Maybe living in Northern CA close to Napa and Sonoma has spoiled me. But based on the reviews in Yelp, as well as recommendation from a friend,  we made a reservation at Le Cirque. Le Cirque was a huge disappoinment. We had a 9:15 reservation on a Friday night, we were promptly seated and the place was about 3/4 full. The wait staff, was not overtly friendly or energetic, nor very efficent, kind of like our entire experience there. I felt that perhaps the Le Cirque once had her day, but is now worn and in need of an eclectic upgrade (think Gordon Ramsey).\n\nWe ordered a bottle of Cakebread Sauv Blanc and it was poured near room temperature, this to me is a fatal error for a high end French eatery, I asked them to bring a bucket of ice to the table which they did without complaint, is was drinkable in about 30 minutes.\n\nWe ordered the 4 course tasting menu, eh...just not impressed. The snow crab apettizer was decent, but just as in any good sushi place. The next course was a tiny piece of Foi Gras, which has carmelized and served over crisp bread, perhaps the best part of the meal, as the John Dory was cooked dry, and way under seasoned, think Tilipia. The Rabbit breast was again cooked to sawdust dry, tasteless. My wife had the Duck Breast which I tried, it was much better, but an extremley small portion.\n\nThe other thing, and I noticed other Yelper's commnented on it, was the long wait between courses, at times uncomfortably long. Our entire dinning experience was 2 hours and 45 minutes. When they brough the check and couldn't wait to pay and get the hell out of there!