Unclear it says included beverage pairing, tax and hospitality.
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Yes
Hmm, I thought that was what hospitality meant
I am honestly not sureā¦
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- A prepayment of the full amount is required to complete a booking. The payment will be charged in local currency, USD. Cancellations can be made with a refund up until four weeks ahead of the booking date. In the event of a cancellation, kindly note that a 4% administration fee is non-refundable.
With all due respect to Noma, this is utterly ridiculous. .
The 4% cancelation fee is the most crazy part, especially when everyone know the seat will be refilled almost immediately.
I think you can transfer the booking to someone else.
no transfer allowed
Thatās pretty bullshit
We patronize restaurants that require full payment/deposit in advance. All of them permit the transfer of reservations without penalty or cost. Iāll pass.
To be fair they are just trying to prevent scalpers. You can cancel up to 4 weeks in advance and it says to contact bookings team in the case of any changes to your booking.
Bookings are non-transferrable and cannot be gifted or sold to a third party. Please contact our bookings team in the case of any changes to your booking.
Even as a big fan of Noma I am not crazy about the price and even more annoyed by the forced pairings; however, for those criticizing the price if you have not been to one of their residencies it is hard to appreciate the amount of work that goes into these. The Noma team spends ~6 months researching and prepping to recreate the Noma experience (the #1 restaurant in the world) in a new region. It really is something to behold. I remember every one of my meals vividly and would put them up with the greatest meals I have ever had. It really is a big production and California is expensive! Kyoto was $900 all in.
I would also add they will definitely sell out immediately and overall this is absolutely great for the LA food scene as diners will be coming from all over the world!
āThe main reason is that Redzepi is bringing 130 people to Los Angeles from Copenhagen and paying for their housing, transportation and, in many cases, the schooling for staff membersā children
āThatās all on us,ā he says. āI canāt begin to explain how complicated and difficult it is to do these to do these pop-ups without people immediately saying to me, āWell, why do you do it if itās so difficult?ā
āWe canāt lose money, but earning money ā making a profitā we havenāt tried that yet. And this will not happen in L.A. either.ā
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It begs the question, why not hire and train local staff? Of course key/critical staff would need to be here, but the savings would be significant, not to mention the chance to stage for Redzepi without moving across sea. I may be looking at this through a naive lens, butā¦.
Then what do you do with your staff in Copenhagen? And if you read the article RenƩ goes on to say that the do it for the experience for their team.
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Iām not buying that they arenāt making any profit whatsoever, but I do believe their costs to put this on were significantly higher than previous residencies. Is Rene a pr genius? Yes, but he is also a visionary chef providing an experience that will be 1 of 1. I think for people who can afford luxury items of this level, getting to experience something that is only available at this particular place for a short time is worth it. I would certainly go if I could afford it
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has there been another chef that has made so many public statements regarding the unsustainable nature of their business model, not being able to pay workers living wages (in a country with very strong social safety nets none the less!), relying too heavily on interns/temp staff, warning about closing up shop, etc? yet somehow noma still endures along with hyper exclusive pop ups and what looks like memberās only access at the mothership. the price is what it is but it is hard to take his word seriously at this point. at any rate for those who go please post the wine pairings, i am probably more curious about what is being poured.
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Iām guessing a lot of natty wines that do not add up to close to the Somni reserve pairing (used as a comp in the article)
Iām not criticizing the price; only being locked into $3K without a known exit if canceled less than four weeks prior. āContact the booking teamā is not a reasonable hedge.
Went to ceviche project last night. First time. Excellent spot. One man operation. Very authentic Baja Californian ceviche. Balanced flavors and spice. I find a lot of ceviche in LA is overly acidic from citrus - this was not. Sorry terrible photos - the lighting was not so great
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Anyone get Noma tickets? To no oneās surprise they sold out in less than 5 minutes.
By my calculations they have just over 4000 seats available for 3.5 months.