The Bristol

Last sunday I got a call from two friends from work Kyle and Ric the other intern, kyle had been talking about going to the bristol and I looked at the menu online and it sounded good.
We arrived around 815 and were seated promptly at the communal table. The restaurant was still really busy for a sunday night. Kyle had been there before he said atleast six times so he knew what to order, for the appetizers we got duck fat fries served with house made ketchup and garlic aioli; and roasted bone marrow with shallot jam and toast. The shallot jam was just amazing, we were told when people stage at the restaurant, that's the recipe they ask for, but the chef won't give out the recipe.
Moving on to pasta selections we chose the raviolo stuffed with ricotta, egg yolk and surrounded by brown butter and the other pasta dish we chose was the daily special for the night. Both were really good, for the next course we wanted scallops, but those were gone for the day so we decided on quail, the quail was over seasoned and also over cooked, the squash that accompanied the quail though was great.
For dessert we chose the apple basque cake, chocolate sabyigon, and panna cotta, the basque cake was so moist, it might have been the best cake I have had at a restaurant, the chocolate dish was served with house made nutter butters, the chocolate we guessed was 85% cocoa was seasoned with sea salt. The panna cotta was what rick really wanted to order it was OK, nothing special.
Overall I can see why the Bristol didn't get a Michelin star.