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| - Five stars for the food. Delicious, imaginative, remarkable. I wish I could give a separate review for service, without lowering the food one. Our courses (we both got the tasting menu) were hurled at us one after another as if the staff couldn't wait to get us out of there. A few sips into our pre-dinner cocktail, the first course showed up, with wine pairing, and then the amuse bouche came. Whah? The amuse bouche should be served with the cocktail, and the first course shouldn't show up until the cocktail is done. We sprang for the wine pairings, we wanted those with our food, not leftover margarita.
For the rest of the meal, the second we stopped eating, the next course and wine arrived. This is not the way a fine dining experience should be. You pay that much, the meal should be relaxed, paced so you have time between courses to digest a little, finish each wine, and talk. The restaurant was not crowded, there was no one waiting, so no reason to rush us. The poor couple next to us had the dessert menu laid on their table when they were not even close to finishing their entrees. Message: Hurry up and get out of here.
Also, the levels of heat, which we loved, killed every wine they served (or maybe there wasn't much to taste anyway? We couldn't tell). I recommend sticking to beer (or they should offer craft beer pairings! That would be fabulous.).
If the pacing of the meal had been more professional we would have left crazy about the place. Since I don't see other people complaining, it might have been an aberration---chef had a hot date that night? But it kept our evening from being as good as the food deserved.
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