I went here during the holiday and had an excellent meal. I can agree that the booth fabric is quite terrible but the food is great. I expected to be let down for some reason as when I usually try something that looks like it should be a great place it usually isn't (Nobuo, god you're terrible!). We had the shrimp,mushroom,crab lump then I had the filet mignon and she had the cedar plank salmon. I had a tea and she had two of the orange martinis. Here are a couple points:
The appetizer was very good I was surprised how tasty it was, perfect mixture of the ingredients.
It was lunch but they allowed me to order from the dinner menu which was great cause I really wanted a steak. The steak itself was on par with Phoenix City Grille
which is good but I have yet to find one that compares to Circa 1900's but it is better than anything in current memory.
My girlfriend loved the martinis, she is usually underwhelmed but this place and Switch seem to be her new faves.
The salmon was cooked exactly the way she wanted and she really liked it.
The staff we encountered were super accommodating the waitress was prompt and ready for a refill at all times and I go through 6 glasses of tea easily. One of the cooks(kitchen staff?) who brought the meals out also was helpful in that regard as well as the person whom I believe was the manager who came over and delivered the second martini.
So great food for what we tried, great drinks, killer service, and some odd fabric choices(should you even care?)