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| - I love seafood and it's rare I eat red meat but when the cravings hits me, I'm dying to sink my teeth into something juicy, rare, succulent, tender, and have loads of great flavour. I don't mind paying for it as I've learned the hard way that a lousy grade of beef = lousy meal. That being said, I DON'T like overpriced meals that leave you wanting more or feeling ripped off. Ruth's Chris is good but for me, it teeters over into the overpriced territory.
The restaurant is your typical business lunch environment. Lots of leather, brown wood tones, neutral modern touches, and open area. It's clean and tables are well spaced so you're not sitting on someones lap.
When you're paying for over $100 per person for a meal, there has to be some serious skill in the kitchen. Whether it be innovative cooking, great pairings of flavours, or phenomenal out of this world (or at least Toronto) ingredients. With RC, it's not innovative cooking, no creative juices for unusual or amazing pairings, and the ingredients are good ... but do they require $100++ per person? Uh no. When I came here, I ordered a filet, side of asparagus, side of broccoli, glass of wine, and banana cream pie.
Sure the filet was 'sizzling' in butter and that's kinda unique but if the steak needs butter to flavour it, that's a little sad. My steak was cooked as requested (rare) and it had some good char but I wasn't wow'd by the flavour. I know tenderloin isn't the most flavourful piece but compared to my other steaks at home or at Jacobs & Co, this one fell into the 'meh' territory for taste. The veggie sides were ok as they were buttered to heck but they were slightly UNDER cooked. It's better than being soggy, limp, and yellow but I had to use my steak knife to cut through the broccoli!! The dessert was tasty enough but nothing made it wow.
Another big reason for saying Ruth Chris is overpriced is service... of lack there of. The hostess barely looked us in the eye and seated us in the 'hallway' where servers moved often between rooms and kitchen area. Considering there was a lot of tables open in the room, I was surprised she sat us and another couple in this spot. Our server was going through the process. He was neither horrible or fantastic but just competent enough to not make any impression (negative or positive). He may have visited our table twice at most. He was always staring off into the room or at other servers while at our table. It was clear he didn't want to be there and we felt the same after his first visit.
If the price of this steakhouse was cheaper, I'd say it's a-ok but I found this place to be not much better than the Keg. If anything, the service at the Keg was better than here and I only paid $90 for 2 people there! Next time I'm dying for steak, I'll skip this place and either pay the super price of Jacob or head to my local Keg to just satisfy my carnivorous craving.
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