I had been hearing a lot recently about the Ace Hotel and Whitfield Restaurant and so my boyfriend and I decided to give it a try. In considering the entire experience, we must begin with parking. The Ace Hotel and Whitfield Restaurant are in East Liberty in an area with challenging-to-find street parking. The Ace Hotel offers valet parking and I would guess they would valet park for the Whitfield as well, but I dislike paying for valet parking, so we went with street parking. When we went inside the lobby and over to the entrance to the restaurant, we encountered an unenthused, lackluster hostess who got the experience off to a rather dreadful start. Our waiter was friendly enough but was incredibly inattentive and we could see him chatting with co-workers at the entrance to the kitchen when we were trying to get our check (and failing to catch his attention). As for the food itself, it was average at best. I had an omelet that was rather flavorless and my boyfriend had buttermilk pancakes that were a nice consistency but also quite flavorless. I wouldn't recommend the food and when we factor in the rather inflated prices given what we had ordered, I would certainly not recommend this place or the food (and forget about the service). I won't be returning.