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| - We tried this place for the first time and had mixed reviews. The restaurant's decor was lacking; not at all what you would expect for a place with such high prices. The seat of my chair was covered in what appeared to be noodles; when I mentioned this to the hostess she just laughed and said, "oh no, that's just cheese", and left me to brush it off myself. The customers were from all walks of life. Literally any type of attire would have been acceptable. The very nice waitress immediately brought some cold rolls (which were sweet and dry) with apple butter. The salad bar contents were fresh, but included nothing special. Just your standard items with a couple of prepackaged pastas, potato salad, tapioca, etc. After observing the other customers, we decided we didn't want to have to cook our own meat and eat it off a huge, hot rock, so we ordered a philly and the lava bowl. The philly was so-so, too salty and mostly bun... but the lava bowl was fabulous - very spicy and plentiful. However, in our opinions neither meal was worth their high price. When we mentioned a birthday, the very nice waitress served a huge, complimentary piece of bread pudding with ice cream, and proceeded to belt out a hilariously passionate version of 'Happy Birthday'. She was awesome! The bread pudding was blah. Overall, it was an OK experience but we probably won't go back because there are plenty of classier steak joints that serve warm bread, have exceptional salad bars and employ chefs who will cook your steak to perfection for comparable prices. This is a place you go for the novelty of cooking your own steak on a hot rock, which just didn't appeal to us.
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