I liked the atmosphere, which is classy, trendy, and modern with music that is not too loud. We were seated on time for our reservation. However, for the price, I have experienced better. The service was alright, our main server only took our order once then disappeared for the night. He had assistants just serve us and no one came to check up on our table. The food was mediocre, definitely not worth the price I was paying for. However, the Baked King Crab leg was the best dish out of the ones I ordered at Sexy Fish and would order again if I were to revisit. However, I will not be visiting Sexy Fish again, not because the food was bad, but because the service was not up to par. The main server never informed us about last call. When we attempted to order more food he gave us a rude look and attitude despite of his mistake. Though management removed some dishes from our bill, I still will not be visiting again. read more

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Difficult to enjoy the meal as the music is too loud. Service is fair if you don't mind waiting twenty minutes to get your drink. Decor is silly. Food is good. read more

Place definitely has a sexy Vibe. Great music, ambiance and visually stunning. The food was good, but that wasn't our motivation. If you're looking for fine dining, wouldn't be me first choice. However, if your looking for just an all around wonderful experience, definitely a must while in London. read more

Decent food but horrendous service. Hostesses were disorganized. Terribly loud music, small tables. Not worth it unless you like to waste your money. read more

We asked for king crab and the waiter didnt tell us that it comes with cow bones so he ruined the night

I'm told it's THE place to be right now. And when you walk in it is indeed extremely seductive. Water cascades down the walls, and it's not cos they've got a pipes problem upstairs. Even the ceiling has its own wallpaper. It's loud and big and extremely buzzy. Large works of art by renowned artists. They've gone to town here. Berkeley Sq pizazz. Hoards of people quaff champagne at the bar and there are a smattering of well known types. To the left of me Judge Rinder. Wide berth. To the right, James De Gale. Deffo worth a handshake when you're drunk and happy. I slide over and take my tablecloth with me. Mayhem. Crash bang wallop. Glass everywhere. He took it well, and the staff were there to clean up with military precision. Slick operation. But part of why you go to a restaurant has to be the food, and this is something of a let down. It's not often you go to a nice restaurant and have a dish you positively don't like. My potato and octopus skewer was horrible. Covered in some acrid nastiness which totally obliterated the poor cephalopod. I don't know what the potato was doing on the skewer but it didn't stand a chance either. Oysters were fresh and lovely and so they should be at that price. Mixed veg tempura came with a nice crisp batter as you'd expect. Madagascan prawn was delicate and tasty. But the noodles we ordered to go with it came long after we had finished the prawn dish. We quibbled. Apparently the food just comes as it's ready. So we enjoyed our bowl of noodles on their own at the end of the meal. If that's the way it really is supposed to work, it doesn't! I found the menu a little difficult to get my head round, split as it was into 'hot dishes', 'cold dishes', 'Robata' (grill I think), and 'raw dishes'. We aimlessly meandered around the menu picking bits and bobs and the end result was a rather unmemorable, bitty collection of dishes. For the black ops style sweeping up of the carnage, the visual mayhem of the place and the general pandemonium inside I give five stars. You certainly know you've been on a night out and it's a lot of fun. But I wrestle two stars back for a lacklustre meal that lacked cohesion, which peaked at nice but bottomed out at yukky. read more

Ordered the sushi (tempura, California and tuna) Not the best The spicy noodles ,had an overwhelming ginger flavour Beer root salad was okaish The sweet potato was edible read more

I would give five however, the hostess was a raging bish. I came in with my friend properly dressed and got stress from brunette and blonde hostesses. They acted as if they were high school mean girls by the way they stared. We told them we had a reservation and they said it will take a minute but all they did was whisper to each other about if we are of age to drink. We are both 20 year olds and are definitely of age. They asked to see our ID to which my friend brought hers but I did not I had my ID and vaccine card scanned to my phone (it has worked everywhere) yet they rejected mine. anyways they said in a rude way that I look too young to be 20 which frankly is just discriminating and rudely judging my appearance. read more

We had heard a lot about sexy fish- and read a few reviews upon open that seemed to be a bit mixed, but we went excited with an open mind. We thought to give it a try and see what the hype was about. On the exterior the restaurant looks fun, inside a pretty open space. We were greeted nicely. So here is the interesting part- we are pretty big foodies so we're excited to see what they had to bring to the table. We order a few items- wing skewers, octopus, duck salad, sea bass, Madagascan prawn and a few more items. Although the restaurant and service presented itself like a well designed place, the food was surprisingly underwhelming. Duck salad was nice, dressing was well done, but we weren't wowed. Skewers were fine. The sea bass we were surprised was over cooked but the dish itself wasn't amazing like when you go to other restaurants with a miso cod or bass. We were a bit disappointed. The Madagascan prawn was under seasoned and not much to write about. A few of the dishes seemed to be a bit on the heavy side (bass and veg seemed to have a layer of butter or oil) I can say the rice crispy green tea ice cream was very nice. Wine is punchy as well as a glass is the price of a bottle bought anywhere else Hope this helps those of you foodies debating to dine here. read more

Sexy fish First impressions I wasn't impressed. When you first get there, there is not 1 but 2 door men opening the heavy doors, 3 people at the reception desk and another one asking to take your coat, we didn't have a reservation so I guess it was our lucky day, before being escorted to our table we were told we had 2 hours..this kind of restaurants are a bit cheeky you might ended up expending £200-300 and they want you to eat in a hurry agh :/ Firstly I must say great job sexy fish on the marketing and the decor, oh dear trust me when you get there its not such a big deal' they might need to concentrate on the food now' With nobu and novikov around the corner they better step their game up Food is ok nothing out of this world Don't expect great flavours haunting you for days thinking how did they do it because it's not gonna happen, food is good, fresh and tasty, some of the dishes at least .I think when you know how sublime tastes like you can tell the difference, food is far from the flavours you might get at zuma or nobu which is the best I've had in London. I can't recommend anything as to me it was just food nothing special (Probably the sexy fish version of porn star martini was the best thing ha please keep them coming I shouted ;P ) Dishes rank from £10 to £30 each unless you have, wagyu beef £100 per 150gr or caviar I think it was £100 per 100gr Decor. Sexy fish belong to Caprice Holdings, owned by restaurateur Richard Caring, he also has the Ivy, J. Sheekey, Le Caprice, and Scott's, so no surprises they have expend £20 millions in decor' with great names as Martin Brudnizki Design Studio Frank Gehry Damien Hirst Michael Roberts Art is the main thing in this place, marble walls, pink leather sits.. Tbh there's toooooo much going on, and the colours don't blend together, that's my humble opinion. A giant black crocodile hanging in one of the walls, a mermaid and a shark on another wall and the ceiling it's just too much..They also have an open kitchen. However my fav was the bar with water cascades windows, the mermaids at the end of the bar and the shimmering fishes hanging on top. Apart from the main dinning room They also have a private room in the lower ground floor, called The Coral Reef Room, with the largest live coral reef tank in the world (apparently) Atmosphere, wealthy people you can smell the money Service was Excellent Although I must say when we first arrived, sexy fishes Pet was awaiting for us' a no so sexy baby fly was going around the tables, certainly not impressed, at first we laugh but by the end of the starters I've had enough and I told the waiter I even showed it to him, he didn't know what to say, after a while I remember ordering our main and wondering where's our waiter, he and the pet went MIA, as a guy with a bright blue jacket was serving us, whatever they did it worked ha I didn't really talk about the food cos I don't have anything good to say, I definitely will give it another go, maybe another day and probably lunch, right now I think it's ok' Maybe overrated but hey right now it's the hottest place in London' read more

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Amazing! Great Japanese food with a western and modern twist! Don't be fooled by the name- it's not only seafood which is good, everything is great! Sexy Fish roll would make a good start to the meal, order anything in between, and end with yuzu marshmallow dessert (words won't be able to describe the experience!) We didn't have a booking and got the counter seats which we were very happy with. Great service and wonderful attention to details! If you want to be guaranteed to get in book months in advance! Enjoy! read more

I am extremely disappointed with this restaurant. We checked the dress code and we dressed smart causal. If you are going to have a check list of some sort, post it. We weren't allowed in, even with our reservation, because one of us wore tennis shoes, other people behind us had tennis shoes and where allowed in. I won't suggest coming here, there is obviously some sort of secret dress code that allows some people who "break" the code in and keeps others out. read more

Fun, eclectic restaurant with good sushi & beverages. We went before a play before it was crowded. The service was quite good. Attentive staff who worked as a team to insure we were promptly taken care of. We can't wait to go again on our next trip to London. read more

An amazing restaurant, great ambience, excellent service and mouthwatering food! The food we ordered were a great fusion! Their signature dishes: Crispy duck and watermelon, black cod and tempura shrimp were simply delicious! Prawn gyoza and Salmon were recommended by the waiters and indeed were a hit! Don't miss the cheesecake at the end a grand finale. Definitely coming again! read more

The wine selection is limited..but the food was pretty good. The grilled octopus skewers with the potatoes was amazing . The yellowtail sashimi appetizer was just ok. Probably should have stuck to simple sashimi- it's my favorite!. It was already busy at 6pm...though in London everyone goes out straight from the office! Worth a try if you're in the area, or hosting a group. read more

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Should be renamed sh*tty fish- be warned, no matter how much you order, you will unapologetically be asked to vacate your seat after 2 hours. Not worth the money, they should pay you to suffer their service. read more

We were recommended to Sexy Fish by a friend who is impressed with big spaces and loud music so should have known better. Food is average but the service is way below average. If this place was in NYC it would be out of business within a year. Don't waste your money or time. Go somewhere else. read more

Visiting London and this was a last minute recommendation as a great place and managed to get an early reservation, which was apparently quite lucky. Our local guide has once again not steered us wrong as Sexy Fish was excellent. Service is amazing. Our waiter was attentive with good humour and random servers were often dropping by to make quick, and unobtrusive, work of dish cleanup or glass refills. The spicy tuna maki we started with were good but unremarkable, that was really the only slight setback of the night. Beef skewers were delicious and deeply marinaded. The creamy wasabi dip was a prefect compliment. The prawn gyoza were delicious and we fought briefly over the fifth gyoza. The lamb cutlets were very good, the cucumber side dish with the slight mint flavour worked very well as a complement. The Mizo Glazed Chilean Sea Bass was the highlight for me and was a surprisingly large serving for a London restaurant. We almost skipped desert but decided to indulge in the vanilla rice pudding that was truly worth every calorie. The pudding itself was creamy and cooked to perfection. The whole dish was served hot and quickly, the vanilla ice cream added as a topping was still perfectly chilled upon arrival. Speaking of the ice cream, it was sweet, rich and full of vanilla; it bodes well for anybody ordering an ice cream or gelato as a desert. read more

Nice place we ordered couple rolls I liked. I wasn't impressed by the food nor the service. It took us a long time to get our order and our waitress was actually rude. My girlfriend was offended . I mean if you don't like dealing with people just don't work darling ... the black code wasn't the best I had tried. I think this shouldn't be considered a must try sushi in London like nooooo rocka zuma Nobu serve way better food. read more

Kinda overrated. The food was great nonetheless but I wasn't wowed. Still would go back

Sexy Fish is sorta like the song by Michael Jackson "Bad.". First, Ahmed, one of the managers on duty hurried our otherwise enjoyable evening by constantly reminding us that we were on the clock. After 30 minutes into meal, he gave us the minute warning--Meal time is up, he said. Five minutes later he reminded us again - Times Up! We need the table. Have you ever heard of speed dating? That's what Sexy Fish feels like. lf you like fast food this is your place with a hefty price tag. Steer clear of Sexy Fish unless you can eat in 15 minutes. Let's see, that's about $26 dollars a minute. Eat fast! In the end Sexy Fish wasn't sexy but just down right smelly. There are better restaurants! Try Nobu! read more

I had really good vegetarian food. Loved the gorgonzola cheese on a stick with honey. Really fun place, but dress up because everyone is. read more

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It's reputation doesn't precede it. Very subpar. Not very nice ambience, music too loud you can't even hear yourself talk and the food was very mediocre - and for such a high price. The manager made a great effort but not worth it at alllllll read more

The food and ambience here is worth 5 stars - hands down delicious, and some of the best Japanese I have ever tasted. We had beef tataki, langoustines tempura, prawn gyoza, duck, tenderloin (divine) and grilled avocado and tofu (so good we had to have 2!). The wine was excellent. On a bill of over £500 I would not expect to be told - with food still on the table, and wine yet to be poured - we have people waiting for our table and asked to finish. Great food, matched by great arrogance. After some heated discussion a 'lucky' table was found at the bar with desserts complementary, but the damage was done. read more

This restaurant is for those who want to be seen rather than eat good food. Love the booking tactic of we only have early or super late bookings because they have to let everyone think the restaurant is packed, it isn't the case. No dish was even close to Nobu, let alone Zuma. So on the bill a cover charge, not sure what for but ok. There were only two warm sake choices, we started with one however it tasted rather watered down, we ordered a second of the same, hoping that it was a one off error, it wasn't. Ordered the other sake, same watered down taste. Every item we had, if there was no sauce, the tastes were bland and unseasoned, if there was a sauce, the taste was so overpowering that, you only tasted the sauce. Started with kingfish sashimi, sauce on it, couldn't taste the fish, poor. Seared tuna, fine but sauce again, no other taste. Beef and foie gras gyoza, wow this was bad, what foie gras, all you tasted was the excessive amount of liquid sauce they sat in with a little bit of dough. Terrible Prawn tempura, average, same quality of itsu. Has the chef ever had the tempura at zuma, i doubt it. Salt and pepper squid, no salt, no pepper, just fried chewy calamari in a basic batter, itsu is better, so is hakkasan. Chicken wings on skewer, fine if you added plenty of salt and lime, that said in comparison to Zuma, not even close. Zuma serves small, much more delicate wings which are very tasty, these were huge wings, perhaps you'd find them at a fried chicken shop. Two of the worst dishes that we didnt even eat, they ultimately took them off the bill. Pork skewers, huge chunks of dry disgusting pork with no taste. Duck salad, was a disgrace, note for the chef, try it at Hakkasan or Yautcha, you have something to learn. The duck was so dry and chewy. Inedible. Chilean sea bass was good. NY Strip steak, asked for medium rare, was tasty but overcooked, needed seasoning. Overpowering taste of charcoal. So all in all a terrible restaurant, especially compared to others. Sell some artwork, and hire a proper chef! I guess as long as the restaurant remains the place to be, people will go but will ever be on par with the quality and tastes of Zuma, i doubt it. read more

Sexy Fish is a new trendy restaurant in Mayfair. It's hard to get a booking, but if you can get one, you're in for a treat. I have zero complaints about the food and decor. The place is STUNNING. Seriously jaw-droppingly beautiful. The food was so fresh and flavourful. Presentation was also great. My only knock down from 5 stars was the service. I was with a group of 5 girls, and because we weren't rich, well-to-do celebrities or socialites, we felt we didn't get the same level of service that the people around us got. All the tables around us had £500 bottles of wine and champagne flowing, and I think that is why we didn't get the same service. The hostess was kind of rude as well. For the price, I'm not sure I'd go back...it's definately worth going to once just to see the spectacle of it all. read more

won't be around very long! I hate to post bad reviews but I feel people should be warned about this place - maybe the worst sushi / Japanese experience of my life. The rice is unseasoned, poor quality and cooked al dente. The Asian dishes are bland and poorly executed. The managers are juvenile at best, wait staff is ok - they try their best but the whole experience is amateurish. The owners would be wise to turn this place into a fulltime night club and exit the restaurant business. Londdon is an amazing food city - don't waste your time (or money) here.... read more

I don't know where to start, service, food, atmosphere, all top notch. A great experience, leaving me relaxed, well fed, and feeling like i had experienced something special :) read more

Underwhelming to say the least. I have been to plenty of nice restaurants in NYC and this falls short in almost all categories. The food is okay. It is simple and unimaginative. The service is slow and the waiters do not explain the dishes well. It is also incredibly hard to get a cab when leaving. We waiting 30 minutes and eventually used uber. Maybe its a london thing, but they do not call cabs here. Doormen were useless. Expectation of a restaurant like this should be for them to run down to a busier corner to hail cabs. Again, its lack of service. Also watch out for the 4 pound cover charge. This is different then the service charge. It is just a random 4 pound charge to scam you essentially. If you ask them to remove it, they will but obnoxious they put it on in first place and most people either don't realize its there or just accept it and do not ask. I will say it did have a good ombionce. A very trendy feel. Surprisingly I was seated right when I got to the restaurant instead of being shown the bar which is always a plus. At end of the day, there are clearly better restaurants than this in London especially for the price. It is new and hip but thats about all. read more

The Scallops and Seabass really stood out, along with Damien Hirst's mermaid statues.

I don't know what a big fuss is about this place ! The restaurant itself is super , toilet , staff...but the food is not all that , maybe I didn't know what to order but 8 dishes and 2 desserts...none of them was nice (I don't think I'm a fussy eater). All and all I would say I wouldn't be back anytime soon. Therefore I can only give 3stars for the actual place and design , 1star for the food ! read more

Came here on a recommendation from a local colleague. We were a bit early for the lunch crowd when we came at noon (silly Americans) but the place filled up quickly and was quite buzzing around 1:30 when we wrapped up. The decor is beautiful. I would love to hear the background on how their Damien Hirst came to be. I'd recommend the duck salad which was cooked perfectly and had a great balance between the richness of the duck and the lightness of the other components which kept it from being too heavy. read more

I was so looking forward to going to this restaurant. I took my friend as a special treat and were super excited as we both loved the decor and ambiance of the restaurant. Sadly, that is the only positive thing I can write about my experience there. The food was terribly seasoned. Our dishes were either under seasoned with no flavour or so salty that we had to send it back. The chef even agreed one of our dishes was so salty that it was inedible. Unfortunately, the second plate was just as bad so I'm not sure if the Chef bothered to taste it after making it the second time. If the food was not so bad, I might have forgiven the service. But the service was over the top. In an attempt to be service minded, it was so ridiculously over the top. Our water was constantly being refilled by 4 different wait staff and they kept trying to take my food away before I even finished it. I had to keep telling various staff members to not take my plate. I've not experienced such over the top service in ages. It really put us off the entire dining experience. We were both so disappointed as we both wanted to love the place. I would say avoid the place as there are so many great restaurants in London and you can certainly spend the money better elsewhere. read more

I always wish there was a way to give zero stars. Was told the wait was an hour and then jerked around by the staff as other parties were seated. Love British service. Hard to tell about the food as I never had any. read more

Awesome design, airy dining room. There are some interesting £££ cocktails on the menu. Friendly staff

"Arrogance, condescending attitude and rudeness pushed to new highs..." I had a table booked last Saturday 2 July 2016 for 11pm for 3 people. We arrived at 10:30, having finished our evening show at Sadler's Wells earlier than expected. We were ushered to the bar where we ordered a bottle of Ruinart Blanc de Blanc for £105 whilst waiting for our table to be ready . We indicated to the Senior Maitre D' - Mr Giorgio Lucarelli - that should the table be available ahead of 11pm, we would be ready to take it earlier than anticipated - which was duly noted. Around 11pm, we checked again whether the table was ready and were told that it would be within minutes. At 11:05 I checked again, but still no table. Same again at 11:10, 11:15 and 11:20. At that time, my girlfriend who was visiting the UK last week - and who incidentally has limited command of the English language - came to reception to express her frustration at such a wait. Addressing the Senior Maitre D' - Mr Lucarelli (who had at that moment just turned his back on me to address a customer) - she said "excuse me"!!. Instead of reacting to this interruption with cool blood and professionalism, Mr Lucarelli turned back and, letting his temper take over, snapped back at her saying: "can't you see that I am talking to someone else? What sort of bad manner is it to interrupt an ongoing conversation without regards to the people already talking... this is really bad manners madam..." Suffice to say that tempers flared at that point and that Mr Paul Mauresh, Restaurant Director had to intervene to calm down the situation. What I would have expected form a Senior Maitre D' on that occasion is to respond to an interruption with an: "excuse me madam, give me a second and I will be with you as I am finishing a conversation", in particular as the restaurant was more than 20 min late in allocating the table. I would not expect a Maitre D', let alone a Maitre D' of a flagship restaurant such as Sexy Fish, part of a global catering group including The Ivy, Le Caprice, Daphne's, J Sheekey, Scott's, Rivington and others to behave so arrogantly and with such a condescending attitude. Lecturing a customer, whoever he or she may be, on the appropriate and polite way of speaking and/or behaving, in particular where that customer is entitled to express his or her frustration at the excessive delay at being seated, served or looked after by staff is simply unacceptable and plainly rude and arrogant. And the story does not end here... Adding insult to injury... We were then seated at 11:25pm and orders were taken. Having received our orders around 11:55pm and in view of the size of the dishes, we asked to re-order a few items. We were then told that the kitchen had closed but that we could order desserts if we wanted. Now, here again, when you get seated at 11:25pm instead of the initial seating time of 11pm, and get your food at 11:55, you would expect a bit of flexibility in relation to re-ordering... but here again Sexy Fish failed miserably... We were then told that, as a gesture, the desserts would be on the house... Unimpressed, we ordered two desserts totaling £9 + £2.75 (as one of my 2 friends - because of the delay in being seated - had to leave to catch a train to Epping). Having finished our desserts, we then asked for the bill, and to our surprise (but should we be surprised??), the desserts - notwithstanding the restaurant's "generous" gesture - were on the bill!! We had to ask the waiter to remove the £11.75 desserts from the bill - which he did, apologizing profusely. A few comments again: we paid £338.01 - optional service charge of £37.58 included. I was tempted to refuse paying the Optional Service Charge but decided otherwise as 1) the attitude of the (French) Sommelier was excellent, professional and apologetic for what we had endured 2) the waiters attending us were as helpful and understanding as one could be. However, I would have expected from a restaurant such as Sexy Fish to offer a more meaningful compensation for the hassle and unpleasant experience endured - such as for instance foregoing the cost of the bottle of Champagne (£105) or offering even a bottle of Prosecco. Instead, we were offered a rather meaningless £11.75 discount for desserts (which again we had to claim as it was promised but omitted). In terms of food: good but far from exceptional standard. Smallish portions. Price-wise: expensive for what you get (even discounting the arrogance and hubris) Notwithstanding the above, a special mention goes to Mr Charles Robert, junior Maitre D' and a truly great professional notwithstanding his younger age - who profusely apologized for the negative experience endured and showed genuine concern and compassion for what had happened. All in all, an experience leaving a very bad taste in the mouth (pun intended)... Not coming back, and certainly will not recommend the restaurant to friends and acquaintances. read more

I was taken here for my birthday on Saturday and had a great time! The decor of the venue is stunning, including the running water feature on the windows and the fish sculptures above the bar. The atmosphere was relaxed but sophisticated and the service was top notch. The wait staff were there when you needed them and really attentive without being pushy. The food was also stunning - the yellowtail sashimi and soft shell crab maki were both stunning! The Chilean seabass was also very tasty, similar to the black cod you would get at places like Nobu. The fashion inspired cocktails were also so fun- my drink had its own catwalk! Would absolutely recommend and return. read more

Came here tonight with 4 others. I was worried about the loud music because I have hearing problems. but somehow,cleverly, although it's there, the structure of the room stops it from being pervasive and I could hear what the others at my table were saying. I cannot believe that so many people have been harsh about the food. I enjoyed every mouthful. We started with incredibly fresh and delicious sashimi. I loved the duck salad. Both fish dishes - Dover sole and sea bass were terrific - meaty, tasty and beautifully cooked. We had to order a second portion of vegetable temura because we liked it. Although all the waiting staff were terrific, the only downside was that I arrived first. Went to table (because I'm a woman on my own so didn't want to go to the bar) but when the others arrived they were not told that I was there. So they spent 30 mins in the bar waiting.... this was a stupid mistake and should have been avoided. Would I go back again? Probably.. read more

We had to wait for a table 25 minutes even though we had a reservation. The hostess kept telling us that they were waiting for the customers at our table to pay their bill. We did notice other parties of 2 coming in and getting seated before us. when we got seated the waitress asked if any special dietary requests. I explained gluten and sugar free. There was nothing I could order except sashimi on the menu. All meats and fish were pre marinated. When I asked for modifications they said they don't modify their menu. After a huge disappointment we ended up leaving. It was an unfortunate experience for me. read more

They are a racist restaurant. I just walked out of the restaurant spending US1,000 on dinner and when I wanted to go back inside because my husband was waiting for his jacket, they stopped me telling me I couldn't go in. They let the westerners in but not the Asians. How can they do that when this is a Japanese restaurant!!! Also the hostess was insisting that we sit down for dinner when we were at the bar for a drink and our reservation was still 30 mins later. I would say that this restaurant sucks and the service is horrible and people are rude. It is overpriced given the service. I will never go there again!! read more