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| - I write this review with confidence after two poor experiences at Caesar's on 4th. Never before have I experienced such a thorough and poor restaurant experience at a location of any price point. I am appalled that I suffered through the experiences I did, especially at this "premium" spot.
Caesar's definitely still caters the "old boys club" ambiance. Dimly lit even at lunch and completely windowless, the restaurant is one bad dream away from re-enacting Troy except without Brad Pitt. While it wasn't for me, I can't say that the novelty may fit some people's tastes so no major judgement there as far as theme restaurants go.
While we were seated promptly and drink orders were taken, we then proceeded to wait 20 minutes to get our menus. No, not to order - to GET THE MENU. It was actually a different staff member that got these for us as our waiter was not only nowhere to be found (likely forgot about us, which is impressive considering we were a larger group of 6), but also impossible to flag down.
Most of us at the table, including myself, opt for the steak sandwich, coming with a french onion soup that surprisingly was just as bad as the one I had the previous day in a small town in northern Alberta. The soup lacked body, had no cheese, a soggy piece of the same awful toast (that later the steak would be served on), and was horrendously over salted to boot.
The garlic bread was dripping in grease, which can be redeemed if it is flavourful grease, but unfortunately no hints of garlic were to be found. Same story goes for the extremely salty cheese bread.
Unfortunately for us, the misadventure continues as our main courses arrive. My rare steak arrives extremely medium. The unusual standard side of "tomatoes and pickled cucumbers" are revolting by any standard - the cucumbers were somehow more sour than any pickle I'd ever had with no other flavor to it whatsoever. This is one quirky side I'd avoid like the plague. Interestingly there were ZERO other vegetable side options coming with the steak (while mushrooms, broccolini, etc were available to purchase as additional shareable sides for ~$9). The steak was served on a really awful cheap piece of toast.
Then comes the lowlight of the day - whilst refilling water, the waiter spills a glug of water from the jug directly onto the steak sandwich, and then saunters off without seeing the looks of shock on my (and my colleague's) face. Are you kidding?
What a terrible, awful, no good experience at Caesar's. If this had only happened once I would consider chalking it up to an off day, but this is the second time I've come for lunch and had a poor experience.
I hate being that guy sending things back at a restaurant, and unfortunately the social context of this business lunch had me mum on the matter, but there is not a single thing I would be willing to pay for had I been alone. I will be sure that Caesar's management will hear of this experience as well. It is absolutely shocking to me that people rate this restaurant so highly given my consistently poor experiences here. If you're going to get spendy on food, do so elsewhere. AVOID.
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