Grammofon

What a strange place. I’ve been here a couple Friday nights for dinner and it is completely dead despite really good prices for the quality of food (and the food is really freaking good). The drink prices are also very fair, which should make for a great spot to come in and enjoy some music (they often have a southern european pianist/​singer duo performing). The place itself is split personality — one half has a really nice atmosphere and feel and yet when you look out at the other half of the place it looks like a cookie-​cutter wedding venue hall with cheesy mirrors. Every time I have gone here I have walked right by the place without even noticing it existed, even know where it was the second time.
Supposedly it gets really packed for salsa night on Fridays and they have a dance night most nights of the week (see pictures for an idea of their schedule). I also heard the restaurant is packed on Saturday nights — so how is it so dead Friday? Stange. The owners are really into dance and music and dance themselves during the nights so that’s really fun, but, well I haven’t seen the execution yet here.
It’s hard for me to recommend this place because I would NEVER bring anyone here on a Friday when it’s almost totally abandoned but at the same time the food is amazing and I would like to (5 stars on the food for me when you consider price/​quality and try the lamb). I will probably try this place one more time on a Saturday for dinner at some point, but the whole aura is just super confusing for me.