Grace Restaurant

I wish there were some sort of "5-star plus" rating, to distinguish places like Grace from places where I really like the pad thai, or something like that.

The food is interesting and delicious and beautifully presented.  Since it changes frequently, I won't go into detail, but I will offer some pointers to hopefully help enjoy your experience to the fullest:

We had a lovely dining experience, seated in one of the observation tables, overlooking the kitchen. This was awesome for us, but I think some of the other tables offered a more intimate experience. You should def specify what kind of table you want.

It is absolutely worth it to have at least one person at the table order the flora menu. When the dishes from each menu were head to head, the flora won out more than once. If you can share, I highly recommend it.

If you are a tea lover, this is a place for you. They have an outstanding selection of rare tea from all over the world. Very impressive..

The bread service was delicious! The portions here are pretty reasonable, so between that and the bread, we were stuffed at the end of the meal! Make sure you go hungry!

Overall, terrific experience. Wonderful night out. Enjoy!

I came to grace after getting a reservation a couple months ago and I was looking forward to it after its raving reviews. The restaurant is very nice, I can say curtis duffy really go into details with the place. In terms of food, the followings are what I had:

1) Amuse bouche
2) Osetra Caviar
3) Nairagi
4) Warm Cucumber
5) Scottish Salmon
6) Grilled Matsusaka Beef
7) Veal Cheek
8) Poached Pear
9) Caramelized Sudachi
10) Dark Chocolate
11) Mignardises - chocolate

I would say the food is on the light side, as in terms of flavor. Everything tastes really clean and light since Chef Duffy wants to stay away from butter/cream from his food. Depending on how you like your food, I'm personally more of a bold flavor kind of person and the lightness of the food at times do make me want more flavor. However, it's still a great meal I had there and I would totally go back in the summer when they change their menu.

I had made reservations for table of 3 at 8pm this past friday evening. I was surprised that for a friday, the restaurant was not as busy as I had an anticipated. Hopefully after some national recognition this restaurant will be jam packed. The service was A++, the presentation of food A++, the food was A++, and this was my first course menu and could have not been happy to be at any other place. I would highly recommend this restaurant and come now because once Michelin rates this place, good luck getting a reservation. We also had a chance to tour the kitchen and meet Chef Duffy. This restaurant takes the following of its chef, its not arrogant, its pleasant, detail-oriented and would be happy to go again!