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| - Service: We've been here twice now and service has been shotty both times. The first time was when the restaurant first opened so perhaps they just had some kinks to work out. We had made reservations and the place was pretty empty when we showed up (we're old and like to have dinner earlier). The hostess stuck us in a weird side table next to the back room. We asked the server to be moved to a different table as it sounded like there was a private event going on in the room since it was pretty noisy. He did not seem pleased at all and it took a while to get moved (you know, the restaurant was soo busy and all..) The new server was not as knowledgable about the menu as we would have liked. He had to get back to us about some questions.
We went again recently and service doesn't seem to have improved much. Not only was the server not knowledgable like the first, the timing of our food was weird. Some things came out too quickly, and our main took way too long (so long, in fact, the server came and apologized twice). Let's get these people some more training, shall we??
Food: This place should be renamed to Bazaar Dessert instead. We had the $25 platter both times and every single piece was delicious. Can't rave enough about the desserts. We would come here just for that.
The oysters are delicious (both times), just make sure to ask for no pepper on them, unless you like it like that. The lamb neck, mushroom, and cauliflower vegetable sides are amazing.
Surprisingly, for a meat place, the red stuff isn't that great. The Kobe isn't anything special (the best we've had was at Providence in LA). We had the Mishima ribeye and one would think it would taste amazing. It is a $100+ piece of meat, after all. Sadly, it lacked flavor. The cocktails and Iberco Jamon are nothing special, save your money and get them elsewhere.
Overall, don't expect to be WOWed, and expect to spend more than what the stuff is actually worth. But do try the desserts, and it is still an interesting experience (menu/restaurant concept).
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