Bare By Chef Pak - Bergen

I visited this restaurant on the fifth day since reopening under chef Vladimir Pak and everything about the experience food, ambience, service, people were nothing short of impressive. Chef Pak’s Japanese influenced menu celebrates Norwegian Sea food with a creative and unusual combination of flavours. I highly recommend the tasting menu that provides a great range of dishes. Another item to note about the restaurant is the great wine selection and the sommelier educated owners and servers. I loved every minute of my experience at Bare and was very impressed by how chef Pak visited the tables to explain the food and asked for feedback on favourite dishes.

Absolutely bizarre...made a reservation online a month before our visit and was put on the wait list . Asked after we checked in and they said there is no wait list the website is faulty and the restaurant is closed. They will be getting a new chef and a new concept. Very odd since the hotel website still refers to the restaurant as existing.

Wow Top Sometime when you read about star restaurant you are little be sceptical. But this is the TOP well is pricy but to be honest food is outstanding . Many restaurant in Norway and Scandinavia you pay the same amount for low quality what is called low rate caffe)

We went all in with wine and the large package and was not disappointed. There where new tastes never before tried, and some that was far beyond what one would imagine. Stellar service.

This is a new incarnation for the Bare Michelin star restaurant in Bergen Norway. It now has a new chef, Mr. Pak, and it has been open a week or so. The decor was very beautiful, and the cooking very good, and wonderfully presented. I had a disappointment that soured me on the dinner, however. We ordered the ten course dinner with wine pairing. Two of the courses suprisingly were were whale meat. I don't eat whale, so it was an eight course meal for me. I thought it was insensitive and ham-handed to serve whale. Maybe it was the Japanese chef, coupled with the fact that it is legal to kill whale in Norway. So you might want to verify that you won't be served whale (if you feel bad about eating it). I would never go back.