This review is for the restaurant only. Had reservations at 9pm and were immediately told that the kitchen was WAAAY backed up and we would need to wait 15-20 minutes. No problem. Got seated and our server Jason is the ONLY reason I didn't give The Mez 1 star. Apparently the kitchen staff were decompensating and unable to keep up. Also, not a problem. We weren't in any hurry and wanted a chill delicious dinner. If it takes super long for my food to come out, it better be good. Sent the calamari back twice because it tasted like powdered soggy batter. BTW...I was soooo looking forward to the calamari because I had it once before. So we got the crabcakes instead, o.k. but very crabby and salty tasting. The bibb salad had about 5 balls of blue cheese and 3 bacon bits on the whole salad. My $27 ribeye tasted like a cheap sirloin from chilis, was dry and not medium as I requested. There was a small amount of pink on the tip of one edge. Asparagus was yummy though. My reservations were at 9 as previously stated and we left the restaurant at about 11:45pm. Manager never came around to check on us. Also the drinks were kind of gross and we each had 2 different ones(so 4 total). The kicker however is when we left the restaurant my friend realized she didn't have her gloves in her purse. We looked around on the ground and went back to the hostess stand to ask them if they found them. The manager looked up from his phone briefly to tell us " I don't know I'm off" then went back to looking at his phone. At that point we had had enough so a little argument ensued between my friend and the manager who was now "off". I will most likely go back to The Mez for a movie and a drink but NEVER for dinner again!! Also, this place was way too loud for an upscale restaurant, and I don't mean the music but the reverberation of voices within the restaurant.