"It's been a while since I had been there and A LOT has changed, I used to love this place. If you want to sit at the bar for a super hip bartender to make you a super hip drink, this is your place. If you are into knowing the restaurant made and smoke everything on the menu, this is your place but if you want a good meal, service and service you might want to go somewhere else. Everyone was nice, the host was nice, our server was nice but the service was lack the fundamentals of the dining experience. We waited to be sat and the place was empty. The wine we ordered (every time we ordered a glass) took forever. The table 2 tables down were so loud it was hard to have a conversation and when they left we saw it was the staff having some sort of meeting. The food was all made in house including the charcuterie, the problem was every piece of meat on the charcuterie plate tasted the same, you couldn't tell what was beef or pork, it just all tasted like over dried paper thin smoke. The Josie Baker bread (which is amazing) was burnt so bad on one side we ordered more and they took 10 minutes to bring one half of one slice, not 4 half slices like the order came with and the chef brought it out with a pair of tongs. The house pickled veggie plate was mushy and scattered. The bone marrow tasted like nothing which how do you do that to bone marrow... Broil with salt. I live in SF, I've bartended in SF, I love the Height but will not be going back to the Alembic I used to love a few years back. I usually write off one visit and go back for a second chance, sorry not this time."
