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| - This place drips early-2000's-one-word-eponym-not-quite-ultra-loungey-but-wear-your-Vivienne-Westwood-anything-while-channeling-your-ironic-Malcolm-McLaren-umbra that one would see somewhere in a place like Brentwood.
I want to like it more, and how I've tried, after several tens of visits, including brunch, lunch, happy hour, prebars, permabar, and last call.
It nudges 4 stars, but I just never feel at ease here. I'm pretty sure its the heavy-handed 2003 theme, the chrome furniture, the beginners attempt at infused vodka, and the apologetically casual service.
Its Skybar without the attitude, and no one goes to Skybar anymore. I want the Chateau.
The drinks are fine, and 2-4-1 happy hour is genuinely class. The staff is put together very well and generally handsome, which is all anyone here really asks for anyway. Their menu has deft appeal and the patio is spacious.
Its just, well, Fez needs a 2008 update and until then, its strictly happy hour and some foot tappin to 'God is a DJ'.
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