This used to be a great restaurant. Now the food has gone downhill, and I had a horrible extortion-like experience with the host. I arrived with a confirmed reservation made online. When we arrived, the host indicated it was a crazy night, and would be...a problem seating us. After a 15 minute wait, the host called me aside and said that if I wanted to be seated, I'd need to tip him. Confused, I said ..."tip you to be seated for a confirmed reservation I already have for right now??." He said "yes...give me 30 bucks and I'll get you seated". I wanted to leave, but felt terrible to strand my family who were starving. I didn't know where to go and the area doesn't have other restaurants close by and we had come by taxi. Begrudgingly, I gave the man the 30 dollars he demanded. I felt horrible and ripped off as if I'd been robbed. The meal was rushed because they were busy, food was not even near what it was a few years ago, and the host practically forcing a guest to pay up despite having a confirmed and valid reservation was shameful. I will never come here ever again.More