This was my first time at this restaurant. I had heard that the food was wonderful. The food did turn out to be excellent but the service was terrible. Considering the prices, I would have expected better service. There was no welcome. After we were seated, the waiter did not come back to the table for w full ten minutes. When she came back, there were no pleasantries, such as "Do you have any questions?" She said " do you know what you want to order?". We ordered a first course, which was wonderful. When the first course came, there was no effort to clear the plates that were already on the table. We ended up holding plates in the air until the main course was on the table. When we looked around the at the rest of the tables, the wait staff did the same thing to other tables. I saw many guests holding plates in the air to make room for their new courses. Because the wait staff was no unprofessional and leadened, the dinner was ruined. It is a shame because the food was so good. When you spend $140 for dinner for 4, you expect service.