So when my friend Jordan says, “There’s a new menu out, you have to solve puzzles and eat 9 courses and its only £46… wanna go?” The answer was of course YES!
Now I don’t know about you but this girl grew up on the Crystal Maze, so give me a puzzle, paired with food and wine, and i’m in alllll day!

The fantabulous Six by Nico has launched a new problem solving 9 course (plus the option of 2 buy on courses) taster menu. When you walk in, you are armed with an adventurers toolkit, and the journal of Nicolas Bogg, 6BN’s equivalent of Indiana Jones. To say I was excited about it is an understatement

Before the problem solving gets underway, the first three courses are served together tapas style. Featuring a pork croquette, celeriac skewer served with pulled beef and Asian slaw, and a cucumber gazpacho. Small punchy plates with lots of flavour, my handy hint for this course is to leave the gazpacho until the end, as the cucumber is also paired with a citrus twang to it that perfectly cuts through the meaty tastes of the other two courses, and acts as an excellent palette cleanser.

Its kind of strange writing about this one, as I really dont want to give too much away and spoil the quest, but, the next courses take you on a tour of the 6 wonders of the World found by Nicolas Bogg. You are taken to Greece, Rome, Egypt, Asia, Brazil and India, with the food reflecting those countries influence in the tastes of the food too. Each course is a different clue, and you need the clues to solve the puzzle at the end to get to the treasure….

Food wise, for me, I enjoyed every course. The food was fresh to the plate, all with tasty strong flavours. I liked the fact it wasn’t just one country’s influence like the majority of the menus are, so the flavours were totally different for each course. I have eaten at 6BN quite a few times and there’s usually one course I’m a bit meh on as you can’t cater for everyone all of the time, but not this time. For me the stand out dishes were the Statue of Zeus at Olympia which was a Black Olive Beignet, Smoked Beef & Ashed Curds, and the dessert, and, The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was Bee Pollen, Honey Parfait, Sour Yoghurt, Brown Butter & Burnt Citrus. It honestly was soooo good and I’m not a dessert girl at all.

One of the great things about this is that you can do cocktail pairing to the menu, or wine pairing. Jordan went for the cocktails (additional £40) , and I went for the wine pairing (additional £30). I personally think this is a bargain as thats 6 glasses of wine, or 6 cocktails! Our excellent server Jade, was so very good and explained each one for us and why they were paired too (honestly if anyone from 6BN Cardiff is reading this – Jade rules!!!!), but the one downside to the pairing of the courses…. being squiffy does nothing to help the problem solving skills, but we had a fabulous Sunday Funday! 😂😂

My verdict on this is that there’s nothing like it out there and they are definitely on to a good thing here. For me I LOVED the inter-activeness of it all. If you want a quiet meal, maybe wait for one of the other menus in the next couple of weeks, but if you are meeting with friends, or are a couple who loves playing board games or escape rooms.. this menu is for you. By the way, squiffy or not squiffy, we solved the puzzle and got the treasure! 🪙🏴‍☠️
The Six Wonders of the World menu is running until 1st June and to book and check out the menu go to https://www.sixbynico.co.uk/six-wonders/. Be quick though, this one will sell out.