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| - I was really looking forward to this and was expecting to be wowed. Unfortunately I set my expectations too high. The theme seems to be shareable plates, thoughtfully and simply prepared. A worthy goal, but to me there's a subtle line between "simply prepared" and "I could have easily made this at home myself". Things started off well with carpaccio and radicchio, followed by a truly delicious tomato salad, and then started going downhill with slightly overdone quail, and then fairly pedestrian lamb and bland cornish hen (would have preferred to order the sea bass, but they were out). Everything was capably done, but unmemorable.
I can say the service was excellent. Our waiter was pleasant, and professional without being too formal, and provided us with excellent wine pairings for each course.
Because it's such a tight space, other diners can really impact your evening. We were seated next to four insipid young male "professionals" who droned on endlessly and loudly about their $500 t-shirts and 100k credit limits, sprinkling their inane conversation liberally with f-bombs. Very distracting and unpleasant, and there was no escaping them. Bizarrely, they were self-aware enough to remark that they were sure the rest of the diners couldn't wait for them to leave. I think I would recommend trying to be seated at the counter - it looked like people were having a good time there.
Overall, it wasn't inspiring enough for me to return, or to recommend.
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