My girlfriends and i go out for restaurant week all the time. I was disappointed to find out this was the only restaurant we could get a reservation most recently as all the other nicer restaurants were booked solid.\r
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I was very nervous to eat here as I had read so many terrible reviews online. GF's and I are all very successful businesswomen adn don't want to waste our time and money on bad food and terrible service.\r
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Overall, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. The doorman was a little strange, he hung out outside of the unmarked and unnumbered restaurant dressed and acting like a patron of the restaurant, talking on his cell phone, not paying attention to people outside wondering if it was the right door. So finally I just walked in and he jumps over and opens the door for me, I foudn out he did the same thing to all of my girlfriends as we arrived at different times and none of us had been there before. \r
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The space is beautiful. It's very large and open, makes me think of a very trendy and upscale cheesecake factory as they can really pack em' in. The food was much better than people give it credit and I've been to all the nice restaurants in the city. Another cheese-cakelike move, they don't let you order only appetizers, everyone has to order an entree. What are we 15 years old? At a nice place like this they should let you do whatever the heck you want. Also, I tried to order a cocktail different from the drink menu and they wouldn't let me. I don't know if the waitress was too dumb to understand or if it was their policy, but they couldn't make a regular saketini, I had to have the disgusting fruit compote added. \r
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I will not go back, but I don't regret going. It wasn't as bad as people say and actually kind of a fun experience.\r
Pros: Beautiful Space, great food
Cons: Snooty and too many rules
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