Trip advisor review from September:
One word: NO
I had high hopes for our dinner at Alchemist. It definitely started strong. At the middle of the dinner, I thought to myself: wow, this is the best restaurant in the world. The food was delicious, the wine list incredible, and the décor spectacular. Yet, after an hour, we received odd dishes. Including: lamb’s brain, jelly fish, pigs windpipe, ice cream made with pig’s blood. I was sick the next day.
What is the purpose of serving those ingredients? I enjoyed the beginning of the meal but at the end I felt abused and sick to my stomach.
Alchemist could have been the best restaurant in the world. It is spectacular, with exceptional service and superb gastronomic capabilities. It just needs to let go of the exotic ingredients. It can shift from being one of the worst restaurants in the world to one of the best with just minor changes.
We left the restaurant traumatized. We felt as if we were the chef's guinea pigs. We felt abused and sick.