This place is great for food and atmosphere; and middling to service.
The BF and I had one of those group buy coupons and was coming up fast on expiry date so we had to either use it or lose it.
So the Fifth Grill is only open 3 days a week (Thursday - Saturday) - I do recommend making reservations - but maybe request not to sit on the Terrace. The Terrace isn't bad and is very pretty and quiet - if you don't encounter the fire engines going out on a call you'll be ok. But hearing the sirens on the terrace can ruin the mood if you are looking to play a little bit of footsie with your date.
Arriving is pretty cool - as they escort you in via the Club entrance - and you go up in the freight elevator - i felt very VIPish upon arrival.
Food - I'll breakdown here.
Crabcake - was good, lots of crab; but we thought it was a touch too oily and there was suppose to some wasabi in there; we weren't able to taste it at all.
10 oz. flat iron steak with frites - the steak was cooked perfectly and the pepper sauce just peppery enough. The frites were overcooked and dry - even mayo and ketchup couldn't save these fries.
Truffled risotto - this was really good - I think I should have ordered this as a main; because I couldn't finish my steak and I think both of us wanted more of that risotto.
The Fifth sundae - perfect for sharing! The vanilla ice cream was just the right balance with the candied pecans adding the crunch texture - with the hot chocolate sauce on the side - we added about a quarter of it on the Sundae - and like I said perfect for sharing.
Service - was a little eh - wasn't bad - but I was expecting a little bit more. There was this gap between our food - were we couldn't find our server for some minor stuff - plus she had disappeared with the BFs cc when we got the bill and they had forgotten to apply the discount from the group buy coupon - for a long time that we had to send someone after her to check on it.