I've been to Fate many times with many assortments of friends. Best elements: Cocktails, when the chillies cooking in the kitchen totally burn your throat at your table, their recent expansion with that weird tree made out of concrete supports (you know what I mean... ), the steamed bun appetizer, the tofu, and the time I thought I saw my friend stuff her egg roll into a spring roll wrapper to eat it. Worst elements: the slightly pretentious seating policy on first Fridays, and the time I threw up the eggplant special (which, incidentally, I have not seen on the menu in some years), the price of the cocktails (I've become quite adept at recreating my favorites at home for a fraction of the price... plus then I don't have to drive! I tricked you, world).