"We were guests of a friend and it was a set menu. Our group broke into smaller groups with people jumping into and out of conversations. I didn't see the bill. I imagine it was very expensive. The food was delicious and well prepared, especiallythe radicchio salad, the two pastas and the desserts. At least two wait staff were serving our group. At times there werethree, possibly more. Overall, the service was not in keeping with the caliber of the restaurant or the food. My first orderedcocktail, an old fashioned, had not arrived. When I asked again about 20 minutes later, I had a choice of a classic or ryeold-fashioned. I ended up having both that evening with the rye having much better flavor. The classic was strong and heavy onbitters. The straggling forgotten old-fashioned was offered to me two hours later. The antipasti was served without utensils,without bread and not bite size. Not that all antipasti needs bread, but full sized slices of prosciutto and large slices ofcheese are a little unwieldy. Something was definitely amiss here. The bread showed up 45 minutes later. The house wine servedwas not palatable and not the same as the sample approved prior to receiving a full glass. The bottled wine was exceptional,among the best I have ever experienced, with a true leather and berry bouquet and super smooth and balanced in the mouth. Iwill look for it again. The food was served family style. Everything looked unremarkable (no garnish, no flair) except thatthe complex flavors were truly amazing. You would do yourself a disservice if you ordered only by appearance of your neighbor'splate. My compliments to the kitchen staff. If it wasn't apparent yet from other clues, while the wait staff wasn't totallyabsent, they didn't seem overly concerned with serving. At the end of our meal, half our group suddenly had coffee, the otherhalf not. Dessert had been served. When I asked with a smile if our half of the table could also have coffee, t"
