For the prices that Charlie Palmer charges we expe...

For the prices that Charlie Palmer charges we expected a bit more. The waiter acted as if he was ambivalent or distracted at times. After taking our order he came back about 5 minutes later and pulled or wine glasses from the table, even though we had told him we wanted wine earlier, but had not decided on a specific bottle.

He walked past our table multiple times when it was obvious we were finished with a course or needed bread, water or wine. If it hadn't been for the attentive bus boy we would have been sitting with empty plates or glasses for much longer and probably would have been late for our show.

We ordered 4 different sauces with our NY steaks and I have to say it was hands down the WORST peppercorn sauce I have ever eaten! It tasted as if the roux hadn't been simmered out, was over powered by cognac/brandy and had absolutely no pepper flavor. I searched the entire sauce can for pepper corns and found only 4.

In fairness the 3 other sauces were well prepared and flavorful.

The steaks were flavorful and perfectly cooked.

The reason I'm giving them 3 stars is not that the food wasn't 4 star quality, it's that it was way too expensive for what we received.