I decided on Thruth Lounge when we were expecting company from out of town (my friend's girlfriend who has been to the burgh a few times but has yet to experience a good restaurant). I was hopeful that Truth would be a good choice that would also allow her to experience the southside minus the drunken 21 year olds and random shootings. Truth had to be good, it was on the list of Pittsburgh's top 25 Restaurants for this year. Don't believe everything you read.
The ambiance was not much to talk about and there were only a few other tables. We decided to start our meal with a couple small plates. We decided on the cheese plate and the steak flatbread. I can't comment on the flatbread because I didn't try it. When the server brought our cheese plate with crackers (ritz), I asked what the cheeses were. The server had no clue. He went in the back to ask and came out a few minutes later spitting out names he could not pronounce. He couldn't tell us anything other than the names. Ok. Moving on. We ordered our entrees.Several minutes later the server came out to inform my husband that they were out of the quail he ordered. Really? At a top 25 restaurant the wait staff does not know what the kitchen is out of? We were informed that they had quail but it didn't look good so they didn't want to cook it. Thanks? But, shouldn't you have looked before dinner service? My husband then chose the surf and turf. I decided to go for the special- strip steak, duck confit mashed potatoes and an argula salad. When our entrees arrived, my husband's steak was overdone. My steak was extremely fatty. I know that a strip steak has some fat on it but this piece was fatty throughout, not just on thesides/ends. I could only eat about half of it. The potatoes were so thick and rich I couldn't eat more tha a few bites. The arugula salad was a few pieces of arugula on top of the steak- no dressing. We decided to not even attempt dessert. In conclusion, Thruth felt like a bad episode of Chopped. I left the restaurant hungry. We will not be returning.