Spoting the restaurant's sign from the street was a little difficult. Street parking and valet was very nerve racking. The doormen at the entrance seemed a little odd, we felt like we were going to a very exclusive and stuffy club. But then we were warmly greeted by the beautiful hostesses who welcomed us to relax and have a cocktail in the lounge while the rest of our party showed. We waited a while until someone finally came and took our cocktail orders. The decor was absolutely wonderful and the sofas are quite comfortable. The whole overall feel of the lounge was very welcoming. But the air conditioning could have been turned down a bit. When we moved into the dining room the overall decor was absolutly spectacular! As I was gazing at the decor, I noticed the hostess had exchanged some of our napkins for black napkins which was an added touch. Before our first course we received an amuse which no one explained what it was. The food runners just happened to drop if off and run away. Our server then came by and explained what it was. He was very entertaining and answered most of our questions. 1/3 through our meal we were handed off to another server who didn't seem like he had any experience at all. He was very unattentive and couldn't answer any of our questions. He accidently spilled on one of our guests and seemed very standoffish and unprofessional. We had other staff continuously try to take away dishes that we were still eating from but wouldn't take away dishes that we didn't need anymore. Not to mention we sat for about 10 minutes after our entrees were dropped before we received any silverware. For the price we were charged we expected a little more service etiquette. Most of us didn't care for our dishes but the steak was absolutly delicious! I highly recommend it. Close to the end of our meal we finally got to witness the wine angel's flight which was very cute. After being halfway finished with our desserts, we still weren't offered coffee or tea. We had to flag down our server and when it finally came to our table the coffee was luke warm. After our meal we were offered a tour by the manager who was very sweet. But the hostess ended up giving us the tour which I beleive was the wine angel as well, talk about multi-tasking! The space was amazing. I didn't even know that there were so many other rooms available. We will definitely come back for drinks because we love the feel of the the overall space. And maybe we'll come back just the two of us for the steaks too. There is definitely some potential to the restaurant so hopefully they'll work out the kinks.
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