Smia galleri — Restaurant in Oslo

The Mandagsjazz på Smia left me with a sour taste. I bought a ticket for the jazz event, thinking that, based on their poster, soup was included in the price. Upon arrival (5 mins after the doors open) the place was full and the only lady working there that evening bring me a chair to sit at someone else table, in the middle of the way, by the door. It was chaotic. She said that today it was only tomato soup with chicken available and asked if I want some, without mentioning a price. Seeing that she served everyone, and thinking that it is included in the ticket price, I say yes. When paying, I realized that it was not included. It was 180kr (!!) for a small tomato soup with few pieces of chicken. I also got a small glass of (cold!!) red wine for 160kr. This ruined the jazz experience in itself, as I got terrible service and was mislead on the price, which was too expensive. I will sadly not return to any of...

Most unprofessional and rude restaurant. I added one star because I can't write -5. After booking a table with a clear date and time for a doctoral defense dinner party for my husband days in advance and arranging the menu. The restaurant cancelled our reservation on the excuse that they don't work on Monday one day before the defense which was a Sunday morning. We just got an email that they are sorry they didn't even called to cancel the reservation. So if you have any important events I would advise you to stay away from this restaurant. They can cancel it in the last moment. Luckily there are more professional restaurants in Oslo where we could have our cellebration on such a...

We started tradition in our group of friends - to go for a dinner to a fancy place we would not go on casual day. Every month other person decide the place. First one chosen - Smia Gallery. 5 course meal and wine/beer menu was tried there. I did not make any picture of the food - you need to go and see by yourself 😀 Personally I think: super nice atmosphere, place has charm, people who works there are nice, can fell the table and do the great job serving. Food though - I expected better. As a main course I chose halibut, my favourite fish ever, but it was just good, factor "wow" was missing. And you need "wow" to give place with prices like...