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| - Came here for dinner with my wife as she had recently gone there with friends and wanted to repeat, and I love aged, prime, steaks. Our waiter, David H., could have been better...very attentive and guided us through the selection process with honest interpretations to match our tastes. We were very happy with his advice and our choices.
We shared several appetizers: oysters, fried calamari, and tempura shrimp. Presentation was excellent and all of these dishes would be repeats in their own right. My only suggestion is that there is overlap in the tempura aspect on both the calamari and shrimp, so if you are looking for two distinct tastes you may find these too similar...I would get one or the other. The Caesar salad my wife had was very good. Portion size was ample for hungry diners. They have a nice cocktail menu, decent wine list which we ordered some glasses from, and a reasonably priced corkage policy so I could bring a bottle from my cellar.
For main dishes I had the 16 oz. prime strip, and my wife had the 7 oz. prime filet mignon. The steaks are aged for 21 days which certainly tenderizes them and I could tell that the strip was indeed prime from the marbled fat content, but I did not detect any aged flavors that one might get at any of the Palm restaurants if you order their 18 oz. prime strip. I had the hash browns (very flavorful), and my wife had the truffle parmesan fries which were also very tasty, both were generous portions. For dessert we shared the strawberry shortcake which was excellent, as was the French press coffee.
I would rate this steakhouse concept as excellent and on par with Hyde Park in Pittsburgh. For comparisons with DC it is certainly better than Ray's the Steaks, and not quite as good as the Palm. Again, the service was first rate and as good as the best steakhouses I've ever eaten at...thanks to David H., and we will be back.
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