So, that means they’re Grade 9-12, and probably appreciate food beyond nuggets.
Nope!! All they did was to offer an apology!! IMHO, totally unacceptable!!
These are quite normal prices for tasting menus if you are going to 2-3 star restaurants. Looking on the Noma Tock page it looks like their current pricing is ~$420 for the tasting menu so that your friends seem to also gave the wine pairing (which is one if the major ways for any restaurant to make a higher nargin)
5000 Danish krones includes wine pairing. The tasting menu alone is 3000 DKr
Makes me feel less bad about potentially eating at Legoland in August when we visit Denmark for the very first time (not that we are Noma-caliber diners to begin with). 
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OK, sometimes worms are difficult to avoid, but given the price tag, they should have at least offer to change the dish or some compensation, like a free extra course, or offer some wine. PR disaster!
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A LIVE wriggly one inch plus green worm against a white background?!! Should be easy to see!
Not just a PR disaster and mistake on Rene’s part. But, IMO, a reflection of their arrogance based on their reputation!
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Was the chef there that night? Did Chef Redzepi personally know this problem? Most of the time, the employees wanted to hide their mistakes from chef.
couldnt quite bring ourselves to eat there due to price. i recall we did eat very well in copenhagen.
Funny story from a friend of mine in Copenhagen…
Short version (something like this) is over some polite objections his pal went over to Bono’s table to ask him for his autograph. Very kindly the paper was signed and returned with a nice note signed “Bruce Springsteen.”
Part story, part truth, part urban myth, part lie…dunno! But I think I get more pleasure out of that than I would eating at NOMA. Same with this story.
PS @THECHARLES love to see the instagram photo of the worm here.
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I tried posting the video but sadly my friend set setting to Private!
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haha, good post tho, great story!
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He just received a verbal apology! No offer of an extra dish or a complimentary drink…etc
Maybe the service is related to the issues raised by this story last month in the FT.
After reading it I’m wondering about the economics of some high end places in Copenhagen. If you can’t get by with such high prices and pay and treat your staff decently, maybe you should not be in business.
EMP has a similar problem. I have been there a few times and took my family there for some of the meals. Dinner with the wine paring pushes you easily into 4 figures. I was stunned to read that the kitchen staff makes $15 an hour. McDonalds pays more. Herr Humm cancelled a plan to raise pay to $20 after Pete Wells trashed his veg makeover. I have no intention of going back there even though I miss the granola. 🥸
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My question is essentially "was the worm edible "?
Of course, if the diner was vegetarian then that brings up several potential issues.
I get more upset when dishes include items that we are told not to eat. Then this is deliberate (I assume the worm was a mistake ). Why would any chef introduce an element that could potentially harm the diner?
I can 'name names ’ but am reluctant to throw mud when the muddee doesn’t have an opportunity to respond. And, yes, I did raise the issue at the time.
Geranium is NOT all veggie (although they do offer that option).
This year, they switched to ‘meatless’ however.
Saw this Cricket/Beetle/…on my window pane. Debating whether to capture it and add it to my dinner salad tonight?..a la NOMA?! Ha!!
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We were there in December for the last seating before they closed for Christmas. It also happened to be the day of the staff Christmas lunch.
Apparently a very large number of staff - and guests, including us - came down with covid over the following days.
A few days later they issued a notice that they would stay closed in January because of the rise in covid cases…
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I am sorry you came down with Covid after your visit. Horrible for restaurant owners, staff and guests.
