Actually, i coudn't disagree more -- went last Saturday night, thought it was fantastic. Perhaps it dies down by 8, but we went after theater for dinner around 1030 and it was still jumping. I'm not sure if it makes a textbook boulliabase -- and don't care, as long as it's good -- but what we did have was great. I had sweetbreads with salad which were nice and mellow, and the beef cheek/short rib combo which was great - not total mush as these meats are sometimes prepared. Tasted the sirloin and the skate, and they were both terriffic too. From the outside it looks like an overly spare, fishbowl-type room, but inside I found it much warmer and cosier than i expected. Service seemed a little hesitant, but certainly pleasant.
