BF and I went there last night to use our Groupon. Visually, each plate was a work of art. Overall, though, I was underwhelmed. The style of food just seemed overly fussy without any justification. In comparison, I thought L2O was outstanding in every way, and just as elaborate - but executed in a way that didn't feel fussy, just elegant. This seemed to be overly complicated food just for the sake of complication. Still, everything was artfully prepared and most of it was very good.

We got the four course menu ($58), which actually included a fifth course:

1. Salad of grilled sardine and butter poached escargot, mirin glaze, baby frisee, pumpkin 5 ways (rind crisp, fresh crisp, toasted pumpkin seeds, citrus pumpkin vinaigrette, pickled pumpkin), and frozen fennel-Thai basil mousse. Neither of us really liked this salad, but we were so hungry that we ate it all. The "salad" part of it was just a tiny bit of frisee with the other ingredients separated on the plate.

2. (extra course) Motoyaki of scallops and peekytoe crab. This was outstanding - creamy, spicy, delicious. I could have eaten six of them but would have been gravely ill from all the cream and butter.

3. Nasturtium soup, maitaki chips, cognac apple melt, sesame-cajun spiced chive bits, and oberon caramel. This was a cream based soup that was very good. The caramel sounds odd, but was a really delicious touch. They make it from Bell's Oberon ale.

4. Japanese-Buffalo smoked pork shoulder, bourbon-barrel salt and pepper sugar snap peas, hominy-coriander tostone, and soy sauce flakes. This was very good with a nice spiciness.

5. Boston cream beignets and burnt caramel ice cream. Delicious! I could have had ten of the chocolate beignets (with almond icing). The vanilla ones were also really good.

Overall it was good, if a bit overdone. I don't feel a strong urge to return but wouldn't necessarily be opposed.