in:Luthun, May 20256 pts
“I went a couple months ago and thought the food was delicious, but our experience was unfortunately ruined by how awful the chef was to his staff.”
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“I went a couple months ago and thought the food was delicious, but our experience was unfortunately ruined by how awful the chef was to his staff.”
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“The food is amazing, that is for sure. Better than pretty much every one star Michelin restaurant and on par with a lot of two stars.”
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“Yes, the food is amazing, but the ambiance really soured my mood.”
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“Food at Luthun is amazing, no question.”
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“This was absolutely divine and a really interesting east west fusion (I also hate that word but whatever). Western in the sense of the strong flavors of dry aged beef and a consommé that tasted very much like something you’d see in a French kitchen, but also Eastern due to the usage of thin slices of meat and that they are boiled rather than grilled or roasted like the vast majority of western meat dishes. It was unlike any other thing I’ve tried before yet it worked so well.”
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“The first weekend I had reservations at Luthun (made after reading Dave’s review on EatingReallyWell.com). I was so blown away I let them know I was changing my plans for the following weekend and coming back to eat with them again.”
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“I was just there around February/March and he was yelling at one of his line cooks right outside the restaurant before service started and that spilled into dinner service.”
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“Chef aside, the rest of the staff is great and hospitable. Unfortunately the issue is you don’t know whether you’re going to get the angry chef or a calm one and I wouldn’t risk that especially if your family hasn’t had this kind of experience before. It’s a shame because food wise Luthun is easily 2 Michelin star level.”
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“I went on recs found on this and the fine dining sub and thought the food was phenomenal. The flavors are bold and new. They aren’t throwing expensive ingredients at you for no reason and the sauce work is top top class.”
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“This has to be one of the best value propositions in fine dining. Amazing flavours, doesn’t skimp on the spice, no real misses.”
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“The food was crazy good, absolutely no bad bites but the vietnamese taco and the tortellini dish were insane.”
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“and its tasting menu of creative tasting menu is very Michelin-esque.”
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“Overall, I can’t recommend Luthun enough. Start to finish, this was the best meal of my life thus far, and I only wish I could be a regular here in the future.”
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“I went to Luthun recently and found it very spicy (delicious, but spicy!).”
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“By far, Luthun has the best food by a mile. On par with 2 star Michelin places. The quality of the food is undeniable; the atmosphere and chef is another story.”
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“Luthun (a little expensive now)”
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“one of the most creative tasting menus I’ve had.”
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“I recently had an insanely good tasting menu at Luthun.”
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“Just ate here last week - food was excellent, service wasn’t too sharp, would def go back - the variety of flavors was unlike anything I’ve had in fine dining, was refreshing.”
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“Luthun is in contention for my favorite meal of the year, was awesome to have a tasting menu with some actual spice!”
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“Luthun is incredible!! Would def recommend. Not sure about their current menu, but the one I had was excellent & incorporated different textures, temperatures, & tastes SO well!”
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“Luthen was incredible— i left completely stuffed, the food was exciting and flavorful, and the staff was amazing.”
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“Luthun is a standout, but more expensive”
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“Very good, fair price, great staff. If you’re a sauce or seafood person I simply can not recommend this enough. Everything was so delicious”
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“I’ve always had excellent meals at Luthun. Not stuffy, super tasty, reasonably priced.”
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“Luthun was great. If you can ignore the questionable behavior in the kitchen then its great. Better than alot of starred places, Mushroom Taco was a standout if ykyk.”
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“That said the food is really good and the staff are pleasant.”
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“For that price point at dinner, look at Oiji Mi, Luthun, L’Artusi, Frevo—there are dozens.”
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“Luthun was extraordinarily good, and we had zero issues with service or behavior.”
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“Luthun is also on Jua’s level at similar price point.”
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“Pani Puri at Luthun”
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“Service was super slow. I left hungry”
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“Probably my favorite meal I've had at that price point.”
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“Haven't been to The Musket Room yet but Luthun was more adventurous and has a constantly evolving menu so no need to recreate flavors that probably won't be there but are extremely exciting and unique.”
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“Luthun but don’t go with the wine pairing”
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“Fox face and Luthun…both are ‘new enough’ — but have ambitious and quite terrific tasting menus that almost seem like a steal at their price point…not cheap but the quality matches up against 1 or 2 star restaurants…”
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“Obviously from my post you can tell how great we felt the ambiance to be”
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“Their presentation is absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to go again.”
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“Luthun was one of my favorite tasting menus— it had so much flavor and never felt one noted. Such a great meal.”
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“high performing underdog with a tasting menu”
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“Fantastic food. Tasting menu also, though a short one as tasting menus go. But innovative and outstanding food”
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“food is exquisite- check r/finedining.”
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“It’s a great meal for the price.”
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“I think in terms of food, Luthun is the most exciting. Deep flavor with a lot of spice and creativity.”
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“The food is lack luster and too salty.”
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“I’ve had better service at unstarred restaurants. Luthun comes to mind.”
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“I second Luthun, it is my go to place for a tasting menu, the kitchen is dedicated and original, and it is relatively reasonably priced for what is presented.”
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“Spectacular concepts and execution, marrying techniques and flavours from various parts of the world. It was truly difficult to pick a favourite because each dish was so much fun!”
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“From a culinary perspective it beats out most one stars and some twos.”
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“Luthun deserves a star IMHO”
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