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The NY strip steak and lobster was cooked fairly well. Steak - aged 28 days no spices to hide the flavours. It was good. Lobster - tender and it was oh so sinful with side of melted butter. Yummy!
Unfortunately the rest of the meal didn't fare so well.
Our potatoes sides were a disappointment! We had ordered two types: the double baked (which are mashed potatoes, put back into the shell then baked again) and garlic mashed. They were both dry and salted to death. The same goes with the cream corn extremely salty. Ok if you were wanting a salt lick. At this point I didn't feel like sending it back.
Caesar salad - No care in the prep of these overly drenched romaine leaflets.
Garlic toast - It's garlic toast. Keg Mansion back in the day (15+ years ago), used to serve fresh sour dough buns with whipped butter. Now that was amazing!
My takeaways and tips,
You pay a huge premium to be sitting at Hy's. Food tasted like the Keg and there happens to be one around the corner!
Some background on my steaking I've been south of the border to the land of steaks. New York, Texas, N.S. Carolina, Florida, Missouri. The best steak I've had is at the Plaza III in Kansas City, MO est '63, Zagat rated one in KC, and 1 of the top 10 steak places in USA.
Hy's has a great atmosphere for either a date or a power business meeting. The restaurant uses incandescent lighting thankfully and plenty of available types of seating: along the edge booths, separate tables, or private booths. There's an upper floor as well. The restaurant is very clean, no strange odors. The ceilings are sky high with impressive wood paneling. Bar area is quite nice, huge lion mural as the backdrop and nearby the pianist.
It seems the further one walks into the restaurant the darker it becomes.
Furniture requires some reworking. The upholstery and carpets needs repair (carpet areas worn through to the floor in the foot areas, and seat backs worn in, cherry furniture scratched up, needs some re-staining. Ironically the hostess mentioned that they just had a meeting about doing a refresh.
Strongly advise you not to sit in the booths (where we were originally brought) unless you want yourself to feel constricted like a child in a high chair waiting for a happy meal. The seat cushions are so soft your rear end sinks and your legs fly up like you're ready for take off in a 747.
Good wine selections from California, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Spain, France, and Italy.
Perhaps I'll order something other than the steak next time like the fried chicken yeah I know sounds strange but you never know until you try.
Cool place with some history, but you gotta be very selective to where you sit and what you order.
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