This rating is a combination of two elements, food and service. Food = 5 stars, Service = 1.5.
Food:
I have dined here twice. I do not recall what I had on my first visit, but I know I left happy and someone I was with at the time said it was one of the best meals they ever had. I went again a couple weeks ago and got the Parallels menu. If you are unfamiliar that menu comes with five courses. Each course has two distinct dishes with one common ingredient. I have never seen anything like this and loved the concept. Everything was cooked to perfection and I really enjoyed every course. One of the people I was with ordered the salmon and was not happy with the the dish, not the way it was cooked (overdone).
Service:
The service was done in a team of two. The first server was very nice, gave us our menus answered any quick questions and then disappeared forever. Too bad. Our second server was terrible. Horrible at answering our questions on the menu, always in a huge hurry, and didn't seem to care at all about the service. Although I did not buy the wine, I will add this from the person who did: The electronic menu SUCKS! and our sommelier was great and very helpful. A restaurant of this caliber has to excel in all areas and sadly Aureole nailed the food 75% and completely blew the service.