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| - We wanted to go to a nice restaurant as we has many reasons to celebrate for myself, my husband, and my aunt. Instead of going to some of our favorites, we decided to try out Dressler's.
When we got there, we were seated immediately, not very busy for a Saturday evening - with it even being prom night around the area. I love peach drinks, so I was very excited to try the peach martini that I saw pictured on yelp...except it is not offered at this location, only the midtown location. Why can't they have the same menu? I'm not going to drive all the way to another location just for something different. So I settled on a wine that was supposed to be rose in color, but ended up being white. Still tasted good, but I think their menu is incorrect in what they were actually serving.
We started out with the baked pimento cheese app. This was the best part of the night. It was great and the tomato jam on top added a nice extra flavor. A+ on this.
For entrees, my aunt had the crabcakes (which she liked), my husband had the surf and turf (crabcake and ribeye) and I had the filet mignon. My husband did like the crabcake as well, but the steaks here are not that great. My husband can cook a better ribeye. My filet mignon, which I ordered medium, had very little pink to it, so it was over cooked. I didn't bother mentioning anything, as I'd rather eat with my group rather than sit around and wait for a properly cooked steak. It was still a good steak, just not properly cooked.
It seems like most plates come with some form of potatoes or nothing at all. I'd rather them just not have anything come with it and for it to all be ala carte. I don't necessarily care about potatoes, and since I love macaroni and cheese, I would rather have that. I still ordered the mac and cheese on the side, but I didn't need two starches. The mac and cheese was over powered with the bread crumb topping and was not cheesy. Creamy, but not very cheesy. It was even worse as leftovers, just tasted like buttered pasta.
For the dessert. The server told us a specialty for the night was oreo cheesecake - my favorite dessert! Had to order that, but we also ordered the chocolate molten/lava cake, and the apple cake. The apple cake was the winner of the three, while it was good, it wasn't great. The chocolate molten/lava cake, was a huge disappointment, it was just a warmed up chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, there was absolutely no center to it. Instead, there was a chocolate sauce thrown on top. Then there is my favorite...oreo cheesecake. It was a jiggly mess. The consistency was almost pudding like, but very also very gritty. My aunt and I agreed, it was not good. I decided to take it home and put it in the fridge, maybe allowing it to firm up a little. It was slightly better, but not very good for my favorite dessert, ended up throwing the leftovers out. Do yourself a favor, walk across the street to Red Rocks and have their oreo cheesecake, the consistency, the amount of oreos, is wonderful. Sorry Mrs. Dressler, my sweet tooth was not impressed with the desserts.
Overall, I have higher expectations for a nicer restaurant. If I'm going to be paying higher prices, it should be better than something I can cook at home. To me, this was more like your every day chain restaurant except at an expensive, not worth it, price tag. Disappointing since there are a number of good reviews. Glad I tried a new restaurant, but I will not have second thoughts about coming back here, it is one and done for me as there are so many other better nicer restaurant options in Charlotte.
*Side note to restaurant - The server crammed 5 to go containers in one plastic bag tied. Made it very awkward for carrying around Birkdale Village. At any moment this could tear. I supposed the server wanted to fit it all in one bag rather than us carrying multiple bags. If you are going to be a nice restaurant, invest in some durable paper bags for ease of after dinner walk carrying.*
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