Dans le Noir ? London Restaurant

08.03.2025

Fun, unique experience. The food was fine (think wedding / conference food) but it’s definitely enjoyable when you’re eating it in the pitch black and trying to guess what everything is! A special shout out to our server, Kate, who really elevated the whole experience for us. She really made us feel at ease and was totally exceptional.

09.03.2025

Thank u so much for an amazing evening .. we would like to thank Michael for looking after us and making our evening special .. such an amazing caring man x wishing him all the very best xx also to all the staff for being so helpful and attentive xx

08.03.2025

Lovely experience. Friendly staff and nice food

06.03.2025

Fantastic experience to eat - with cutlery - in total darkness! Nice to be able to chat to our neighbours and have fun trying to correctly identify what we were eating from the surprise menu. Ghow was a very attentive server. Would recommend for the experience.

28.02.2025

An experience everyone should have at least once. To dine in complete darkness! Being an eye care practitioner, it was much more than a dining experience. Hats off for the concept. Special appreciation of our VIP waiter / butler Ghow. The appetiser was tasty the vegan main with a load of root vegetables could have been better. However, I understand without the visual stimulus the food would taste differently too. All the stars are for the experience and the concept!!

28.02.2025

Fantastic experience and our waiter Michael was outstanding.

24.02.2025

Gav absolutely made the experience! Definitely would recommend if you’re looking for an interesting dinner experience

23.02.2025

Excellent dinner slightly disconcerting to be eating in the pitch dark but a great experience with fantastic service who made you feel very at home and at ease.

22.02.2025

A very surreal and exceptionally unique food experience! My party were quickly welcomed into the waiting area where we managed to place our order for our drinks prior to entering the pitch black restaurant area. At first, it’s quite an adjustment to have one of your senses completely stripped however felt liberating once you were seated and comfortable. Our server Courtney was incredibly attentive and friendly to us and ensured we knew what was where on the table and made the experience that much more pleasant. Dietary requirements were catered for incredibly as noted in the quality of food, and my party had great fun trying to guess the flavour profiles of what we could be eating! Cutlery was available though due to the nature of the dining experience, fingers are much more preferable so prepare to get a bit messy! At the end, it was revealed what we had eaten which was very insightful. Highly recommend to try this at least once!

19.02.2025

We went for the 3 course menu, the food was absolutely delicious. The entire team were amazing. The top notch service provided by Michael who was such a gentleman, was what made the experience phenomenal. He was absolutely brilliant from beginning to end and made our experience so comfortable and enjoyable. I hope I can visit again!

13.02.2025

What an amazing dinner! Would recommend to anyone for a different dining experience. Aliya was so lovely, and it really gives you a new perspective. Delicious food and great to see how other senses get heightened!

13.02.2025

This was such an incredible experience and worth every penny.

13.02.2025

Having wanted to visit for years, Dans Le Noir turned out to be an incredible, new experience I enjoyed with friends as part of my 30th birthday celebrations. Our Restaurant Guide- Aliya- was so welcoming and bubbly; it felt like she was genuinely having fun being with us. Though I won’t talk about the food, it was all delectable. I started off using cutlery…but always relied on my fingers to ensure a clear plate at the end of each course! Dining in pitch black was very surreal: I liked having to rely on touch, smell and sound throughout the meal.

07.02.2025

So much fun yet educational also to live in the shoes of a blind person for 2 hours. Ghow was our wonderful waiter who was friendly, polite and very funny 🤣 Unnerving to start with walking into the dark but Ghow made us feel safe and well cared for. When they say it’s dark, it’s pitch black! Literally once you walk through the curtain, you see nada. Our party of 4 opted for the 5 course chefs surprise. Tasty food, lovely big portions and although we guessed most of it, we were totally wrong on the main course. That is absolutely part of the fun. Trying to guess each dish, missing the food with your cutlery, missing your mouth or eating fresh air as the food fell off your plate. All 4 of us ended up using our hands. Messy but fun! All in all, a great experience I’d love to do again. Thank you Ghow and everyone who was so welcoming and kind! 🥰🥰🥰

05.02.2025

We went here this evening and were served by the lovely Kate! Being in the dark and not being able to choose my normal foods is completely out of my comfort zone the restaurant even though it's the darkest place we have ever been in felt completely comfortable and it was enjoyable. Some of the food was not what I would usually like or order however I still cleared my plates and my partner did as well. Our waitress was friendly and very good meals coming out fast and plates cleared away promptly! Ww tried to guess the foods we had and were surprised afterwards by the things we guessed rightly and wrongly! A great experience! Thanks guys great job!

05.02.2025

I went for the second time few days ago while my first was a year back. I do love the whole experience, the service is amazing and it was very much worth it. I do give 4 stars because, even if I did love what I ate, the food was “very simple” and direct, while the first time I went I remember the menu being more complex and interesting. Second reason we had a vegan in our group which was served a vegan menu. The vegan menu is basically the same as the basic menu with a substitute for the protein for the main course and no proteine at all for the starter. Being both menus presented as the same price it felt pretty disappointing.

04.02.2025

The bar area is really lovely. The rest is in the dark. Everyone was kind and friendly. The food was lovely, but it was definitely more about the experience, than the food.

01.02.2025

It was our first time at this restaurant and we weren’t disappointed! Dining in total, pitch blackness was a little jarring at first, but you adapt quickly & it makes for a fun atmosphere. Our waitress Courtney was lovely and helped us to get our bearings. I won’t spoil the 5 course surprise Chef’s menu, but the food was delicious and would suit most people’s tastes I’d say. Wine was good. Pro tip: Eat with your hands – they have sanitiser. It’s way more fun! I was useless with the knife & fork though.

28.01.2025

We dined at Dans Le Noir last night for a surprise dinner to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday. I’ve been to the restaurant before, so I was really looking forward to him experiencing it for the first time. Unfortunately, the evening fell below expectations. As it was my boyfriend’s birthday, I left a note requesting a “Happy Birthday” singing and even called the restaurant the day before to confirm. However, when we arrived, they seemed to have completely forgotten about it. It wasn’t until we had already finished dessert that I brought it up with the waiter, asking if they could still play the song. His response was that he wasn’t informed at all and questioned why I hadn’t told him directly. This didn’t make sense to me, as it was supposed to be a surprise for my boyfriend. I couldn’t just bring it up in front of him. I was so disappointed by how it was handled and was crying on the way home. I didn’t even want to tell my boyfriend how badly they mishandled such a simple request. On top of this, the overall experience felt extremely rushed. After being seated, we were offered a drink. I specifically asked if we had time for it, and they assured us we did. However, once we moved upstairs to the dining area, everything felt hurried. I barely had time to finish my main course and felt like I was forcing myself to eat quickly just to keep up with the pacing. We couldn’t even finish our conversation because we were being rushed through the courses and, ultimately, out of the restaurant. For a meal that cost £185 for two people, I expected more personalised and attentive service. Unfortunately, this experience was deeply disappointing, and I left feeling let down.

13.06.2024

A completely different experience & very humbled with the experience. How it felt to be blind for a couple hours, eating food and drinking while trying to figure out what I was eating with people on other tables chatting away. Your phones & any smart devices that give light are taken away and stored in a safe locker on arrival and you’re seated to have a drink before the experience begins. Personally I loved the experience as was worth every penny of it. Polite staff all round. Such a dope experience in my eyes & i would and will definitely be trying it again. I spent around £180 something as we went for the 3 course meal chefs surprise & a few glasses of wine. The food was I say 3/5, it wasn’t crazy delicious. Starter and desert for me was the best, main was good. We all know wine boosts up everything. Thank you again for this humbling experience. What I can say is that I’ve eaten and EATENNNNN there 🤭

27.01.2025

Unique experience, strongly recommended!

25.01.2025

Better than I could have imagined. And the staff were so kind

24.01.2025

Celebrated my 30th birthday here last night and WOW what can I say. A truly humbling, surreal and incredible experience, there aren’t enough words to describe. Meda was our waitress and from the moment we met her she instantly gained our trust, leading us to the table in the dark. Didn’t expect it to be as dark as it was, but you really can’t see anything! Meda was softly spoken, served and cleared away plates with such elegance and was so caring and aware despite being visually impaired herself. We had a couple of dietary requirements (coeliac and fish & shellfish allergies) and we couldn’t have been more at ease with dining here! A completely gluten free restaurant and substituted our fish. Food was tasty and it was interesting at the end to find out if you were right with your guesses of what it was you were eating! Would recommend to anyone to experience this and well worth the money. Such a special place!