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| - Terrible. This was supposed to be my fun birthday dinner. We had fun despite the missing dinner, the ruined steak, and the total lack of service.
I must mention the awful, horrible, silly, steak dinner at the Longhorn restaurant on Sunday for my birthday dinner. It showed such promise and delivered so little. We arrived, were put on a list and and waited about 10 minutes. Our seating was ok, but the booth seat padding was old so I picked the taller side. That was ok. It happens. We ordered. Our salad came and was ok although the balsamic vinaigrette dressing tasted like Italian to me. By the time the salads were eaten the bread arrived. Then our dinners took a while to arrive. Amelia's Parmesan chicken was reported as good, my strip steak was cooked to death and my potato excellent. Mom's steak did not look like a strip steak at all. Now the manager was convinced it was a strip steak, really. However, we were not convinced, and Mom's was returned to the kitchen.
Mom's plate was finally returned a half hour later. It had decent looking strip steak on it and one very overcooked sweet potato. We had meanwhile decided to get out of Dodge as the other two meals had been consumed.
We asked for a box and a bill. Again it took a while. They did cut our bill down to $19.98. Personally, as a manager I would have wiped the slate clean and offered a gift card! What seemed like hours later we finally left the restaurant never to return and headed across the street for a great burger and shake at the In and Out Burger joint. We had a great time. And we decided from now on for my birthday dinner we will just have a burger! Its safer and faster. Side note, Amelia and I ate mom's steak tonight for dinner with mashed potato's and peas. That steak was nicely done.
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