Brought my wife here to celebrate her birthday - everything was wonderful and we were both very pleased. The food was excellent and seemed to be "authentic" yet on par with today's standards. The service was excellent, we wanted to for nothing despite the place being packed. There was a large table next to us where the patrons were....gregarious, (read: loud) but I guess that's just how it goes. They too were celebrating a birthday and they outnumbered us (and outvolumned us). So, I would have preferred a quieter ambiance but at least it was lively.
Made reservations in advance and noted we were celebrating a birthday - they surprise-comped two desserts. I thought that was pretty classy.
All in all I cannot express how pleased we were with the quality of the food. We will definitely be back sooner than later. Also looking forward to trying the other related restaurants now.