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| - This is the first real steakhouse I've ever been to so take note I might be a little easily impressed. I mean I've always been pretty satisfied with the filet mignon at The Keg. Keeping that in mind, I'll say that Jacob's served up the best steak I've ever had. To start, we ordered the famous caesar salad. It was good and definitely different from your usual caesar salad since it's got a spicy flavour and they use the bigger, firm bacon chunks. It might be a bit too spicy for some. As everyone said, they do make it tableside which is a nice novelty. I've got to say I think this dish is kind of over-hyped. It was good but probably not $19 good. I came to this conclusion after seeing how good the lobster chowder was! They give you a big, very shareable bowl of chowder which is filled with crab, a bit of caviar and the biggest lobster claw I've ever seen. I'd definitely order that over the caesar salad anytime since they're both around the same price point. Finally on to the steak. My date and I shared the 10z tenderloin from Snake River Farms Wagyu (a hybrid of it at least). This was THE best steak I've ever had. I was worried it'd be similar to tenderloin I've had at lesser restaurants considering how expensive it is, but I was not disappointed one bit. It's just something you've got to try at least once in your life. It was just so flavourful, juicy and there was not one chewy bit to be found. They give you a few types of salt and dips/creams to add flavour to the steak. I sampled them, but I still preferred the steak by itself since there was already so much flavour. We ordered it medium rare and it was cooked perfectly and came to us at the right temperature too. Along with the muffins they give you at the end of the dinner and the bread at the beginning, this was enough to make for a filling dinner.
The atmosphere here is fancy and most people were dressed up in suits/dresses. There's a piano lounge downstairs where you can choose to eat, but it's not as nice as the setting upstairs. Last but not least, I've got to mention that our waiter was by far the most professional and friendly waiter that I've ever met, and this wasn't my first time at an upscale restaurant. Kudos to him!
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