We booked with expectations being medium to high after a few friends had highly recommended booking a table. Start from the start the service was excellent. Well engaged staff all night! The 1st dishes were fantastic. The pilgrim mussel and oyster. Unfortunately that was were the good food experience stopped. The lobster was pretty flat in taste. Was disappointing when the start of the dish doesn’t turn up. The Karl-Johan mushroom ravioli was in a tasty broth and the filling was ok, however the pasta was slightly too thick and tasted flour like which was a huge disappointment. The main course was simply a huge let down. The braised ox cheek just didn’t make the grade. The texture was good, but it lacked flavour and the sauce was also lacking in flavour. The mash potato was beyond basic. The dish was edible but wasn’t anything special in comparison to the same dish at another restaurant. The truffle risotto was among one of the most blandest dishes experienced at a restaurant. The dish first of all looked like it had more in common with a soup and to top it off there wasn’t any truffle flavour at all. The staff asked how our main dish was and feedback was give lan and the waitress was very surprised which is always the case when they simply expect an, oh yes, very good thank you. She did come back after a few minutes and said that the kitchen had been notified as well as the maitre d’. We were offered complimentary coffee or tea to which we declined. The wine was good, so that eased the suffering of the food! The view from the restaurant is great from previous visits. Unfortunately Mother Nature had different plans and the view was blocked by fog, no one’s fault and it gave a different perspective of sitting in a cloud which was nice. The atmosphere was lively with noise. It’s one of these things that of course is difficult. Different guests bring different sounds levels with them. Not fully sure how you would combat this other then perhaps giving diners more space. Having more space would maybe give it a little bit more of a personal touch and paying extra would be likely to be understood. All in all this dinning experience just did not live up to the expectations which was very disappointing.