Just had dinner at the new Rue 254 tonight. Place was packed. It was nice to see what they did with the place from the old Winking Lizard. Nicely done inside. Our table of six had issues with their order. They ran out of particular steak but it was substituted with another at no additional charge. My husbands and my strip steak had a lot of gristle but still flavorful. My BIGGEST COMPLAINT is the NOISE LEVEL upstairs. It has an open ceiling with no noise buffer at all. I could not hear the conversations going on at my table, much less my girlfriend sitting next to me. I felt like a third wheel. It seemed like all the tables were competing with each other to be heard. I'm sorry, but I want to be able to enjoy my dinner and my friends and be able to talk and be heard and not have a shouting match. I won't be back again until they resolve their noise issue. It was not a happy evening for me.