It has all kind of been said as far as this place goes, so I will keep this brief.
1. The food is delicious (I had the citron chili with tofu and my girlfriend had the pad thai), but the portion sizes are way too small. Fate was probably the first Asian restaurant I ever walked away from feeling like I did not have enough to eat.
2. Where is the host or hostess? I am not sure what it is about hip new restaurants and not having a system set in place for people to be seated, but it is annoying, frustrating, awkward, and somewhat embarrassing for the patrons who end up standing in the middle of a restaurant looking around for some sort of guidance. Honestly, just a small sign saying "please wait to be seated" would be fantastic.
3. The service was uneven. We had to wait a bit to figure out if we seat ourselves or if we wait for one of the staff (it was the latter). Once seated, we waited several minutes before our waitress came over to take our order, but we did get our food quickly after ordering; then, we did not see our waitress again until she was bringing us our check.
Fate really deserves two and a half stars rather than three.