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| - Made reservations thru Open Table for Restaurant Week and decided to treat our young adult sons with a steak dinner. A torrential rainstorm cause one to run significantly late. Our waiter was gracious about that and helped slow the pace of our dinner to accommodate. He struck the right notes of funny, helpful, and concerned with our satisfaction. He gets most of the credit for the three stars.
The food -- it's a problem. Even at the discounted Restaurant Week price, this is a pricy restaurant. And while the food is good, it's not great and it doesn't begin to compare with the quality of steak and sides we've enjoyed at Steak 44, Flemings and Capital Grill.
Here's a run -down. First course, 3 had Caesar salad, which was "pretty good," according to the family. I had onion soup, which was tasty and very hot. Not exceptional or deep in flavor but "pretty good." All 4 of us ordered the 6-oz filet. I think they lacked seasoning and were not as tender as I would expect from a high end restaurant. They were "pretty good" (way better than Outback, not nearly as good as steak houses mentioned above).
We did the rounds of dessert: chocolate mousse, cheesecake, chocolate soufflé and creme brûlée. Soufflé was rubbery. Mousse was proclaimed "excellent" by my son. Cheese cake and brûlée were "pretty good."
So I have to call the entire dinner just "pretty good." Food was not worth the hefty price tag but the service was very nice. I expected way more.
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