I took my girlfriend to Donovan's for her birthday and was really looking forward to one of the better steakhouses in Phoenix. The restaurant has that dark old school steakhouse ambiance that I love. We had a reservation, which I would recommend, and were seated right away.
We ordered a couple drinks and an appetizer (bacon wrapped scallops). True to form for a good steakhouse my martini was perfect with blue cheese olives. The scallops were huge with the crispy bacon and I believe fried spinach. Delicious! The start of our night was awesome. The wait staff gave us all the time we wanted to order our entrees.
We ordered our entrees and by this time my martini was gone. I was kinda surprised they didn't ask if I wanted another one. Needless to say I would have if they asked, but I didn't order one. I ordered the peppercorn filet and my girlfriend ordered the petite filet. Mine was perfect, but I was a little shocked by my girlfriends. The cut of filet was somewhat hacked and the temp medium rare was definitely medium+. We had to send it back because it was way too chewy. The staff had no problem getting her another one. The second filet was night and day to the first. I understand that mistakes happen, but this one was way too obvious. Should have been caught at the pass.
We were really let down by Donovan's. I guess when you go to a nice place you expect perfection. She only had a couple bites of her new filet (which was really good), but she had filled up on my filet and bread. The filet issue and attention to detail with our drinks was just not what we were expecting with a high end restaurant like Donovan's. Still searching for our Gibson's steakhouse in Phoenix.