I can only review the restaurant as I did not stay in the hotel.

The restaurant was good, but not as good as I expected. I went there on new years hoping for an amazing meal. The staff were excellent and super friendly, including the chef!

However, I was a bit disappointed with the menu. Don't get me wrong, it was really good, but not of the level I expected for a Michelin star restaurant. I've been to many, but this felt more like a really good restaurant (except the price is Michelin star grade :)).

The service as I said was really nice and I would not even bring up if I was going to any restaurant, it felt like being at home. However, I did notice the person in the table next to me went to the bathroom for about 10 minutes, and they came to serve him the main meat course while he was away! The plate must have sat there for at least 5 minutes, getting cold with time (not to mention the risk of leaving your customers food unattended). This did not happen to me but i was appalled even seeing it, would have definitely sent the food back if it was me.

In terms of the menu, I was expecting much more. Some dishes were EXCELLENT and I looved them, but I also struggled to find a cohesive story behind the whole meal. Some suggestions for improvement:

• Bread and 3 different types of butter. The butter was good butter but had NO taste of anything else other than normal butter, i could maybe taste some of the wild garlic, but was barely there. I've been to much simpler restaurants with much more special butter. Now, the butter did not ruin the experience, but it is also the first thing that comes on the table, looks great the way it is plated, so was just very disappointed that it all tasted so normal.

• sauces and additives. Great sauces, but one same sauce was used in 2 or 3 different dishes, same for curry powder. I'm sorry but I also find this not acceptable for a restaurant of this grade, I would have appreciated more creativity. Curry powder made sense in one of the dishes, but i was seeing it everywhere! Would add it only if it makes sense, not just for decoration.

• I was expecting a lot from their take on the sarma, but I have to say i was not impressed. It was relatively bland and way too many acidic ingredients, needed to be more balanced in my opinion. I would remove this one completely from the menu, it also made no sense with the rest of the courses.

This is not meant to be a negative review but hopefully a constructive one, the dishes overall were great and I really liked the good, it is just that I was expecting more. Maybe it's because I went there for new years eve, but I paid the same price for the menu so as a customer I am not expecting the service/food to be different.