Noeme - București

It is what is meant to be: a casual fine dining restaurant. I went there with my boyfriend on my birthday, on a Saturday evening. It felt, because there weren't people at the tables near us, like an intimate place. The wall colors cheered me up and the decorations were complementing them. The music was smooth, romantic, but in a tasteful way. They got us a free snack while waiting for the food. It was so good. The sparkling wine Balla Geza was good, cold. The meat was well done, according to our preferences. The waitress described each element of our dishes. For me the black garlic (emultion, I think) didn't have the powerful taste that I expected, but the rest was delicious. Some items of the dish were served cold, they tasted really good, but I didn't expect the coldness. We also ordered the marshmallow dessert the only one that you can take away. I enjoyed the sauce very much and I liked that there was the pine syrup inside, after diging into the three colors marshmallow. To sum it up, it was a nice experience.

The place was nice, staff was OK, but the food was definitely not worth the price tag. I've ordered a duck breast dish and an ice cream dessert. The main dish plate was not really balanced. Some of the sides were OK, but in very small servings; however, some were either not tasty at all or had nothing to do with the dish. The herb bouquet had some unpleasant bitterness to it, and there was some sort of honey-sesame cracker whose taste covered everything up. The ice cream dish was okay, but nothing special. There was a single tablespoon of cardamom ice cream and some sort of milk foam with wine-flavored pineapple cubes and a bland piece of honey tuile. Overall, I don't think I'll give the place a second chance. I've enjoyed tasting menus with far superior dishes (both quality and quantity wise) for more or less the same price.

Their dishes have a very interesting mix of flavours! We liked everything about this place: the food, the service, the looks of the restaurant, their Romanian wines selection. Would definitely recommend :

The main course was great, we took sweet potato gnocchis and they were perfect. The entries however were a bit disappointing, the dish presentation was impressive but the flavors were bland and lacking impact despite what looked like interesting combinations. The service on the other hand was terrible, we waited around 45 minutes just to order our drinks, food took around 1 1/2 hours. We found a hair in the appetizers and got only a half felt apology. Despite the restaurant being almost empty we felt nobody was servicing our table. It was very disappointing for a restaurant with those prices and wouldn't recommend anyone to go. Not worth it.

The kind of place you wish were more of. A very nice redecorated house which hosts an amazing experience. All the food was fantastic with surprising combinations of flavours. The parsley sponge was the best surprise. It's now on the list for both romantic and corporate dinners.