The restaurant is highly reviewed and beautifully presented. We had not intended to eat here but changed our mind and decided to treat ourselves.
We walked into the restaurant and were not really greeted, which is okay, but the layout and the style lends itself...to being seated by a server. We were sort of grunted at and told to sit wherever we wanted. No problem. We chose a table, but right away we both felt awkward, and witnessed the same for several other customers coming in after. The server was quite stern and not too friendly, he asked for out drinks order and seemed put out when we asked for a drinks menu. It turns out that they don't have one. He went to find an iPad with the drinks on it. Again we witnessed the a same for several other customers, just awkward.
We ordered steaks, we weren't asked how we wanted them cooked. The food was nice, but nothing to phone home about.
Maybe we went on a bad day, but there was no atmosphere, no music, bad service. No one was laughing or talking or seemingly enjoying themselves. We just regretted it, especially as it was the last meal of the holiday.
The service by one particular head server set the tone, really. Otherwise, I think it may have been a much more pleasant experience.
I'm sorry to leave a poor review but it was very disappointing and not a good experience.More