Reservation at 8:15, went to the bar first. Few minutes go by when bartender shows us a digital cocktail list. We order 4 cocktails. 10 minutes later we finally had them. Cool... Single big Ice cubes for rocks drinks and fun egg white foam for clever cocktails. Hostess sits us at about 9. No menus given [i get it they want you order wine before dinner] ok. But we had a long while to look at the menus at the bar. The server comes about 9:15 and asked for wine and cocktails order. We Order a bottle of wine. Takes about 20-25 minutes because it wasn't "chilled". Finally wine is served, it's a Pinot ... Could have served it to me right out of storage but anyway.... The entire service from sit down to water service to wine service (both times) to waiting for the dessert cart to roll around was a 3 hour experience. Way to long for this type of restaurant.
The veal was fried.
The bucatini was mediocre at best.
The spaghetti was an amazing house lemon sauce instead of red sauce... Which blows my mind. You can't have a spaghetti on the menu with a lemon sauce. Just breaks all the rules. However the fish was beautiful and light.
Asparagus soup was bland but the tricolor was yum
Octopus was to die for.
Aracinis were not my favorite.
And the dates, well.. I would have expected more.
This place is booked out for a long while and I know they are just getting the hang of things so I'll try it again in a month or so.