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30-31 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DU Full details & map

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Posted: Dec 15 2009

The USP of this restaurant and bar is that you eat your meal in complete darkness, enabling you to focus only on taste and smell. Diners start in the (well-lit) bar, and can choose from four secret, colour-coded menus: blue for fish lovers, green for vegetarians, red for meat lovers, and white for 'chef's surprise'. Food is served in a pitch-black dining room, where you are guided and served by blind staff. The experience is intended to be an emotional, as well as culinary, experience, encouraging diners to empathise with their waiter/guide. A dark bar also operates on Fridays (5.30-6.30pm) in the lounge area. To answer two frequently asked questions: Are the chefs blind? No. And are the toilets in the dark? Also, thankfully, no.

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Dans Le Noir?

30-31 Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU

Transport Farringdon tube/rail

Telephone

020 7253 1100

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Lunch served by appointment. Dinner served (fixed sittings) 7-7.30pm Mon-Wed; 7-7.30pm, 9-9.30pm Thur-Sat

Set dinner £40 2 courses, £45 3 courses

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Children admitted, Booking essential, Separate room for parties ( seats 60 ), Disabled ( toilet )

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Comments & ratings 5/5 (Average of 2 ratings)

By Stephanie - Mar 5 2012
5/5

The most fantactic restaurant experience I had in town ! Everyone must go !
Food is really ok. But the most important is not the food ... at least something really new !

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By Butterfly Carnivore - Oct 10 2011
4/5

I always wanted to try this place. So glad I did. The pre-dinner drinks in the lit lounge bar area was nice and the hostess was fun, vibrant and enthusiastic encouraging you (but not forcing) to experiment with your choices, knowing that this is a one-off experience.
Once in the darkness (and it truly is pitch black!) guided by your blind waiter, to your table, the babble of diners all around you and yet visuals are down to nothing is an unnerving sensation. Once seated across from your partner (in my case) you realise that you are seated next to others quite closely. This must be to ensure that the waiters can find you according to your orders etc.
The experience really enhances your senses and you rely so much more on your tastebuds and touch. By the way, it can get a little messy. The do encourage you to use your food, but the moment I felt a gloopy sauce, I grabbed for my knife and fork in the darkness as that was too much finger-food for my liking!
I whole-heartedly recommend going, it is a brilliant idea and a true experience that truly makes you appreciate the whole dining-out event. The dessert is TO DIE FOR!
The waiters must be situated very close to you as whenever I called out for my waiter, he was there which is good!
When you finally are brought out into the light at the end of your meal, the hostess greets you again and asks you to guess what you thought you ate and then shows you photographs of what they were. Nothing squeamish but fascinating!
You really should go!

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By Francois D'arc - Jun 10 2010

The most unusual and fantastic experience I made in London. Good food by the way. Everyone must go ...
God, in general I'm much more critic !

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