I have dreamt about eating the spaghetti here for years. For years. And when that spaghetti and I finally met and dined together, it did not disappoint. The spaghetti noodles are cooked to an al dente. Rather than the spaghetti sauce poured on top, the noodles are simmered and cooked with simple sauce. The starch from the noodles holds onto the flavors bringing together the noodles and sauce. The spaghetti here is divine.\n\nIn addition to the spaghetti, our table also shared the creamy polenta with truffled mushrooms, the braised short ribs of beef, and the raw yellowtail. All of which were equally as good.\n\nThe service was subpar. Our table had to constantly flag our waiter down. For a fine dining establishment, I felt like we were jipped. On top of the inattentiveness, my friend encountered a shard of plastic/glass in her salad. Lemme tell you, whatever she bit into was hard. HARD. Everyone at the table felt it and indeed, the shard was tough and hard. We sent the dish back to the kitchen and the chef simply said that we were mistaken and that shard was actually just a piece of hard sea salt....uh. Okay. Clearly that piece of salt sea did not melt in my friend's mouth and it was HARD. Sea salt my ass.\n\nThe food is good, but go to the one in Beverly Hills. This place sucks. And maybe they cater toward out of towners who don't know any better, but for the vast majority- we know what fine dining should look and feel like and this certainly is not it.
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