Relae - Koebenhavn

Does a Michelin star apply to a pop up version of a rated restaurant? I don’t know, but in the case of Relæ X in Ørby, it was not worthy of a star in my opinion. It was creative, admitted, but too creative. They were good at getting something out of very little. But as a meal at that price (close to 700 kr. it was too strange – and not filling at all except for the excellent bread. A slice of a tomato as a dish? Four kind of almost raw vegetables/cabbage as a dish? And some almost unprepared broccoli as an in between dish? I call that Emperor's new clothes. And in general, I would have liked to know in advance, that the 8 course meal was all vegetarian – except from app. 75 grams of fish. There were bright spots. The pickled mackerel wrapped up in thin slices of cucumber was great. And a small potato dish. Also the main dish was as such good with some excellent turbo on bone. BUT. The piece of fish had to be shared. For 7 people we got 3 pieces of fish. Very little for each. As it was on bone it was complicated to share in in fair shares. And certainly not corona proof (other dishes had to be shared as well . The fish was accompanied with salat/cabbage with very heavy/spicy soya/dressing. I couldn’t eat it, and it was a bad match for the mild fish. The first dessert was a mistake as well. Ice cream of a kind wrapped in rhubarb. Had to be eaten with the fingers. But it was very cold for fingers and teeth and disintegrated due to the rhubarb wrapping. The service was mediocre. All staff (more than 5 at our table was kind, but none seemed to oversee our group. So we did not feel taken good care of e.g. we had to be proactive our self to be sure to have wine with the next meal. Only one or two spoke Danish – a disadvantage when you are Danish and are told strange vegetable names etc. in English. Also, the speed between dishes were uneven. And 3 ¼ hours is too slow. Nobody – nor the wine list – mentioned that many of wines were nature wines. Those are mainly too strange to my taste. We sat outside – really nice in the summer night. Big advantage also, as there was loud music inside for a prolonged time. Strange. The visit to Relæ was disappointing. 700 kr. is too much for vegetables. And they even charged 40 kr. extra for water. Well, the nice bread was included.

It was my second time experiencing Michelin star restaurant in Copenhagen. The way they work is totally different to most of the otherwise in Europe. Using seasonal and local organic products, biodynamic wines etc. It is a truly different experience and still reasonably priced (for Denmark of course). Duck endive was to die for. Well done

I really dont understand why people dont thing the value is not 5 star. You are eating at oneof the best reastaurants in the world. This is in the best100 list for years And compared to other danish restaurants the price is 1/3. We got the Relae experience and it was worth every krone : Yes this is not a cheap restaurant but we knew it going in. They are very clear about the prices on their website. This ismy second time there and every single thing I ate was great. Will go there again the next time I visit Denmark

We went on they day that Relae was having a private event, a Gelinaz Challenge. It was nice of them to set up a table for us even they had a private function (I actually told them that since I am here why not, and since you guys are famous, I must as well try them) Relae decided to do Hong Kong dishes for the evening (is from the Gelinaz Challenge, do not ask me why Hong Kong dishes). I told my self, lucky me! , Hong Kong dishes for the night (I 'm Asian) and the Chef is a Canadian/Hong Kong Chef, the food must be awesome. Guess what? Nothing was nice at all, NOT AT ALL!!!!! Maybe to the local Danish it could be nice, but for me NOT AT ALL!!!! As I said they had a private function for the night, so I did not get to try their original dishes, so it is a bit unfair for me to review this place, but come on, the chef is an Asian, the Hong Kong dishes he curated should not be that bad right?

Two Canadians travel to the skane region and wanted to revisit Relae after our initial visit three years ago. We enjoyed ourselves so much last time. At that time Relae was not as well known, and we were recommended it by people who worked at Amass. Sadly to say, since the restaurant has garnered more notoriety, it's service has declined. We were made to feel like a number and not a person. Within 10 seconds of sitting down, we were told that we had the table for 2.5 hrs, presented with the menu and asked which selection before even having taken off our coats. When asked to describe the differences between the two menus, our server was hard pressed to say anything more than one sentence about each. Back in the day, every (or almost every) server was also a chef in the kitchen and you can see the pride in their food product. Now it would seem most servers did not clearly understand or were unable to articulate the food that was being served. That is truly sad. We asked if we could order some wine first and then make our decision, but that was also rushed. The manager of the restaurant came over, but he got defensively very quickly and pretty much said this is how Relae operates now and if you don't like it then you can dine elsewhere. We agreed and finished our wine and left. Sadly, Relae no longer stands for quality service or care for the customer. I would recommend trying other new restaurants that have opened instead.