I had heard great things about this restaurant but left feeling very, very disappointed.\r
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My wife and I were in a group of 4 people. My wife is a vegetarian (though fish eating) and our friends do not eat red meat. \r
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When we asked if substitutions were possible from the vegetarian menu the waiter said he would have to ""negotiate"" with the chef..... he then lef t us in limbo for 10 minutes and replied in a very offhand way when we asked for an update that he had managed to get the chef to agree to substitutions... Normally at gourmet/fine dining restaurants there is no problem with substitutions.\r
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When the food finally arrived the first course was a rather bland fig and parma ham salad. \r
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The second course was a fish course with possibly the worst buerre blanc sauce I have ever had. In the sauce were capers; I have never had capers with such little flavour before.\r
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The main course was hugely disappointing: massively overcooked vegetables - which actually tasted unpleasant rather than merely bland as a result of overcooking - and a duck au poivre that was so heavily salted and with so much pepper that the flavour of the duck was totally overpowered.\r
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By this stage I had lost my appetite and didn't have any dessert. My dining companions soldiered on but having been similarly disappointed by the preceding courses they reported that the desserts were mediocre at best.\r
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It amazes me that this place is ranked so highly - there are many far better restaurants in the San Francisco area.
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