Take a deep dive into the mind of Chef and I wanted off the ride about halfway through. My poor pallette. Let me tell you...I love michelin restaurants and try to go to a few per year. So I know the procedures and what to expect, atleast as much as an amateur can.

The atmosphere was lacking. They were leaning on the view that was provided by the beautiful Atlantic coastline. The interior was a contemporary asthetic that really didn't wow or inspire me in a way that a 3-star michelin restaurant would. I give it 3 stars because of the exterior. We were provided with a table that was not on the window side so all photos that we took included other people and slowly eroded our love for the location.

The service was awful I tried my best to let the team know before-hand that it was a birthday-honeymoon. They provided us with nothing. Not a big deal but its a detail that I would have appreciated. We noticed that there was an empty table by the window which we requested when making the reservation, but the service team said we have a large table and wouldn't move us..It started the evening on a little bit of a sour note where were felt dismissed. We recording the waitstaff because we couldn't understand what they were telling us. They sounded mumbled, and even on the video we can't make out what is being said. They were unattentive, when they asked how a course was we said we weren't fond of it. The waiter replied "Oh good thank you". Which was his go to response. Another time when we had the razor clams we said it was too ocean-y they responded with.."you need to be radical..." which we didn't really appreciate. A lot of the times at Michelin and bib restaurants the server guides you through the experience and builds a rapport, which did not happen at all. We were a little surprised by that. The only good thing the service did was clean our breadcrumbs on a regular basis. Given the overall lack of care or attentiveness, I really wouldn't be surprised if I never receive a response from them here. It seems to be a trend on the Google Reviews. My thoughts on that are that it shows a business doesn't care. Finally, what really hit the nail on the coffin for us was when we said we had an allergy and they brought out the wrong dish because of said allergy. They brought out this green-mess of flavors instead of what we had actually ordered. The waiter then quickly returned with the requested dish. I really felt like I wasn't being guided through an experience so much as being guided to pay the bill.

The food started well. I really enjoyed the beginning dishes. Flavorfull, complex, overall fantastic. Then the fish course happened. It all went downhill from there. The razor shelland the iodine content in it completely ruined my pallete. All we tasted after that, even throughout the meat dish was iodine. We were desperate for a pallete cleanser, which never came only more iodine. It ruined both of our courses. The remaining dishes including the duck, and the suckling lamb (which we were most excited for) were too salty for their own good. Imagine having to spend over a thousand dollars on a dinner tasting menu and not being able to taste anything beyond the fifth course. We kept letting the service team know we needed time or we weren't enjoying a dish and they just kept brushing us off. It was brutal.

Then finally the dessert. We made very well certain that there was an almond allergy at the table. So we stayed away from the Apricot dessert and were given a green-grass mess that I would have been embarrassed to serve. Finally, after hearing the love-hate of the gin and tonic pie we can absolutely see why people hate it. It was an earthy-pinecone-juniper overload. We left food at the table unfinished and unimpressed.

Finally a man came to see that we pay the bill and we left. Upset and sick of what we just ate. We would later realize that we were both experienced food poisoning and were toiley-ridden for the next day. We didn't eat anything out of the ordinary that day so we can reasonably say it was Akelarre.