Den Lille Fede — Restaurant in Copenhagen Municipality

If I could give this restaurant a lower review I would. I entered with my girlfriend and her parents to spend the evening having her 21st birthday. I am fluent in both English and Danish however because of the nationality of my girlfriend's parents spoke in English. We were sat at a table at the far end of the restaurant beside another table of four. This table of four continued to not look at us but stare. Making my girlfriend and her parents feel uncomfortable. Because of her parents being English, I communicated in English as they don't understand Danish. The table next to us, picked this up instantly and continued to make derogatory racist remarks about myself and family members at the table unaware that I know Danish. This is okay because it isn't the restaurants responsibility. However, the waiter serving us, who's name I did not gage but who did have a similar tattoo to that of Paulo Dybala which is of black lines on his right arm inticed this behaviour. After the second dish of seven, my girlfriend's father thought it was too salty and infact, as did we all. Because I had heard the table next to us insult us constantly and constantly stars at us as each drink, let alone dish was brought, I decided to go along and continue in English to squeeze as much out of the table as possible without them being aware. My girlfriend's father complained about the salt and the waiter as aforementioned did not care one bit, in fact, the next dish we received which was the homemade pasta, was freezing cold for all of us. My girlfriend's father again, unhappy as he was paying for the meal for all of us, complained about the food being cold but the sauce being warm. This same waiter, had the audacity to not only deal with this issue but he proceeded to go to the table next to us and in Danish, tell those tenants of the table how we had complained about the temperature of the sauce as if we were stupid and English when infact I'm bloody Irish and speak fluent Danish. Both the tenants of the table and the waiter made racist, derogatory remarks about us, and even disrespected my looks in regards to my girlfriend. In order to not ruin my girlfriend's night, we all kept quiet. However this is absolutely disgraceful. This restaurant has the etiquette of food but the service was attrocious. We were subjected to nothing but racist derogatory remarks that thankfully only I could understand and translate. I think this is absolutely disgraceful and you should be ashamed. The waiter as aforementioned is nothing but a racist and after I caught on to his behaviour and gave him a dirty look and thanked him in Danish. He avoided the table, obviously realising I understood. When I went to the toilet, he came back to the table and asked my girlfriend's parents if I spoke Danish as I was the only one to thank in Danish. My girlfriend's parents at this stage were aware of what was going on and they had played along also and said, no, I was foreign. We continued to receive nothing but disrespect and racism. To be in a restaurant of this standard , paying the same as everyone else and especially for a birthday, this service and behaviour is absolutely attrocious. I have no doubt that you will do nothing about this. But I warm Anyone who encounters this restaurant or waiter that they're nothing but racist and disrespectful. I am absolutely disgusted and unfortunately I cannot quote what was said as it isn't only explicit but as aforementioned racist. The waiter shouldn't have a job if he is inciting racism with a table right next to us! Literally elbows length apart, he clearly has more looks than wit. Absolutely appauled by the service at this restaurant and as frequent visitor and resident of the country, I will not be back. You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself. This restaurant is disgusting. The waiter complained about our nationality, our feedback on the food being cold and continued to incite racist and vulgar language with the table beside us....

I booked this restaurant to have a nice evening with my family (my husband and 2 children) but unfortunately we did not have a pleasant time. This restaurant is NOT child friendly and they make it clear from the moment you step in. First, there were issues about where we can put the stroller even though our son was sleeping in it, we could not leave it next to our table(this is common, but i thought this would be it). Then, i asked whether they could warm up the food i brought for our baby and the waiter looked at the food (regular blended carrot, peas baby food in a glass jar) with disgust and said: "No, the chef would not allow that kind of thing in the kitchen" ..i was a bit surprised.. as in all restaurants i have been regardless of the number of michelin stars or if they are a small chain restaurant they would always help us with this.. we then asked for hot water to at least warm it in a water bath, he agreed to this but took 30 mins and a few reminders. Then, (since it was a fixed menu with 5 or 7 courses) we asked if they had any food option for our toddler and her simply said no... end of story... also a bit shocking in all the restaurants i have gone to, they will always give me a few options for children even if it's not the menu, they will prepare something that is child friendly.. what i really found crazy was that the waiter did not care at all and just did not want to help us.. to top the whole thing there were 5 courses and they took 2 hours to bring us the first 2!!! We then noticed that everyone around us got the third course but us.. i want to think they forgot and not that he did this on purpose. At this point we are ready to leave and i go talk to him and to tell him that we have children and we cannot sit for 5 hours to eat dinner, and he apologized multiple times and brought the next 3 courses quickly. The cherry on top of the cake, was that the the waiter mentioned that the coffee i got would be on the house to apologize for the delay, but actually he put it on the check!! I think that if restaurants don't welcome children they should make it explicit on their webpage and advertisements.. don't make a family waste a night out and have an unpleasant time. The food was not bad, but as they say it's all about the food experience and this was not a good experience and we sadly we did not leave this restaurant with a...

There are so many wonderful restaurants in Copenhagen to visit, sadly this is not one of them. I really regret choosing Den Lille Fede to celebrate my very casual wedding dinner with close friends. We chose not to order the wine pairing with our courses as we'd been out for a long lunch celebration that day at Cafe Wilder which was such a lovely experience.

We ordered a 2018 bottle of chardonnay but were given a 2020 (not the best year folks...lol). This wine worsened with every sip and when we pointed out we were given the wrong year we were told by the waiter that it wasn't important.....(?!) Anyway, we left half the bottle and ordered another which was a forgiving red but the kind you pick up at the Lidl for 8 Euro and forget to buy again. Both of these bottles were around 60-70 Euro.

The waiter was very reluctant to help us from the beginning. We were perhaps the youngest group seated in the restaurant that evening, mixed gendered and all foreign. Reading the other reviews it seems there's a toxic boys club culture of wait staff here that is an ongoing problem. I felt this immediately as I ordered for the table and later in my exchanges with the waiters throughout the evening. I can only describe this as an air of anger diffused into passive aggressive rudeness. This behaviour was particularly present from one of the wait staff.

Measured up to all the other restaurants in Copenhagen offering 5-7 courses this place is still an expensive option, the portions are small and the food wasn't particularly memorable. You will not get any guidance when ordering from the wine menu, a restaurant that seemingly punishes you for not ordering the wine pairing. However, if I can judge by the wine sold by the bottle you might find yourself enduring many Fruity Lexia's sold fresh out of a silver bladder. Bottom shelf indeed.

The cocktail we ordered was also a disappointment. A frozen raspberry floating in a few shards of ice. Is it possible to order a nice drink here? Anyway the wait staff seemed to be arguing in the open kitchen constantly and the dingy restaurant was only a quarter full.

On top of all this my husband fell sick directly after leaving the restaurant. I was very excited to come and dine here but now feel I made a huge mistake when there are so many other welcoming and progressive restaurants to enjoy. I did send an email but received...