When you enter the Neichel, you don't become aware of the decoration, the light or the sound dampening in isolation: you get the impression of a whole that breathes well-being and predicts a good meal. Nothing is strident or brusque.
There is a harmony of greys and ochres, almost white greys and ochres with red dots. There are neither few nor many pieces of furniture, neither very small distances, nor "Grand Luxe" nor asceticism.
Once having crossed the entrance area, with the bar painted by Maria Girona, the style will have continuity at the tables. The dim light that enters through the small garden that opens in front of the restaurant is nuanced by the thick walls lined with wood. In the other corner, the service takes place, that is, the delivery and departure of dishes from the kitchen. It is the necessary way of gastronomic activity.
Once daytime is over, the restaurant seems to light up almost by magic at night. There are practically no points of light other than those presiding over each of the furniture-offices that separate the dining room from the service corridor.
The kitchens are the counterpoint to so much silence and perfection. A frenetic activity is bubbling there: it is the engine of every great establishment.
The Neichel restaurant won the FAD award for interior design in 1981.
