They must have a new chef. Service is always slow but we used to see past that when the food was excellent. My pigeon was Ok but again that's not why we went there. Also, no atmosphere at all, but to be fair it never really had that either....
Thus, going beyond a given height standard needs permissions from the authorities. However, this standard height is not required to be followed in all the countries. Many countries do not have any such criteria. But might have other standards like staircase ceiling needs to be at least 6.5 fee...