Four of us dined here during a recent visit and we were all very disappointed. We couldn’t believe this place had a star. The food, ambiance, service were all subpar. It would be fine for a casual Wednesday night out with friends or coworkers, but extremely lacking as a fine dining establishment.
Food 2/5: the mushroom onion consummé amuse bouche was perhaps the best part of the meal. Downhill from there as subsequent dishes were either extremely salty or lacked flavor. The presentation of all dishes were fine, the main issue was the taste. Either salty, bland or boring. Another issue our group felt was the fact that the restaurant self branded as scandinavian, but the dishes felt like a mishmash of french, japanese, american and a bit of scandinavian.
Service 3.5/5: multiple simple requests were forgotten; pacing was off (certain courses had long periods between compared to others). Difficult to catch the attention of our waiter despite large number of staff. Staff was friendly which is why I gave it 3.5 out of 5.
Ambiance 1/5: it’s an odd vibe. Walking in I thought we were in a casual bistro. Most of the diners were dining a la carte, and if I didn’t tell you they had a michelin starred tasting menu you might have thought it was any number of casual restaurants judging from the interior design and overall ambiance. Don’t get me wrong, there are nice michelin restaurants that can be casual such as Lazy Bear. But this wasn’t just casual, it was a generically designed space devoid of character with Wed after work energy.
Tldr: skip this and go to Annalena instead, better food, service, and vibes.
by eleelights
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What a shame, it was incredible 4 years ago.
I’m surprised, we went just two years ago and it was phenomenal. It looks like a lot of the dishes have changed. I loved that fish in the egg sauce, though.
I hada similar experience; we didn’t do the tasting menu and that was probably an error, but even the service was a bit of a miss. I did LOVE Anna Lena, though.
This is such a tragedy.
Published used to be amazing. We actually went when they just opened during COVID and became regulars.
They were still pretty awesome a year ago but I have no idea how they’ve gone downhill so fast.
Try ELEM. We joke that it’s the old Published.