The Monarch Room

Great drinks!

Good food but nothing spectacular or particularly memorable -- very New York, meatpacking type of place (swanky, large, expensive). Main issue was the service, which while friendly, was exceedingly slow and confused for no apparent reason (it wasn't especially busy or anything). They poured our wine before our cocktails came out, and then we waited probably 40 minutes or so between appetizer and entree -- by which time everyone had finished the wine too.

Too loud. Food was OK but not wildly exciting (a far-too-oniony salad followed by some tagliatelle which was fine, I suppose). Decor didn't particularly do it for me. The best bit was probably the cocktail - a Negroni with sea salt in it.