Nice atmosphere and great customer focus!
The place is now called Houston Avenue Bar after a renovation in the summer. It is still primarily a steak house though and they do that very well. They have a good wine list but the cocktails are a bit wanting. We ordered a Mojito (mint wasn't mulled) and a Vodka Cranberry martini and neither one was anywhere near what was hoped for. We switched to wine for the meal which was reasonably priced and quite good. We ordered the grilled camembert to start which was excellent. Next was splitting a small rack of ribs and the mixed grill. The ribs were perfect! The mixed grill had some chicken on it which was dry, but the chef came out and asked us about the meal so we mentioned the dry chicken. He immediately apologized and brought us out a southeast asian chicken salad with 2 skewers of perfectly plump juicy chicken on an amazing mound of greens. The sirloin (excellent), chorizo sausage and crispy ribs on the mixed grill were all very good as well as the baked potato and the fries. The ribs and sirloin were definitely the stars though, as well as the attention from the chef on the quality of his preparations. The ribs don't appear on the online menu, but they offer either a full or half rack and they must be tried!
Overall very good, will definitely go back but they do need to strengthen their cocktail menu. If you're after steak and wine though, you won't go wrong.