I really wanted to like this place because of all the great recommendations from friends who have had a wonderful experience, albeit a pricey one (but it is fine dining so what else should I expect?). So I was pretty disappointed that my experience was, well, disappointing.
We went for brunch. We were a large party, so again - what should I expect? The decor was nice and I was really hungry. Due to dietary issues, I asked if the chef could make a traditional hollandaise for the Eggs Benedict, not the chipotle version, and the answer was no (there were two large parties at the time, so what should I expect?). The server explained that they make all the Hollandaise up in the morning (they what?), so I immediately figured that the Benedict was not going to meet my expectations. The kind server brought me a sample to see if I could tolerate the chipotle they used in place of lemon, and it was then the server told me then that the chef uses Tabasco sauce, not chipotle. The menu said chipotle, which is nowhere close to the peppers used in Tabasco. So that left me scratching my head. Still, the hollandaise I sampled was pretty bland.
I opted instead for a simple platter of scrambled eggs, bacon, fried breakfast potatoes, with a side of pancakes. The server actually did a pretty good job of getting all meals to the table at about the same time. It all looked good. But the fried potatoes on my plate were refrigerator-cold. I have never had this happen in any restaurant, let alone a fine dining restaurant. I wondered at this point if maybe this was some sort of new-fangled potato salad? No, the server assured me they were supposed to be served hot. She whisked my plate away to have the chef fix it. Who would refrigerate fried potatoes and then reheat them? I'm not an expert, but I do know that re-heated fried anything is pretty disgusting.
Thankfully I had pancakes to eat while I waited and honestly those were pretty good. When the new plate came out, if I had to guess, I would say the potatoes had been microwaved because the heat in the center of them was volcanically hot, but the outsides not so much. So after a sub-standard meal not at all representative of fine dining or even the quality one would expect from a greasy spoon -- where I had limp bacon and average eggs, hot tea, and a dessert (that had to be substituted because they were out of what I ordered, then didn't arrive with the others) -- I paid over $50 including 20% gratuity for reheated leftovers. Ordinarily I would give restaurants as lauded as this one a second chance, because anyone can have a bad day, but I just can't justify it at these prices.
TLDR: brunch was well below average quality for well above average prices. Dinner might be better. read more