I was so ready to love Flemings and was looking forward to our special night out for weeks. However, my boyfriend and I were so disappointed that we were left flummoxed as to Flemings' (Fleming's'?) enduring popularity.
First, cost is not everything, as we are not cheap and are always willing to pay more for special dinners out, but it's worth mentioning right off the bat: this place is expensive. Like, REALLY expensive for what it is (a chain restaurant).
The Fleming's salad I ordered was akin to salads I've gotten out of the grab and go section from Sheetz - instead of crisp greens, it was all huge chunks of the white stems of the lettuce and a lot of it was browning and bitter.
The small medium rare steaks we ordered were overcooked (his was well done) or barely cooked (mine was blue). Our waiter was nowhere to be found and we decided to not wait for him to come around to send them back.
The service was...not great. I'm just going to go ahead and stop reporting this dumb list of grievances because I really am not a hater. I'll just say the whole thing rubbed me the wrong way because it was too expensive a meal to be as shitty as it was.
I hope our bad experience was a one-off and other people can enjoy their special occasions there.