Unsicht-Bar Berlin
Gormannstr. 14
10119 Berlin - Mitte
Telefon: (+49) (0)30 243425-00
Fax: (+49) (0)30 243425-01
Unsicht Bar
My friend and I had a little discussion about which semi-expensive restaurant we wanted to visit, and I had a couple of years ago heard of Unsicht-bar. Unsicht-bar for the ones who do not know the german language means the invisible bar or also said their concept is to serve dinner in a completely darkened room. This according to their website should increase your other senses - hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting.
For all I remember I had only heard very well of the place and that it might be a little expensive, but it would definitely be worth it. Last the all the waiters in the diningroom are blind or half blind.
Before entering I had prepared myself and had done a little thinking about my expectations - the food might be good in order to concretize the senses and you might be more focused.
Well - we stepped into a very high class room and waited just a couple of minutes before a receptionist reached us, and placed us in comfortable lounge furniture.
I decided to go low budget so I choosed the vegitarian menu which looked like this
Appetizer
A taste of Aztecan masculinity
on wavy green and voluptuous red bedding
Main Course
Asian beauties in white
dance merrily in French gardens
as the oceans begins to thaw
Dessert
The white sweetness awakes
from an exotic dream
and huddles against the sour laye
Indeed a very confusing way to describe a menu but we were very much excited to sense what kind of food we had ordered.
My partner ordered the chicken menu which was described quite similar.
After maybe 10 minutes of waiting we were collected by a blind waiter who in a very fine manor introduced himself and the whole concept, and so in a row we walked into complete darkness.................................
There were a lot of noises in the room and it sounded almost like a huge hall. The waiter guided us gently to our table which felt like it was very much away from all the other people. And then suddenly I felt like I was going to vomit. Though I did not do it, I constantly felt odd, dizzy and very much beside myself.
I was with no doubt more aware of the table and where the fork, knife and spoon were located. A couple of minutes later the waiter came back with our first course and our beverage. I had ordered orange juice and my friend a coke. I though maybe with tense senses the orange juice would explode inside your moth but very disappointing it did not.
The first course was salad with tomatoes and avocado and dressing on top or actually a better explanation would be - dressing with salad, tomatoes and avocado. My friend had the exact same course except that on her plate there were a couple of chicken breast slices.
So the first course was almost not even worth mentioning. Very simple, slopping in dressing and not very tasteful. The only funny thing was the experience to figure out what you actually ate, but when one had had a couple of mouthfuls it was nothing special.
After maybe a little too long the waiter took our empty plates, and then we waited........ for something that felt like hours. And imagine yourself in completely darkness, you cannot feel the other persons presence, you are dazed, hungry and actually too tense to talk. This feeling is maybe one of the few in my life I can say was the worst of all. After what felt like 30 minutes the waiter came back and said that in about 10 minutes the main course would be served. My Friend - Lea and I were starving and almost too tired to keep talking. Suddenly it really matters how you express yourself.
After another 15 minutes or so the main course was served. I had tofu pie which tasted like ham and on top some crunchy sesame. The side dish were grilled (dry) potatoes, grilled pepper and tomato. Lea had the same as side dish but instead of tofu - mixed grilled chicken.
We ate very quickly partly because we were starving but also because it really felt like we'd been in there for a lifetime.
The waiter knew we had been waiting for quite too long, so after he removed the main course plates he almost immediately served the dessert, and for some reason the Germans tend to love marinated fruit.
Yes - the dessert was again almost the same. I had some white coffee creme with marianted fruit, nougat petit four.
As soon as we had ate the dessert the water came and we asked to get into the light again. It was so relieving to get in the light again, never before have I appreciated my eyes so much!
In general a really bad experience. We entered the restaurant at 18:50, ordered menu and beverage, entered the dark room, consumed a 3 course menu and we out of the dark room at 21:35.
That was in total 2,5 hour for a 3 course menu and in the dark.
Normally you count 30 minutes for every dish which in my head makes 1½ hour in the dark room, so no doubt we felt like waiting for hours.
I can recommend people to try this restaurant because it is a funny experience, not because of the food. Make sure you do not stay in there forever because that's very uncomfortable.
Lea and I did not enjoy the stay, but I guess a lot of other people have had a great experience.
I grant Unsicht-bar with 1 out of 6 Bloc De Foie Gras because of exciting concept, bad food, no visual pleasure of the food, bad interior and semi-good service.
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