In The Dark

I have never done a restaurant review before for many reasons but mostly because I'm not much of a food fan. However, I had to write this review coz it's not really about the food, its all about the experience.

I don't know if you have seen the movie When In Rome..

Remember the scene when they went to that restaurant?.. Yeah? No? Let me refresh your memory.. Watch the scene bellow..

I remember when I saw it I said to myself "LOL! Does that place actually exist? If so I must try it!"

And guess what? It does exist! I did some googling and found it.. 

Danes Le Noir, which literally translates to "in the dark" they have branches in New York, St. Petersburg, Barcelona, Paris and to my luck... London! :)

I immediately went to their website and booked a table for Ambrosial and myself.

We arrived to the restaurant at 6:30 where we were greeted by a very friendly staff. They explained the process...

First thing we had to do is remove everything that has light or glows (watches, phones, lighters, etc..) and all our belongings had to placed in the lockers. 

Then we had to choose our meals: Choose whether you want a 2 course meal or 3 course. Choose your drinks and pick the color of your meal. There are 4 colors: White which is the Chef's surprise.. Blue: seafood.. Green: Vegetarian.. or Red: meat.... aaaand wait to be surprised!

Ambrosial picked white and I went for red.. We tried to ask them what's in it but they refused to tell. They said we will find out when we finish..

Then we were seated in the lounge for a few minutes until our table was ready.. 

Once it was ready we were called to meet our waitress which by the way was blind.. All the waiters and waitresses in the restaurant are actually blind! 

^^ The entrance in the left leading to the dark dining area

Our lovely waitress carefully led inside the dark room and to our table.. The place was absolutely and completely dark! 

^^ Dark just like this

My brain went into over drive! The little people in my head started panicking! I started touching everything trying to make sense of my surroundings. Managed to find my cutlery, my drink and Ambrosial's forehead which I had to smack a couple of times. When I finally was able to locate everything I needed I started to relax and then to my surprise the little people in my head went absolutely quite! All of the sudden the noise in my head turned to silence and I felt so focused! Like all my senses became sharper. We found peace in the darkness.

A while later our food started coming.. Our waitress had to call our names in order to locate us... With the arrival of the first dish my horror began. As some of you may know, I'm a very picky eater so not knowing what I'm eating was such terrifying thing for me! Besides that, finding the food on my plate was a challenge! I cut the food and when I bring the fork to my mouth I find it empty! To be honest, I had to actually touch my food in order to find ;p I was such a mess! Half of the food ended up all over my face and the other half was in my hair! (DONT ASK!)

Anyway, when we finished eating our waitress led us out into the light where we were greeted again by the friendly staff in the waiting area and we were shown pictures of what we ate which was quite surprising! Ambrosial got so excited about the things she had! I believe she did not sleep that night from the excitement! Unfortunately, I cannot say what was on the menus.. it's supposed to be a surprise ;p

I gotta admit thou, the food was not that great.. it was below average.. but the experience was amazing! I am very grateful for having my sight, this experience sure made me appreciate this blessing even more and it also made me admire those who cannot see. Getting around and living each day like that is not easy at all!

This is a once in a life time experience that I encourage you to try.. 

If you're interested here's the contact here in London 

Dans Le Noir

30-31 Clerkenwell Green

EC1R -DU

London

Tel: 020 7253 1100

www.danslenoir.com