JY's : 3 All. du Champ de Mars, 68000 Colmar, France

The food was very disappointing, the chef was obviously impressed with Japanese culinary ingredients, but the skillset did not follow. The food was overall very salty, not surprising and prepared with techniques that are not on par with the 2 star awards. I’ve eaten at places that are better without any star. The wine choices were good, but the service and food were quite awful. I would not recommend to come here.

We chose the 10-course menu with wine paring. Highlights were a course with green peas, imaginative and flavorfull and green asparagus with tagliatelle from calamari. The main course was Waygu beef, well prepared, great match with the Vega Sicilia Pintia, however, the beef famously contains 50% fat which I could not stomach . But then the misses: First and foremost - the toast served with the foie gras was burned black to a crisp, inedible. The not even dime sized dollop of reduced aromatic liqueur was way too small for the substantial amount of uninspired foie gras. The dish was paired with a white Pinot Noir, a total miss pairing wise. The filled cabbage course had potential flavor-wise but was so mushy that it totally missed the point. The bouillabaisse with red mullet smelled so fishy that I only took one bite. The cheese course was made with Osseau-Iraty with figs and paired with a white Port. Another miss pairing wis. The wines were average, definitely not meeting expectations and the pairings were often not too great. The service was choreographed, making it far from invisible. To sum it up: my expectations were high, but I walked away deflated. So was my wallet: the bill was almost 450 euros.

It was a feast for the senses—every bite, scent, and sight pure perfection—until the bill arrived. The wine pairing? A dazzling betrayal, doubling the price but not the magic. Stunning, yet staggering.