Beautiful interior but now just a pretentious spot...

Beautiful interior but now just a pretentious spot (I miss the good old teatro days!); note how fast they move you along when you get in there; if you tell the bartender you're interested in something with (*pick a spirit) then specify "spirit forward" or not he will just make you something like I had (a mescal drink) and you'll realize by being "savvy" you got charged the premium rate 18 bucks. And really, the cocktail wasn't that good. You'll leave having consumed maybe 2 cocktails; 60 bucks later; not sure the point of the crazy markups. Is it because the bartenders are all just incredibly cool looking and totally not that interested in you because you have to impress them because they are covered in tatttoos and would really rather be doing something else with cooler more famous people ? ...