Brushi Bistro & Bar

Well-crafted dishes obviously made with a lot of thought, skill, and experience.
Dish presentation and detail are taken very seriously.
The food was excellent.
I was not expecting this creative level of food when I went in.
The garlic shrimp appetizer was splendid.
4 pieces of medium-sized shrimp, that were perfectly cleaned and plump, served in a mouth watering garlic, lemon, butter sauce.
The shrimp came with thin French fries that were cooked and seasoned perfectly.
The whiskey chicken came in a generous portion.
The chicken was tender and moist and meshed well with the whiskey sauce.
The service was not remarkable either way and the food quality greatly outweighs the dining atmosphere.
I would go back because the food was top notch and I would like to try many more things on the menu.

I really wanted to love this place.
The food is style over substance as in it is bland.
We did notice the crowd average age was older, so maybe this caters to that palate.
Presentation was stunning- it just didn'ttaste as good as it looked.
Service was not great, though, that could be to being understaffed.
I did overhear our waitstaff complain to the hotess to "quit seating peoole".
We had reservations, but I'm not sure about anyone else.
We waited 20 mins before our order was taken, then just about an hour for food.
We sat at a cleared table for 20 minutes, never got our desert (she took it to go at the end), and had to ask our waitstaff for our check.
He was at the table behind us, wrapping silverware or something.
It wasn't awful, just wasn't great.

I was excited to try this place but my friend and I were both very disappointed in the food.
We both got pasta dishes which did not taste like homemade pasta and both our sauces were extremely runny - like a thin soup.
They also seemed to throw in leftover vegetables into both that just did not make sense - like she had one tiny potato chunk and I had 2 small cauliflower, a small carrot and just other random bits that did not do anything for the pasta (and we're not listed as being served with it).
The wine list was pretty good and the bread service was a nice touch.
The service was very good though! Also the decor felt very 2010.