text: Went into this restuarant with high hopes.  I've passed by it walking on 5th a few times and it always looks elegant and busy, so when my company offered to treat our whole office to dinner on them, I suggested 5Church.  Mandi Bane, the sales director, assisted me with coordinating it and was absolutely wonderful.  I must've sent her a dozen emails with changes and updates on our party and reservation.  We were going to be a party of 11 on a Thursday evening at 8:15 PM.  Kudos to 5Church for accepting my company's strange request of paying via check, too!  You made life so much easier on an accounting level!  \n\nWe arrived feeling like rock stars and were treated as such.  We had our own area of the upstairs and each couple had their own individual table in a U-shaped which was so unique.  Brandon, our server, had all the instructions about our party and payment and he was incredible.  Attentive, knowledgeable, patient...honestly, best service EVER.  \n\nWe started with drinks and one of my guests ordered 2 bottles of bubbly.  Brandon poured our glasses, we toasted, and then....warm champagne hit my palate.  Something was said and one of the managers (I'm assuming) hurriedly came out with another bottle that was slightly more chilled.  Very classy.  \n\nI ordered a beverage called the Viper, a trendy concotion of cucumber and tequila with a surprising kick of pepper.  It was unique.  \n\nSoooo....why only 3 stars?  Well, because frankly the food was terrible.  We had heard about the 60-second strip steak and ordered it medium rare which we knew would come out close to moo-ing.  We didn't know it would be served almost raw and cold.  I was expecting it to be seared on the outside (so hot) and cool on the inside.  It was served on top of mashed potatoes-also cold.  And the sauce tasted like a jazzed up version of A-1.  (My apologies to the chef, but it has to be said).  Of the four people in our party that ordered 2 sent it back and requested it be taken off the bill.  Me and my boyfriend choked it down, but was displeased with the entree after having such high hopes.  \n\nI will say that I will probaly go back for drinks and an appetizer.  We did share the meat tray and that was lovely.  I told Brandon that the proscitto was the best I had ever had. As for service and atmosphere, 5Church really shined, but the entree of the hyped up steak was a major letdown.