First to the good points: the atmosphere and the service were good.
Now, to the OK points: the music choices were OK but way too loud.
But to the main point: while the food is creative and tasty, in no way is this a restaurant for dinner. Each dish/portion is the size of a tapas plate, but priced at a full entree/mains level. This is precious, self-indulgent food, all about showing off the executive chef's culinary whims and not at all about serving a clientele with any appetite.
Perhaps we might not have minded had we been on an expense account, or had drunk so much that we no longer noticed, but we left feeling we had been taken advantage of. This restaurant is all about the chef, and not about the diner. We didn't patronize it to be trendy, we went there to eat. And not at such an expensive price point.
And as someone who's lived and eaten all over the US, I sure didn't recognize any of the Southern US cuisines supposedly riffed upon here....