"We were really excited to give this place a try, and honestly it was one of the more disappointing restaurants we've been to in quite some time. The atmosphere is fine, but it's quite loud in there. Thankfully the kitchen is only pseudo-open (plexiglass allows diner to see but not necessarily hear what's going on back there, which I actually liked a lot in a world still full of places with played-out open kitchens). The shrine to himself Jeremy has built on the wall on the way to the bathrooms is sort of perturbing. People know who he is, he doesn't need to remind anyone quite that obviously. Maybe if more attention was paid to the food than the imagery... Getting to the food, we dined a la carte rather than with the tasting menu, and I feel like Keanu Reeves in the Matrix with the bullet we dodged. An uninspired crudo (some nice textural contrast from whatever the chip was, but there wasn't nearly enough) and the bread service dish were...pretty wholly underwhelming. The pita were dry and bland, and the proportions of the other ingredients of the dish were completely out of whack. Way too much of the sweet yellow liquid, completely overpowered the dish. The potatoes were tasty but bordering on too much salt, and the portion was comically enormous. Half of what was served would've been fine split amongst two people. The halibut with green curry was nigh-inedible based on the salt content. A real shame as we were both excited about that dish ahead of time. The duck was also a major letdown, bummer given the enticing dry-aged ducks hanging in the contraption near the kitchen. I rarely have good duck because of how hard it is to cook it, and this was no exception. The slice edges were occasionally properly cooked, but the middle was pretty routinely under, which was unpleasant. This dish was also entirely too salty (way too much finishing salt but would've been too salty anyway). Overall it was fine, but not worth the price for a place with so many seasoning issues."
