I came here with my family after reading and hearing rave-reviews about this "institution" of a place. The service was decent, a bit slower than I had expected, but our waiter was nice and everyone was very professional and polite. We got the goat cheese salad as an appetizer which was good but not exceptional. For our main courses we had the quail and wild rice, duck confit with salad, hangar steak, and steak tartare. All were very good except my father didn't like the tartare (note this is the first time he's ever had it and he's not too partial to French food). We all enjoyed our meals and were really full - I thought the portions were very generous for a French restaurant.
The exceptional part of the evening was the dessert: the floating island which was this delicious mixture of eggwhite and caramel and deliciousness...hard to describe but the perfect size for 4 people to share after a filling meal. We will consider coming back just for the dessert!