This place was hyped in all of the local blogs and websites with pictures of the building site and development. It is part of the Dresslers group and I love Dresslers, both the mid-town and Birkdale locations so I was looking forward to this restaurant opening.
LOCATION
It is what I consider the edge of South Charlotte and start of Weddington. Which is the land of McMansions and new money. It's located in a brand new shopping plaza so they had the room to build what they wanted. The restaurant is large inside with very high ceilings, but they cram you in too close to the next guest if you sit at the long banquette like we were at. I hated that. This is not NYC or London where space is at a super premium, this is the suburbs of Charlotte so there is NO excuse to sit people so close together at an expensive restaurant like this! We were right next to this group of four 50 year old ladies what were way too loud and wore too much perfume. It was like their big night out, their wine glasses were flowing, and they started to get obnoxious and distracting.(I blame in on the new money.)
MENU & FOOD
It's pricey so bring $$. We looked at the menu online before we went and the prices in the restaurant were higher and 2 of the steak portions were smaller than the website. We both got a steak, 2 sides, and an appetizer and the food was decent but not outstanding (see pic). We didn't order a dessert but the server gave us a complementary piece of chocolate cake for the road made by Mrs Dressler. He had a bite later that night and actually said it wasn't good at all- very dry and he thought it tasted like a Drake's Cakes 80's devil dog. So good thing we didn't order it.
FINAL THOUGHTS
This place could have been so much more and there are sooo many expensive steak places in Charlotte this one didn't make my top 5.