I have been to Essex 8-10 times. It was my go to place uptown. Tonight, we had a very disappointing experience. It took 45-1 hour for our food to arrive. After thirty minutes, I told the manager... he brought out two of seven dishes. My second dish never came so I cancelled it or we would have been very late for our concert. The server was unapologetic and kept telling us how busy the kitchen was... that's not our problem. We made a reservation with the expectation they would serve us food... this experience will make me think twice about coming back anytime soon