Atria

Its easy to miss the place since there is no sign outside, but once you go into the place you will be escorted and greeted nicely. The first floor is the bar/​lounge area with the candle light. If you are dining, they will take you to the downstairs to the dining area. Although its downstairs, there is a huge glass window so that you will get enough light during the day time. I really like their seating area. It looks like they divide the seating area into small different motifs. One is based on black furniture with classic style or red chair for the couple to be able to sit together. Its recommended for the romantic or special occasion. Their music is just enough to listen to and the same for the service as well.
Its Modern European cuisine, however, you can taste the flavor of Asian taste or other ethnic food. All the foods are cooked just perfect… grilled octopus, sea trout and Scallops. Seared rougie foie gras melt in your mouth smoothly. Oh, don’t forget to try their dessert as well. I personally think their dessert’s presentation is the best presentation at this restaurant. I mean their chocolate parfait taste soooo… good. Only thing I may mention is that some of their foods’palettes are rather overwhelming… otherwise I really enjoy the service and the food.
I would like to go back to try their drinks as well.

1.27.09
Four hour dinner? Fine by me. If I’m being served delectable course upon delectable course in a perfectly paced stream of pristine plates.
The four hours at Atria can best be summed up this way: TWO HOURS waiting in the bar area, drinking one $ 14 cocktail after another. First of all, they called me three times to confirm the reservation. Yes, our party of five will definitely be there. On time. At 8:15 PM. Whereupon we were told the table would be ready in ‘just a while, so feel free to have a cocktail.’ Ok, two cocktails later. ‘your table will be ready in 15 minutes.’ Another round. ‘Oh sorry, it will actually be another 30 minutes.’ Uhh. starting to see a pattern here. Seriously, I could not believe we weren’t offered all (let alone any) drinks on the house at this point.
So two hours after arriving, our group is finally taken downstairs. I specifically requested the main dining room. so where is our table? In the back. with no view of the Scrollatropes, no view at all. In fact, feeling a little cramped under the low basement ceiling. Our waiter arrives, and we reply a bit snappily that yes, we are definitely ready to order immediately. He jokes, ‘Don’t worry, it’s well worth the wait.’ He’s lucky I was seated on the inside and couldn’t slap him upside the head.
Food arrives painfully slowly. It’s very good, not exceptional but better than just good. On food alone, perhaps 3 ½ stars. The value is 5 stars. Until you add in the dozen or so cocktails and two bottles of wine we order to dull the excruciating memory of the first half of the night. Not one thing is offered in way of apology beyond our waiter’s obnoxious comment (does he think he works at El Bulli?).
In sum, I really just have one thing to say. Get your freaking act together, Atria. PLEASE. My experience was so unfortunate I don’t think I could force myself back, even if assured the training wheels were off.

I’ll start this one off with disclosure as well — my buddy’s art is hanging up in here for the next few months so I’m partial
You’d never expect walking into the inconspicuous door beneath a larger stairway leading up to what was once a pretty grand limestone residential townhouse lost amidst the glass and steel of mid

Grayz is now officially Atria. At one point they wanted to rename the place Gneiss or something like that. I think Atria is a much gnicer name.
Full disclosure is that a buddy of mine works here. They had a friends and family dinner tonight where they comped our prix fixe dinner and drinks. If I didn’t believe in being impartial, I’d give this place 5 stars. But I’ve got a job here to do (ya know, write reliable reviews), so yeah, if I’d paid to eat here, I’d say it was a four-​star joint.
We had the cured sea trout and the lobster ravioli for starters. The sea trout wasn’t cured for very long, so it was still quite tender– like a salty piece of sashimi, but with a really wonderful curry remoulade and some nice texture from the accompanying lotus root chips. The lobster ravioli? It’s terrific. Period.
For entrees, we had the lobster and coconut bouillon, which I thought was light and flavorful, and the braised flatiron steak, which was quite good. A healthy portion of delicate, slow-​cooked beef that just falls apart on its own.
Dessert I could have passed on. We had the chevre bar, which wasn’t bad, the caramel apples, which was fine, and the chocolate pave, which was just wrong. Awful. Lots of pudding-​like textures and flavors that didn’t work, then topped with bland candied kumquats. The only real disappointment of the night.
They’ve got this contemporary meets raunchy 70s bar décor in here that is kind of cute for about 10 minutes. But I’d bet money that in about a year, they’re going to have to renovate again, because this is the kind of look that gets old quick. That aside, it’s comfortable. And the service is good.
Worth a try? Definitely. Especially during Restaurant Week. Giddy up.