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| - So, I've lived in the valley since 1996 and I just had my first visit to the Rooste. My friends were in town staying at the resort, they invited me out, so up the hill we went.
First impression-stinky cow by the front door...? Yuck! Our wait was about 5 min. Not bad (it was a Thur, around 8). Our table was great, the view of Phoenix was awesome.
As for the food... first they bring out a basket of strange little flatbread things that weren't very warm. Almost like hockey pucks. Then out comes a salad with wilted iceberg lettuce that is covered in ranch dressing. Not great either.
Everyone at the table ordered steak. My friend said her tenderloin was really good but I didn't taste it. I ordered the sirloin, it tasted good, it was tender, but it was just barely warm. It was obviously sitting in a warmer, and I would have liked a fresh cooked steak better. The meal came with green beans, which I didn't even taste because they looked awful, and corn on the cob which looked like the little frozen cobs you get at the grocery store. The best part of my meal was the baked potato. It was delicious.
We ordered a kids meal sirloin and the steak was cold and tough.The kids burger was decent.
Now, the end of the meal was the strangest thing I've ever seen at a restaurant. The busboy comes and motions to us to hand him our plates. He proceeds to dump ALL our food into the salad bowl, utensils included!! It looked just plain nasty. SO weird.
Now that we are finishing up, the THREE kids are asking about the cotton candy they keep seeing go by. I tell our server we will take 3. She says "you only get one." I say "well, then we will purchase 2 extra." She says "you can't buy extra" I'm like fine whatever. I'm all about kids sharing, but you're out to a nice dinner.. maybe a special occasion.. give each kid a cotton candy for cryin out loud.
Then you leave and pass the stinky cow again. Fun. If I was staying at the Grand, I'd pass on this place and hit the Claim Jumper down Baseline....
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