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| - Aside from the serious draft coming into the restaurant, Red the Steakhouse has all the physical trappings of fine dining. Nicely appointed dining room, impressive library of wine, etc. Unfortunately, beyond the atmosphere is a lackluster experience. My only caveats to this review are 1. It was restaurant week (though I feel strongly restaurants should prepare accordingly) and 2. I didn't voice my concerns at the time given my stellar company and conversation. Regardless, we waiting 45 minutes for our first course, were not offered a single drink refill (aside from water from the attentive water person) and, in general, each starter and entrée arrived on the cold side and/or overdone, with the exception of my side salad which was obviously supposed to be cold. What it was not supposed to be was so drenched in dressing that I could've wrung it out and produced an entire bottle. The fish of the day was overdone and tough, which is a word I don't think I've ever used to describe fish. And though our server was pleasant enough, his laughter over the "hilarious" "mess in the kitchen" was unprofessional and inappropriate given our wait time. With so many wonderful steak houses in Pittsburgh, I'll pass on this one. For what it's worth, my favorite color is red!
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