Had our Valentine's Day dinner here the night before Valentine's Day because of our crazy schedule. I have gone back and forth on giving this 5 stars versus 4 stars. It was very close.
We had a reservation and were seated promptly at a table along the outside wall of the restaurant looking at Pearl Rd. The decor of the restaurant is what I would call upscale casual. The pace of the service was perfect.
We were given a wine and beer list. They scored huge with me having a beer list. I usually have to drink ice water in nicer places. Here I ordered a Columbus Brewing Thunderlips on tap. That was awesome! A delicious hoppy pale ale.
After ordering drinks I started my meal with the Wedge Salad. It had ranch dressing with blue cheese crumbles on top and bacon. I enjoyed the wedge. It was very good as well as the bacon. Creamy, tangy, smoky. Just delicious.
For my main course I ordered the 14 oz. Strip Steak cooked medium and it came with a Cauliflower-Asiago bread pudding. And housemade worcestershire. My steak was cooked a perfect medium. Outside of the steak had a perfect crust with a very tender and juicy interior. This is one of the best steaks I've had in a while. I really enjoyed dunking each tender bite into the housemade worcestershire sauce. It was not as salty or bitter as the bottled kind in the grocery store. This was flavorful and delicious.
The Cauliflower-Asiago bread pudding was dry and pungent. It was as if this was cooked the day before and left out to sit in a warmer before it was put on my plate. Very disappointing.
My wife ordered a filet and ordered her steak with mashed potatoes. She raved about her steak. And complained she didn't like the mashed potatoes. I tried the mashed potatoes and they were bone dry.
Everything here needed to be beyond perfection to get a 5 star rating and their side dishes lost it for me.
We shared the french toast and vanilla bean ice cream dessert with bourbon sauce. I had a coffee. The toast was the same bread we had with our dinner service turned into french toast for the dessert. It worked. It was crispy, flavorful full of cinnamon and spice. The ice cream reminded me of the kind I make at home on an ice cream machine. Bourbon sauce was good. I just wanted more of it. It was put on with a plastic bottle with tip most likely. And there wasn't enough of it.
We had a great dinner here. I'd easily go back. I just hope the side dishes get as much attention that our other dishes had moving forward.