Had a lovely meal there last night. Place is booked up for days in advance so be sure to phone ahead as much as possible. There is a bar that serves food no reservation required, but go early and line up for that too. At 5 pm there was a big line for all so that was a little annoying but fortunately moved fast (we had reservation). Service was excellent with friendly waiter providing extra information and he also brings a steak rack round to look at cuts of meat (though that is sort of silky because it was too dark to really see cuts...but his explanation of cuts was good).
I'd heard that American Kobe filet was the cut to get ($75) but our friend who was treating us wanted to do the Tasting menu ($135) with beef Wellington, and all the table had to get it. So we went with that which is a good choice. Next time we will try Kobe. Two of us added on the wine accompaniment for tasters menu (an extra $65 per person).
The decor was pretty much the same as when it was the Paris Steakhouse, with possibly new furniture but I couldn't see much difference there, plus a short tunnel you walk through and new wine rack at the door.
The worst thing was LOUD contemporary music that never stopped. A lot of people are complaining about it but it is still there, and may never go away (like Raos where overly loud music makes us want earplugs despite it being great music from the 40s and 50s).
The first course was Scottish egg -- a small quail egg over cabbage, not great if you ask me, but my husband enjoyed. They also brought three types of rolls, one lemony, one cheesy, one mushroom truffle without much truffle taste. First bite of the mushroom roll was great but as it cooled it seemed bland. I had soda and they never came to refill it or ask if I wanted more, but filled water glasses endlessly.
Wine pairing was excellent with delicious wines that went very well with each course. And a couple were not the usual.
2nd course was delicious tomato plate with basil crystals that were yummy and some goat cheese, and parmesan custard -- excellent but a little small. Next came asparagus soup, delicious and unusual, with crab and salmon caviar (salmon eggs) etc, and each bite had a different taste depending on if you got bits of crab or bits of salmon etc.
4th course was beef Wellington. Our friend loved it and said it was best Wellington ever. I liked it but it was more of an 'it's okay', prosciutto is layered into crust with beef and mushrooms, and wine Demi glacé sauce over it, with some tiny root veggies (mostly carrot) and Good potato purée –- I thought where sauce hit crust it turned soggy, and mine didn't have much if any prosciutto. Meanwhile my husband had a lot of prosciutto and he doesn't like spicy food so it was too flavorful for him. Next time the Kobe beef....
Desert course was melon panda cotta with cantaloupe panda cotta and watermelon sorbet.. It was tasty but perhaps too much sorbet which overwhelmed more subtle panda cotta.
We also bought an extra desert to share, the famous sticky toffee with brown butter ice cream -- excellent, one of bet deserts any of us have ever had. Sweet as hell but just on the other side of sickenly sweet, so we loved it.
Overall very good dinner and we enjoyed tasting all the courses and the wines were really excellent.
This makes a good choice if you have a 7* member dinner, and definitely was an improvement over previous steakhouse at Paris. Only problem for tourists is that reservations in advance are a must due to busyiness.
