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The Man Behind the Curtain

The Man Behind the Curtain

3rd Floor, Flannels, 68-78 Vicar Ln, Leeds LS1 7JH, United Kingdom

Wine • British • European • Modern Cuisine


"now it is not every week we visit a michelin star restaurant, so this was a special event and it lived quite a lot up to the expectations. the man behind the curtain, now in the cellar and not in the top floor, was wonderful. it was a Wednesday night, a table and we were two couples. we are not sure, but possibly a cancellation, as we only booked a few weeks in advance and the place was full. the decor is very much, polished concrete walls with, for me to represent an art deco feel. sofas are rich white leather with felts (fake, obvious) and beautiful chairs. we had a round drink, as the taxi took us there a little early. we have the menu. it is a set cup menu and all tabs have the same. this menu gave a look over the dinge to come, drinks, wee etc. we have selected the standard wine pairing, but not the less that is per head. they said they were going really well. not to take the wee we thought would not have given the overall fantastic experience. each cure was wonderfully described by each cook, beautifully presented on plates, in dressed and in boxes. every wein for the cure was well described by sommelier. it was a fantastic experience with aromen that burst out of every dish and every wein with its unique taste pairing beautiful. Not to disable any cursor, but to call some favorites. tuna nigiri, dali after delhi (roy garn), ajo blanco. (some cold consommé with a lot of garlic), black caesar (pork, ei in black dust). Puddings....Tiramisu and a chocolate grenache. a great experience. we were there, so it was there, and we were the last there. just a few points for me. the tables are quite large and the sommelier and chefs have really not brought me the description of the table with background noises and music on the side. secondly, I felt the last hour or so there was a urgency to move us between curs with shorter times. actually we don't get all the wein from the previous cure as we were served for the next. I would recommend a previous booking. a great night outside and one should experience them definitiw"

Truffles Bistro

Truffles Bistro

20 Bank Street, DG1 2NX, Dumfries Galloway, United Kingdom

Steak • Pasta • Tapas • Curry


"I’m not quite sure where to start with this as I’ve never experienced such poor service in a restaurant before but I’ll try. So we were a party of 10 celebrating my mother in law’s 60th. My partner isn’t from Dumfries and Galloway so just told me he’d looked this place up and decided to book it. I hadn’t really heard of it and had initially wanted to go to the Bank but after looking at reviews of Truffles and seeing people speak highly of the food I thought let’s give it a try. I noticed many speaking about how awful the owner was but I thought surely he can’t be that bad if people are still going and people are still leaving good reviews. How wrong I was! Another warning sign I should have noticed was that we initially booked in for the Friday but changed to the Saturday and they were able to accommodate that easily last minute so clearly aren’t busy. We were running 15mins late. I called to let them know and apologise. The waitress who answered the phone was accepting of this and said it was ok. On arriving the owner ‘greeted’ us. I again apologised and he shrugged his shoulders but let us in. We all sat down and he immediately came to ask us if we wanted drinks. We were looking at the drinks menu and discussing what we wanted when he repeated in a slow and aggressive tone DO.YOU.WANT.ANY.DRINKS??! It was extremely awkward. My dad asked about red wine and he used his notepad to lean over my dad and aggressively hit the menu and point to a wine on the list. We ordered drinks which included 2 pints of beer. As he walked away we all felt very uncomfortable and decided we did not want to spend our money in such a venue when the atmosphere was cold and aggressive. We all decided to leave. My partner spoke to the owner letting him know his front of house manner was appalling and that we’d be leaving. He said he didn’t “understand people” and that he expected us to pay for the pints that had been poured. I gave him a £20 note and he aggressively gave it back to me, stating he had no money in the till to give me change and swiftly snatched the pints back and put them behind the bar. We then left and were politely accommodated in the Bank next door (which I would highly recommend). As we left, the waitress apologised on our way out. I actually felt bad leaving her in such a cold and horrible environment. That owner should not be front of house. He is rude. He is right, he doesn’t understand people and has no people skills whatsoever. I would avoid this place like the plague and go next door to the Bank! (The one star is for the waitress who we had to leave behind)"