Good but not that great.\n\nWe did the tasting menu in the \"swan court\", which means that you pay ten dollars more to be in a room with some swans outside. Given that it was dark outside, this felt like a particularly stupid feature.\n\nI asked if it was possible to split a wine pairing, and was quickly rebuked. I've asked for that and had no problems in many other places. Oh well.\n\nThe dinner started with a trio of amuses. One of them was a bacon-wrapped scallop that was okay. I don't remember the others. The bacon they served with the beef was the most amazing I've ever had. Incredibly crisp, but not overcooked. The server was happy to explain the vast effort they go to make it, curing it themselves, cooking it low and slow between sheets of some absorbing paper that gets rid of the grease. The duo of beef had some flat-iron that was dry and completely over-done, which was odd.\n\nDessert was okay; they brought a trio of sorbets and asked us to guess what they were. We got two of them, but unsurprisingly pomegranate-cherry was a hard one.\n\nWe left feeling overly full but with none of the wonder we had when leaving L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, which was more expensive, but SO much better. I won't come back here, and would suggest other places over this. My brother came here a while ago and absolutely loved it, as he said service was great, which I definitely didn't get.
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