I'm raving about Crush.
I have been several times, and once I got past the space-age looking furniture and "see and be seen" crowd, I sat down and tasted the food.
Ah, the food. The only criticism I can offer for the kitchen is that the food is sometimes too much -- too good, too delicious, too rich and wonderful -- and so I have to roll out the door and to my car instead of walking. The short ribs are divine -- a very decadent and yet familiar homage to your mom's pot roast taken 5 levels higher. I think the kitchen staff must work hard to create mini-mouth-orgasms that amazing, and I give a big "thank you" to the chef Jason for his consistent standards of excellence.
This restaurant isn't getting a ton of hype from nearly every major food and wine magazine in the country for nothing....
I have consistently found the wait staff to be pleasant and attentive, and very knowledgeable about what they are serving you including what wines or drinks from the bar might complement, etc.
And, to give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt -- Crush has done well with the volume of people who flock to their doors at the Seattlites favorite eating hours (7 and 8) by keeping their standards high.
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