Selma

Really disappointing. We booked well in advance to come here for lunch but wish we hadn't. We spent around £125 and had a bad time. We had the elderflower herring, grilled summer onions, fried plaice and beef tartare. We also ordered beer and snaps. They have a good range of both and we enjoyed some Mikeller beer and house rye snaps.

First they served the elderflower herring and the grilled summer onions. The portion of herring was fairly generous but it had a lot of creme fraiche on it and overall didn't taste of very much. It was just wet. The grilled summer onions were okay but the duck egg promised by the menu is just a mayonnaise so there wasn't that much going on. Again it was weak in flavour.

After this we seemed to get forgotten and it took over 30 minutes to get our next two sandwiches. We were really hungry and quite fed up by this time. People that arrived after us were still getting courses they had ordered. They apologised for the delay but didn't explain the cause. The fillet of plaice was really salty and it had some sort of sauce poured over it which made it really wet. This was a real shame as fried plaice is a Danish classic and usually delicious. The beef tartare was really tender but again lacking in flavour and seasoning. We didn't finish either of these dishes. When they cleared the table they asked if we had enjoyed the food and we said we didn't think it had been very good and the wait had been too long. They didn't respond to this at all. Normally they would ask more questions or maybe take something off the bill if you didn't like it or eat it but they didn't seem interested.

The food looks beautiful and maybe it's just made for Instagram and not flavour. The service was really bad. If you want great smørrebrød then go to Aamanns 1921 or Told & Snaps instead.