I booked a table around 6 weeks before the dinner. I also re-confirmed the booking some days before. In the afternoon when we had the dinner booked for the evening, I received a phone call from the restaurant. I was asked if we are interested...in "a VIP experience to sit at the chef's table". I asked if this table is somewhere in the back of the restaurant and was told no, it is next to the kitchen. I said fine, we will take the table and was then asked if we have anyone with a disability in our party.
We were shocked when we got to the restaurant and were shown to a small table with high bar chair - like stools, right in front of the kitchen, next to the coat hangers. The whole area smelled strongly like food. I told the maitre d (a woman) immediately that this was not acceptable to us and she never told me we were going to be sitting on uncomfortable high chairs, in the back area separated completely from the dining room. To my shock, she started yelling at me that i am a liar "that i should have known it would be high chairs because she asked me if we have disabled people in the party". I also asked if it is acceptable to try to make it seem like a VIP experience and be seated where all your clothes smell like food afterwards? She continued her extremely rude behavior and even the chef (owner) started to yell at us when we said that we are leaving now. It is clear that they overbooked the restaurant and tried to sell this small table in the back. Not ready to pay minimum €400-€500 for dinner in such a location. Interestingly, we also had booked this place for dinner last summer, only to receive a cancellation the day before saying they had some issue in the restaurant and would no longer accommodate us. Very interesting indeed.
I would stay away from this place, unless you want to be called a liar and all sorts of other things, and be yelled at. Never experienced anything like this in my years of travels all over the world and eating at some of the finest restaurants.More