My husband took me for my birthday based on the good reviews online and from colleges. We arrived at 6:00pm. The restaurant was dead. We were the first people in.
Food:
1)Charred Beef Carpaccio - It was different, but nothing wow.
2) Caesar salad was delicious.
3) We shared the Roasted Prime Rib (22oz) and ordered a generous portion of Asparagus as a side. The asparagus was made to perfection with the right mix of garlic (lemony) zest. The Prime Rib was disappointing. It was bland and tasted like card board. Our cut was super lean and therefore it was not juicy nor tender. It was very hard to eat (taste and texture wise) let alone finish. We ending wasting 1/3 of it. Mind you, my husband does not like to waste food and he didn't want to finish off the steak because it was that awful.
Before we ordered our waiter made recommendation on the Kobe beef, it was priced at "market price" which was super expensive (can't remember the price, which was fine for top notch) and insisted the larger cut to share was the only way to go. We knew that the large cut was too much because we also wanted appetizers. We decided to go with our gut. A few minutes later we over heard another waiter tell a couple seated next to us that the smaller cut was more than sufficient. Thank goodness we never ordered the Kobe, after tasting the Prime Rib it was money wasted. Our waiter then continued to ask us if we wanted coffee/dessert, even though we said no twice. He then returned a third time with the dessert menu saying " I'm going to mean about this *smirk* and show you the dessert menu anyway...maybe for next time". We had already asked for the bill....
This was NOT the award-winning quality steak we heard about or was looking forward to. We also found the decor very dated. We left the restaurant at 7:30 and there were only two other tables since we first arrived.