Ristorante Elysium - Sector 1

This is the posh restaurant of Therme, probably created to those who would not be caught dead in a “Push-the-Tray” self-service Fast Food Cafeteria. Since it was our first time in Therme and a celebrity day over it, we decided to try. It has a fusion menu, it welcomes you with real tables and chairs and the firm request that you wear a bathrobe. It wants to present the appearance of a somewhat elegant living room, but it is just as elegant as you can be in a public swimming pool, where the parquet – unfathomable design choice – will be sourced from wet and steam, especially as the place is on the same corridor as most saunas. The menu has only a small number of dishes that usually signals a high-quality kitchen. You all have signaled Geography-heavy names that give us suspicious hard selling. And they were all paid accordingly. You wanted a table cloth, cutlery and wait. The Santa Monica Cheesy Bacon Burger was nice, after American Burger-Fiend-Hubby, but he had to deal with it with a fork and knife for excessive drippiness. The accompanying “foot potato chips” as described in the menu were thick and not crispy enough without obtaining this description. And the “homemade ketchup relish” tasted like “half simple tomatoes salsa, half average ketchup”, according to my husband. The Mongolian duck with rice noodles was described in the menu as “Tender marinated duck breast with orange, hoisin and ginger sauce, accompanied by wok sown rice noodles with bamboo and soy sauce”. Enough to make the mouthwater if you are in this kind of things I am. Unfortunately, the duck breast was overboiled and dry, with increasable skin, an unpredictable sin for a dish, the part of the menu section pompous with the title “Chef Handre Signature Menu”. The noodles that had just lost the al-dente feeling and had turned into a mushy-sticky mass were also overcooked. And the flavors described in the menu – orange, hoisins sauce, ginger – were nowhere to taste. I counted three small pieces of bamboo and zero bean sprouts. I was glad we had postponed the order of dessert because we experimented at that time. And pay for it. Speaking of paying, be advised that the only mineral water this place serves is Italian, therefore price at 8 Lei (approx. 1.75 Eur) for 250ml., in a country where mineral water plentiful and normally at 3-5 lei 0.5l in any restaurant of the same class as this. So if in thermal spa... go to the Palm Cafeteria, which at least doesn't like being something that it isn't.

I understand that the restaurant is not the focus on spa, but the pools and thermal water. But Elysium is not a canteen, but actually a restaurant. And for the prices we paid, we expected quality food. We had mushrooms porcinni and truffle pasta that had no taste. The fish grill was burned and bitter. The best we could eat were brunettes. The menu sounds good, but the food itself is bad. I think it's better to eat in the palm area, at least there you can see from the beginning what you buy.

I understand that the restaurant is not the focus at Therme, but the pools and thermal water. But Elysium is not a canteen but actually a restaurant. And for the prices we paid we expected quality food.We had fungi porcinni and truffles pasta which had no taste. The seafood grill was burnt and bitter. Th best we could eat were some bruschettes.The menu sounds good but the food itself is poor.I think is better to eat in the Palm area, at least there you can see from the beginning what you are buying.

This is the "posh" restaurant of Therme, probably created to cater to those who wouldn’t be caught dead in a “push-the-tray” self-service / fast food cafeteria. Since it was our first time in Therme and a celebratory day on top of that, we decided to give it a try. It boasts a fusion menu, it welcomes you with real tables and chairs and the firm request you wear a bath robe. It wishes to present the look of a somewhat elegant living room but it is only as elegant as you can be in a public swimming pool, where the parquet – unfathomable design choice – will swell from wetness and steam, especially since the place is on the same hallway as most of the saunas.The menu only has a small number of dishes, which, normally, signals quality cuisine. They all have geography-heavy names, which to us signalled suspicious hard sell. And they all were priced accordingly. You did want a table cloth, silverware and waiting staff, after all.The Santa Monica Cheesy Bacon burger was nice, according to American burger-fiend hubby, albeit he had to tackle it with a fork and knife due to excessive drippiness. The accompanying “fried potato chips”, as the menu described them, were thick and not crunchy enough, undeserving of said description. And the “homemade ketchup relish” tasted as “half plain tomato salsa, half average ketchup”, according to my husband.The Mongolian Duck with Rice Noodles was described in the menu as “Tender marinated duck breast tossed with orange, hoisin and ginger sauce, accompanied by wok tossed rice noodles with bamboo and soya sprouts”. Enough to make one’s mouth water, if you’re into that sort of thing, which I am. Sadly, the duck breast was overcooked and dry, with unchewable skin, an unforgivable sin for a dish that is part of the menu section pompously titled “Chef Handre’s Signature Menu”. Also overcooked were the noodles which had just lost the al-dente feel and had turned into a mushy-sticky mass. And the flavours described in the menu – orange, hoisin sauce, ginger – were nowhere to be tasted. I counted three small pieces of bamboo and zero bean sprouts.I was glad we had postponed ordering dessert because by this time we were done experimenting. And paying for it. Speaking of paying, be advised that the only mineral water this place serves is Italian, therefore priced at 8 lei (approx. 1.75 Eur) for 250ml., in a country where mineral water is plentiful and normally priced at 3-5 lei / 0.5l in any restaurant of the same class as this.So, when in Therme… go to the Palm cafeteria which at least doesn’t pretend to be something it isn’t.

Abbiamo trascorso 2 giorni di completo relax alle terme. Vi sono almeno due ristoranti, abbiamo mangiato benissimo: pasta cotta e condita al momento, puntine di maiale, pollo, polpettine di patate, insalate, hamburgers, dolci. Di tutto. nel pomeriggio, abbiamo fatto merenda con le crepes. Prezzi nella media.