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| - The cocktails here are sublime. Oliver, the man behind the bar, is a veritable 'cocktail whisperer' . Our cocktails were made brilliantly, better than you can find anywhere else.
The old world, luxury ambience makes for a great celebratory setting, although somewhat noisy. The napkins were made of synthetic material, not of the calibre that one would expect and there were no tablecloths.
When you walk in, and as you sit down you are swarmed with people so it is very confusing as to,who is a hostess, who is in charge of wine, who is in charge of your table, who is a manager, and who, if anyone, will take your coat? As my friend I was dining with said "far too many servers and far too little service". Our service was very slow, it was over an hour before we actually got something to eat.
The wine list is a series of pictures of wine labels provided to you on a tablet, quite difficult to navigate between different genres and countries. It makes the choosing tedious and much less easy than to simply read a wine list classified according to normal types. On top of that! The Burgundy that we chose we were told was no longer in stock! Why have sophisticated technology when it can't even keep track of inventory?
We had the Caesar made beside our table which was professionally done and recommended. It was very garlicky.
The Tuna tartar was soft, deep red but not particularly tasty. There was some tough seaweed with it. The avocado went well with it, but overall it was too delicate for my unrefined taste. Plenty to share for two but not a recommended choice.
We had the Wagu tenderloin tasting, ($250) which is a once-in-a-lifetime a fascinating experience. It arrived somewhat cold, but that didn't detract from the experience so much. The American was tougher than the other two, tasty, soft and sweet. It was more like a steak that one would recognise. The Japanese was lighter, very soft - like chocolate or butter. The Australian was more tough than the Japanese, (but not at all tough), darker and had a richer taste than the other two. We had the hand cut potatoes - they weren't really fries - which I suspect had not seen any duck fat as advertised. The asparagus arrived cold with congealed butter. The spinach was fine.
You might like this as a 'one-time try' sort of place, but it is very pretentious, noisy and not good value for money. (For close to $1,000 for two people all in, it was poor value).
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