Restaurant LIZZ* — Restaurant in Gouda

We had dinner there yesterday night to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary. We were really looking forward to a magical evening, but sadly that is not what we got.

Pros: good non-alcoholic drink pairings the servers were very friendly there was a card on the table to congratulate us with a personal note the food was nice

Cons: we were rushed between courses, we couldn't even finish the accompanying drinks before the next plate was already served. At one point we had two drinks each on the table + water. we were at the worst table of the place, which was in the corner of the entrance corridor, with no ambiance, and not even part of the restaurant. In the photo below you can see where the plants and the lights are, that is where the restaurant begins. It ruined the night.

I am very sad because they knew it was our first anniversary, but still we were assigned the worst table, as they knew because the servers said they had had complaints about this table beofre.

To be honest, if we hadn't pre-booked it with the hotel, we would have left. It was a sad sad experience that I would not recommend to anyone, unless they can make 100% sure that they aren't seating in the corridor.

We also tried to discuss with the staff and while they said were sorry to hear, they couldn't do anything other than letting us change tables if one became free, which of course it didn't. And then letting us seat in the lounge between the restaurant and hotel for an end of dinner coffee. It really isn't what you would expect of a Michelin star restaurant.

We also brought it up to the hotel this morning but that is a...

I can barely remember such a terrible ratio between price and quality at a Michelin restaurant.

First dish which was a fish tartare was cut in such huge chunks, and was so chewy, that is couldn't really bring any joy

Second dish was a tuna with 'rauwkost' with supermarket quality steamed bean and carrot. I think at a premium sushi restaurant this is served as a sashimi dish for maybe 6€ per dish? Are you sure you want to include it into a star menu? There is 0 creativity in this.

Main was tasty (poultry), cheese selection was great but again dessert really disappointed in how small it was. Flavors of these three were on point but there is no way they could justify the price of 110€ per person as ingredients strike me as bland and cheap.

Besides our waiter almost dropped a coffee on one of us and mumbled something which was not an apology. The rest of the waiters were really professional and our sommelier did it really well, but nothing will justify absolutely disappointung flavors, combinations that did not even surprise nor please. I will definitely never come back here because even the friandises managed to disappoint which they never...

We had a 4 course dinner yesterday at Lizz. We were surprised by the quality of the food. The tastes were overpowering and aggressive - starting with the amuse bites, with a sweet cooky coupled with cheese and an asian flavour which was not pleasant at all. Then a nice fish tartare , but the tuna again had overpowering flavours of sweet beetroots and cumin. This was not balanced or subtle at all. The main dish we actually sent back to the kitchen, which we never do. Again, overpowering flavours of ketchup and spiced. We were not charged for this, however it seemed strange that no one of the kitchen stuff spoke to us. We did comment about the Tuna dish to the waiter and them returned a main dish, it would have been nice to have someone talk to us, especially since we paid 200 Euros for this meal, which is not easy...