text: When this place opened it was our favorite in Charlotte and we have eaten here many times The food was once fresh the menu interesting and the staff attentive and knowledgeable nnWe went back for a special occasion in late March and all that had changed My fish was tough cold and smelly the dishes relatively unimaginative and the service less conscientious than it had been just average and this is too much of a high end place for just average service I asked the waitress whether there had been a change in the kitchen and was told that the former chef had moved over to The Liberty on South which I have not yet tried so perhaps that is the problemnnFor a nicer restaurant they would do well to improve the atmosphere by encouraging a better dress code Typical Charlotte patrons were sitting around eating their entrees in sweat pants or shorts and golf visors Not sure how much the restaurant can do about that but other comparable places seem to do a better job of subtly encouraging more appropriate attirennI give it two stars instead of one because it was once an amazing restaurant and the manager was concerned and decent enough to take my disgusting entree off the bill after the waitress told him we were unhappy I do not think we will be likely to return but I hope they get a better chef focus on the freshness of their food or do whatever they need to do to return to where they were a year or two ago