Ambiance/decor-5
Service-3
Food-4
Strikeouts-1/3
The one and only strikeout was the music. We came to Luma for the yearly "evening at Iceland" with the guest chefs cooking Icelandic dishes. This event comes with live music and group tables(randomly sat with a bunch of people). The problem is that we were situated right in from of the speakers and the guitarist, it was impossible to talk to anyone but the person next to us, making conversation difficult. There should not have been a table here, for this type of event. We did not have a choice of seating, it was already pre-arranged.
The decor was very modern with dim lightning as expected with an upscale location like Luma. My only gripe here is the Lightning as it's quite difficult to take good foodie picsXD
Can't say much about service since it was a pre set dinner for everyone. The problem here from a perfect rating is that our table was always served last and the advertised h'orderves were only a messily one helping of each type (2 types for the whole 45 minutes coming early).
Foodie time! It was a total of 4 main courses.
Icelandic Cod
Langoustine Risotto
Icelandic lamb
Icelandic Skyr
The cod wasn't anything special, but it was delicious and was very refreshing for a starter. It was a very good mixture of the seaweed salad and other cuisines mixed in with cod which is the Icelandic staple.
The langoustine risotto was to die for!! Every bite of this dish was so rich with flavour. This was definitely the best dish I've had for risotto period. It felt like eating a buttered lobster to perfection but better!!
I'm not even going to say much about the lamb, it wasn't quite a lamb chop or lamb meat you would expect. It wasn't bad. It wasn't great.
The dessert was okay too. A sorbert and a cream cheese mousse. Definitely a very interesting combination. Left me wanting a bit more, second to the risotto.
I'm not really a wine person, but even I could tell the wine pairings were below par.
Overall, I enjoyed the food at night, mainly because the risotto shined like a dynamite. A special mention to their bread and butter which tasted like eating popcorn without the pop! I would probably go again next year with more people if possible. *drools*.