I go to this place because it's close, but to be honest it just about drives me crazy. The ambience is great, the bar is great -- it really should be, well, great. But it ain't...
I have been there with business associates four times in the past two months -- twice sitting at the bar and twice at a cocktail table. Every single time the wait and bar staff were just not good. Not friendly, not available, not interested. Very hard to put in a drink order. Very hard to get a water glass filled. Very hard to order food. Every time. If you're interested in a place to sit down and talk without having to spend any money, this might be your place because it's near impossible to order a drink. The only challenge with that is half the time they have an "extremely-loud-for-the-amount-of-people-in-the-bar-talking" type of atmosphere. If you're patient, the food is pretty good.
All that said, since it's in such a great location, I'm sure I will have to get back in the saddle again, however. I just hope they get serious about service.