My biggest exposure to the Met has been walking by the patio in the summer while bar hopping. I would sometimes suggest it as a place to go, but my friends would glance over and look at the plastic girls and the disturbingly metrosexual guys and it would get vetoed. Always vetoed. I'm also a bit young for the night time meat market... The Met after work and the Met at night are two very different animals.
I've been in a few times for work functions and nice dinners. I really love their cocktails - yummy and girly and well presented. Very sex and the city. The food was pretty tasty, though expensive, but not quite to my tastes. All a little too standard, although excellently executed. I loved the decor. And the bathrooms. Beautiful. Bathroom heaven, my friends.