The 4th choice by Carlos was the 2 Michelin star restaurant The Greenhouse, where we managed to get a table last minute. I guess I had a few concerns about this place – as most places we have to book way in advance to get a table – so why was it so easy to get a table at The Greenhouse.
We arrived in good time at the restaurant and entering the place was really lovely. I could totally see why the restaurant has got the name ‘The Greenhouse’ as we were walking through a beautiful garden and it was a bit like entering a greenhouse in the garden. We got taken to a nice round table with a view to the garden in a lovely spacious restaurant and straight away felt very welcome.
All 4 of us went for the 10 courses Discovery menu + added the additional cheese board – so we were in for a lot of food. To get us started the restaurant served 3 lovely presented tasters from the kitchen, where again you could related to the ‘The Greenhouse’ name as they had a lot of fresh green vegetables in them – very tasty. The highlight for me was without doubt dish no. 2 – the Orkney Scallop – I can honestly say that this was one of the best scallops I have tasted in my life. It completely melted in your mouth and the taste combination with the avocado, ponzu, seaweed and rice it got served with – it was honestly a true delight. The other highlight was the additional cheeseboard we added. There was a fantastic selection on the cheese trolley and we were all able to choose 4 of our favourite cheeses. The only thing I didn’t really enjoy was the Foie Gras – as it was served warm. I normally love Foie Gras but for me it has to be the cold version – but except for that the whole menu was overall very enjoyable.
The other thing that made this a really nice evening was the service and the whole interaction we had with our waiters. Were able to have a real laugh with our main waiter – who turned out to be really funny. The atmosphere was so great that for the first time we all 4 went for the kitchen tour – where we again were made really welcome and continued to have a laugh with the Executive chef and the kitchen staff as well.
In the end of the night we got treated with some extra chocolate and cheese cake and when we left the restaurant Ingrid and I got a bag with some nice cakes – but at that point I also think we were too full to fit any more food in our stomachs.
If I had concerns before the dinner – I can honestly say that they were completely gone when we left the restaurant. Now I think we were just lucky to get a table last minute and without doubt this was a true 2 Michelin star experience where all 4 of us had a very nice evening.
