The Temptation — Restaurant in Đà Nẵng

We were recommended by friends to the Temptation and had specially made a booking on our last night in Da Nang. The seats were rather empty except for a few tables, but we were certainly delighted and amazed by the quality of food and service (the staff tried their best to communicate in English). Ooh lala! Hence we wished to convey our positive feedback to Chef Hoai Nguyen and hope to meet him personally for a chat. Having expressed our wishes over to the staff several times, we were told Chef was busy preparing the dishes and would come over after our meal finished. We waited till the end and had communicated once again if we can convey our thanks to the Chef personally. We were then told Chef was not in and had travelled far away for family and couldnt be back in time. He was happy that we requested to meet him personally and had rushed back now.

Because of this, we were seriously disappointed. Firstly, if Chef was around initially and now was told he is not in - so was he in or not? Or was he just not wanting to meet the guests personally and this was just an excuse? Or was he not the one preparing the meals all along?

We footed the bill and left.

And because of this, the whole dining experience had ended up badly. It was a good start but did not have a good ending unfortunately. We spent over 2.6million+ Vnd for the dinner.

We did not want to have high expectations (is ok if the Chef do not want to meet the guests) but just hope to have some honesty and authenticity in the communications received.

PS: I couldnt reply to the owner and management team from The Temptation but glad they gave an explanation and clarification to the matter. Appreciate the follow up and...

I would give a 4 star rating for appetizers and main dishes: duck foie gras: cooked perfectly, would recommend smoked duck breast: I don’t care for the truffle ice cream, garnish and sauce are a bit too sweet, duck breast was nice I’ll give that. 2 main dishes: both came as expected, pretty nice

Started from dessert things got somewhat disappointing: dragon ball: The server definitely messed up the presentation. The flame was supposed to be lit at the beginning to melt the chocolate ball, but the server didn’t come to do this part until we’re half way through the dish. Besides that, the taste was also below expectation. Chocolate overpowered the sorbet after everything melted together, and the cream used for the dragon was just those plain cream used for standard birthday cake. cream puff: I only tasted 2 of them, basil and coffee. The basil one was a bit weird.

The whole dessert situation was quite disappointing as this is usually my favorite part of a meal. The manager did not make it any better. When we talked with her about the dragon ball dish her reply was basically “this is expected, we’re too busy, there’s nothing much I can...

Disappointing Experience at here.

I had high hopes for this, but sadly, it didn’t deliver. The food was far from authentic French cuisine; it tasted more like generic Vietnamese food and was quite bland. The ingredients felt cheap, leaving us feeling that the prices were outrageous for what we received.

The atmosphere was another letdown. It was incredibly noisy, and despite a booked table nearby that was particularly loud, no staff intervened to address the disruption. To top it off, the lighting was oddly bright, making for an uncomfortable dining experience.

As for the main dish, I ordered chicken, which was unfortunately undercooked—still pink in the middle and lacking juiciness. After the meal, both my companion and I experienced stomach aches, which is never a good sign.

All in all, we spent $300 usd for two people, and it was absolutely not worth it. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant if you're looking for an authentic...