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| - I'm being really generous with my review for this restaurant because a) it is brand new and b) it is one of the few steakhouses that actually knows how to put a good crust on a steak, but it is too bad the quality of the meat doesn't benefit from it.
As people have said this place is massively packed, at least on the weekends. Making a reservation does not change the fact that you get a table basically when one is open. It could be immediately or it can be 30 minutes, it depends on how fast people eat.
As for the hostesses, they will treat you badly once you get there. Except thankfully, due to my ethnic background, I let it be known that I was so annoyed with them about how slow they seat you, that after awhile I scared them into accommodating me - but it was a really tiny table.
As far as the food goes - Chris M was correct, the best thing about eating at Old Homestead is the bread basket. It is fantastic, and beats the pants out of the steakhouses I've had in town so far.
As far as the rest here is a rundown of what I tried:
Appetizers
Caesar Salad - they do it whole leaf style where you knife and fork it. Good, but nothing that made it stand out. It's a caesar salad so I didn't expect to be wowed, but it was tasty.
French Onion Soup - this soup usually has some deep flavors when it is cooked properly, such as they do at Marche Bacchus. Old Homestead's soup is none of that. It does not taste like they spent a long time developing flavors, and on top of it they mask what little flavor there is with a boatload of sherry that seems like it was added at the end. But french onion soup is like pizza, where even a bad one is still okay to eat. If you are picky about flavors I would not order this, but some people will gravitate towards this soup and enjoy it no matter what.
Steaks
Bone in Ribeye and Bone in NY Strip - both of these steaks, as I said above had the most amazing char, something I have complained about that is lacking at most steakhouses in town. My husband and I were so happy to see this. However, when we both cut into the steak, even though we both ordered medium rare, both steaks were so overcooked that they were about medium well. It was insanely disappointing. On top of it, it did not have that aged yummy flavor that most of the high end steakhouses serve when you get these cuts of meat, which made it even more disappointing. I'm sure if someone ordered a fillet, which doesn't depend on aging for flavor, would have been happy with their dish, had it been cooked at the right temperature. So my recommendation for meat is, order the fillet!
Sides
We only ordered one side, and that was the beets. I can't speak for the more carby sides as I try to avoid that at these places. Beets aren't that hard to cook, you just put them in tin foil and shove them in the oven for an hour or so. Apparently, that is a little too hard for Old Homestead and all the beets were undercooked to different degrees. Some were just raw, but heated up a little.
I would recommend not going to Old Homestead for awhile, until they can get into some groove and improve on the aging of their steak to compete with some of the other places around town. If you do go, only order the fillet, but if you crave a ribeye or other steak, go walk over to Carnevino. The pricing is pretty much the same at both places, outrageous.
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