text: I guess I will be the voice of dissension in the following review but to be honest my experience this evening was not anything to write home about Frankly it was quite forgettablennTo set the stage it is Restaurant Week winter and I have heard some good things about Church and as part of the purpose of this event this was a great opportunity to try a new place without breaking the bank I went ahead and made reservations for I got the impression that our babysitters were going to be a bit late and I called Church around pm and asked to move out our reservation time by about minutes I could not hear the Hostess on the other end and she could not hear me because of the ridiculously loud blaring music behind her I got the lazy answer of that they were packed to the gills and there was no room for me to push out the time Fine it worked out and we got there minutes prior to When we got there the hostesses were pretty snotty and could not be bothered and asked us to wait at the bar which was fine but I walked past a nearly empty dining room to get the the bar I never get the whole overstaffing of hosts hostesses thing Also these people are the first impression you get when you walk in and to have them not be welcoming and efficient is a bad start to the experience nnAt we finally got seated only when I went and bothered the ladies at the hostess stand again saying we were ready to be seated We walked upstairs and we were seated right next to the kitchen Awesome right They had these slim swinging doors which were constantly being kicked open and swinging loudly revealing the mishmosh of the kitchen It was not going to work for me and I asked to be reseated We were sat on the other side of the upstairs bar right under a speaker blaring music and I realized this was where the hostess that I spoke to earlier must have been standing when she took my call because I could not hear myself think let alone carry on my usual pleasant conversation with Sweetie Great I should have packed my earplugsnnOK onto the food I decided to forego the Restaurant Week Menu and ordered the Crispy Pork Belly and Second NY Strip and Lobster Mac Cheese The crispy pork belly app was tasty I must say Crispy and well plated it made for a nice culmination of flavors and it made things started turn around for me If I could not hear Sweetie because of the music at least I can enjoy the food The second steak is awesome It is made in a cast iron skillet and never flipped but cooked through so that one side is cooked more but the other side is perfectly rare and cooked to temperature It was plated with a nice signature sauce by their chef which was both tangy and smokeynicely done it was the perfect compliment to the steak The lobster mac and cheese was disappointing and was just a saucer of mac and cheese completely void of lobster For I expected more and it was a bit insulting to not have any more than a morsel of lobster I suggest they take a short walk to the Capital Grille to learn how that dish should be preparednSweetie had the wasabi encrusted salmon which was bland and forgettable She expected to taste wasabi and got nothing Not much else to say nnService was half and half the waitress popped in at the right times for the most part but after dropping off the dessert menu we did not see her for minutes which was annoying since we were ready to go Sweetie went to the restroom came back reporting that there was not any soap in the dispenser which always makes you wonder how the servers are able to wash their handsnnAll in all my food was OK nothing spectacular and I do not think I will be back