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| - Oy. Where to begin?? My colleague and I went here for a nice dinner and boy, what a let-down. We arrived at 4:50pm and the hostess told us that we'd have to wait until 5pm to be seated. I've worked in restaurants for 10+ years and let me tell you- at 10 minutes prior to "opening", a restaurant is ready to go. There is no reason to not seat someone. Period. So, we went to the bar for a glass of wine. Approached the bar and the bartender was writing something in a big book, and apparently we interrupted his concentration. We asked for the wine list and asked him if he had a Malbec he'd recommend. He frowned and said, "What's Malbec??". Seriously? You are in a "top" steakhouse and don't know what Malbec is?? We ordered a bottle of wine and sat there for probably 20 minutes, then finally we were told our table was ready. We asked the server at the bar to split the bill in 1/2 and he looked terrified and said, "Ohhh I don't know if I can do that. I have to call a manager..." Seriously?? I mean, I didn't ask him to cut off his arm, just split the bill in 1/2. We were seated and apparently no one in the restaurant had heard of Malbec. The food was solid, but when they say the side orders serve TWO- think again. This is not like a Morton's steakhouse. The servings were small. We ordered coffee and dessert and I will say it was delicious. It was just very awkward~ the service, awkward. And the atmosphere is rather old-school. The crowd was also an older crowd, you get the feeling they live there. Would I go here again? Not unless I had to. Sorry.
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