Chez Victor

The darkness is what greets you first. Walk into Chez Victor in the Hôtel Le Germain and a quiet shade of black envelops you - it would suggest an old-school steak house, were the decor not so slick. You then notice the inspired, wooden laminated wooden planks that divide the dining room, then the massive chrome and walnut wine cabinet that happily takes up one complete wall. The high-backed banquettes and chairs seem to promise cozy exclusivity; the floor-to-ceiling windows expose the sculptured lines of the forgotten Art Deco building across the street.
Chez Victor opened in the space that was previously Luce, Guy and Michael Rubino's Italian restaurant. After a turbulent, much-publicized relationship between the brothers and hotel operators, the former restaurant, a stone's throw from the boy's long-running Rain, was bought out by The Germain Group themselves, no doubt, and was thusly closed. Now we have in its place Chez Victor, the brainchild of hotelier Christiane Germain, which has quickly re-branded the restaurant, albeit without designing the space that was designed by ll X lV.
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I had brought 14 of us to this place, even my boss.

If there had been no bug, I would have rated with 4 stars (excellent food, average service). Lovely meal. However, at the end they service a live beetle was presented to one of my coworkers inside of a raspberry. Things went downhill from there. I thought that because of the bug they would at least take off the bill for the one person (there were 14 of us in all) but they wouldn't - they just did a replacement (after seeing a bug in your plate would you want another one??? ) I objected and they added some free cookies. Then, because we had reserved as a party they then proceeded to force us to pay 17.50% tip. The manager never did come out to apologize.