring so you immediately knew exactly what you were eating."
• "The food was very disappointing this time. Starter was tasteless, the dessert was too heavy."

Experience

Pros:

• "Dining at Dan's le Noir was an unforgettable if somewhat unnerving experience."
• "Highly recommend this experience"
• "An incredible experience that does challenges your senses."
• "What a fabulously unique experience to dine at Dans Le Noir."
• "It is surprisingly relaxing as you focus simply on eating a meal with senses heightened."
• "One of the most unique and interesting dining experiences I've ever had."
• "The sensory experience begins."

Cons:

• "It was the worst."
• "Left in tears; not knowing what I’d done to deserve that."
• "Pretty poor to be honest. I love dining in the dark experiences, but this place fell quite short."
• "Due to the noise levels off the other guest we did not enjoy the experience as much as we had hoped to."
• "You go out and you are still hungry….it is a shame to see how you became victim of your own success!"
• "Never again."
• "Had a terrible experience here."