This is my third time to Red and the second time at the new location. Although I live in Chicago I am in Madison on most weekends, so I don't eat here as often as I would like. I would give the food a 5 star, service a 3 star and bar a 2 star and here is why.
Food is really great, I have never ordered anything that was disappointing and continue to try new items. Seaweed Salad with cucumbers was my new favorite this trip.
Service ... clearly they were busy, however learn to not swamp the servers. Just because a table is open doesn't mean you should seat guests if the service is going to be spotty. We were seated in the bar and our waiter had tables in the restaurant and only our table in the bar. After being seated we waited at least 15 minutes before our order was taken. Our sushi (3 rolls and 4 pieces) arrived 3 minutes before our appetizers. So here is our small 2 top table with sushi already served and then our salads show up. Strange and not really acceptable. Although our server was friendly and professional the restaurant did not help set him up for success.
Bar ... clearly slammed! Disappointed that they don't have beer in tap, but I can get past that. We ordered Soporro and it was room temperature at best, the next one we asked to have on ice before we opened and after 15 minutes on ice (without a beverage) it was still only moderately better.
All of the issues that I had are all fixable, which is why I am giving this a 4 star ... now if I go back and I experience these issues again, well then that's another story.