This is the second time I have been here. Was a 5-star the first time. This time, the food was still impeccable, the service was friendly, but a few issues:
1) We were celebrating a birthday, and one friend could not make it. He did surprise us by getting us a bottle of wine with an accompanying note. I really appreciated that the restaurant accommodated this; however, the person who brought the wine and read the note did so while one of our party was in the restroom, and it just happened to be the birthday boy. No excuse for not waiting until our entire party was there to bring that over.
2) The pacing was not consistent. After we were seated and with drinks, we ordered appetizers. They brought out the bread (use the lardo); shortly after that, the appetizers. Then the pasta course. Maybe 10-15 minutes between each. Then about a half hour wait for our entrees (brought by runners) and then a half hour at least until we got the check. After they brought the pasta course, our server was no where to be seen for about an hour, and no one asked it we wanted another round of drinks, bottle of wine, etc. before or during our entrees.
Don't get me wrong, this is a phenomenal restaurant and the food is fantastic, but at a place like this with the prices we paid I expect near perfection, and this time there were a few glitches that prevented me from rating this 5 stars. I'm sure I'll visit again, and would definitely adjust this to 5 stars if these kinks were worked out.