I have never been to a Charleston's before. I have seen the commercials on TV but never connected that this was the place I was seeing advertised. It was the girlfriends idea to come here on NYE before we hopefully went to a show at Gammage. So I called and made the reservations. Now I called sometime in November for the reservations and the person on the phone took all of my info and said "it was down in the book" but then I called the day of to confirm the reservation and the time and they didn't have a reservation for me. Uh oh. This might have been a problem but they took all of my info again and honored the lost reservation at the time I wanted. Nice save.
When we arrived they had a booth all set for us. It is a very nice place. A little dark inside and old school but not old. Everything was well maintained and very clean. No holes in anything or dust anywhere. The booth was very nice. Plenty of room for two.
There were a lot of people there, hey it is NYE. At first I joked with my girlfriend that we weren't old enough to get into this place given the average age of everyone inside was well over 65. But although it was busy the service did not suffer at all.
Our waitress was very nice. Our water glasses never even got close to empty and we were checked on just enough. Not too much to be pushy and not completely ignored.
My girlfriend, who had been here before, made all of the recommendations. We started out with their Cream Spinach Artichoke Dip. Wow was this good. So creamy. I could have eaten a whole other bowl of it. I think I am ruined on spinach artichoke dip from now on. Then on to the main course which of course had to be prime rib. This was cooked perfectly. Just the way I like it. It comes with creamy horseradish sauce which was good but I almost think the beef au jus they also give you was just a little better with it. I also got the mashed potatoes, on recommendation, and they were very good as well.
Everything was just excellent. Service, food, everything. It may not be a five star restaurant but it deserves a five star review. Sure it is a little pricey but it was actually a little cheaper than I thought it would be. Plus it is worth it the price. You don't feel overcharged at all. The food is so good it is worth the price. We will definitely be back. Maybe not very frequently but we will be back.